490 TIMELirD^. 



7. Suthora bruimea. 



Suthora brunnea, Anderson, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 211 ; Sioinh. t. c. 

 p. 373 ; Gould, B. Asia, part xxviii. (1876) ; Anders. Zool. Exp. 

 Yunnan, p. G38, pi. xlix. fig. 2 (1878) ; David ^ Oust. Ois. Chine, 

 p. 212 (1877\ 



Adult male. General coloiir above brown, the wing-coverts like 

 the back ; quills dark brown, externally edged with the same colour 

 as the back, the primaries margined with fulvous-brown ; tail- 

 feathers brown, washed with paler brown on the margins ; head 

 light rufous, fulvescent above the ej'e : sides of face and ear-coverts 

 dark vinaceous ; throat and fore neck lighter vinaceous, the former 

 streaked with central lines of rufous ; remainder of under surface 

 light fulvous, as also the thighs ; the sides of the bodj' and under 

 tail-coverts browner ; under wing-coverts and axillaries pale yel- 

 lowish buff ; quills brown below, pale yellowish along the edge of 

 the inner web. Total length 5 inches, culmen 0-3, wing 1*95, 

 tail 2-6, tarsus 0'8. 



Rab. Western frontiers of Yunnan. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Momien, Yunnan, Jime 1868. Dr. J. Anderson [C.]. 



8. Suthora bulomachus. 



Suthora bulomachus, Sivinh. Ibis, 1863, p. 300, pi. ix. ; Gray, Hand-l. 

 B. i. p. 235, no. 3405 (1869) ; Sivinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 372 ; David 

 8)- Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 208 (1877). 



Adult (type of species). General colour above pale olivaceous 

 brown ; wing-coverts like the back, with a slight reddish tinge on 

 the greater series ; quills dark brown, externally deep vinous chest- 

 nut, slightly greyer towards the ends of the primaries ; the inner 

 secondaries with fulvous edges along the inner web ; tail-feathers 

 dusky brown, lighter browu on the edges ; entire head and neck 

 light chestnut, overspreadiug the mantle ; lores, sides of face, and 

 ear-coverts paler and more viuo.us ; throat and breast very pale 

 vinous, with mesial streaks of dull reddish brown : abdomen pale 

 sandy buff, the sides of breast, flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts 

 light brown ; axillaries and under -wing-coverts paler sandy buff; 

 quills dusky below, pale sandy buff along the inner web : " bill 

 livid brown, with the edges and the tip slightly purplish ; feet red- 

 dish grey ; claws horny brown ; iris bright brown " (Swinhoe). Total 

 length 4*2 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 2, taU 2'2, tarsus 0'85. 

 (^Mus. H. SeeboJwi.) 



Hab. Formosa. 



9. Suthora webbiana. 



Suthora webbiana, Gray, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 70, pi. xlix. ; Gould, B. 

 Asia, part iv. (1852) ; Horsf. S,- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. i. 

 p. 380, note ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 235 ; Stvinh. P. Z. S. 1871, 



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