34. sTTTnoBA. 491 



p. .372; id. Ibis, 1873, p. 372; Prztw. in Rowley's Orn. Misc. ii. 

 p. 191 (1877) ; David S,- Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 208 (1877). 



Adult. Head, neck, and mantle pale fulvous-brown, the back and 

 rump ashy bro-wn, shading into whity brown on the upper tail- 

 coverts ; sides of face, throat, and fore neck very pale vinous, with 

 a few darker streaks of rufous on the latter ; sides of the body 

 clear brown, the abdomen and centre of the body fulvescent ; under 

 wing-coverts silky white : inner lining of quills greyish brown, 

 edged with whitish along the inner M-eb and inclining to rufous at 

 the tips of the same ; scapulars and wing-coverts ashy brown, the 

 greater series and primary-coverts dull chestnut with brown tips ; 

 quills ashy brown, washed with chestnut on the outer web, much 

 more broadly on the secondaries ; tail pale brown, inclining to ashy 

 brown on the margins ; " iris varying from reddish brown to clear 

 yellow ; bill brown at base and yellow at tip ; feet and nails 

 greyish brown " (David). Total length 4*8 inches, culmen 0-35, 

 wing 2*15, tail 2'75, tarsus 0-85. 



Hab. All over China except the most southern part ; common 

 from Fokien aud Chekiang to Szechuen and even at Pekin, and in 

 Mongolia. 



a. Ad. sk. North China. J. Webb, Esq. [P.]. (Type 



of species.) 



10. Suthora suffusa. 



Suthora suffiisa, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 372 ; David <^'- Oust. Ois. 

 Chine, p. 208. 



Adult male (type of species). Very similar to 6'. ivebbiana, from 

 which it differs in its slightly smaller size and in the shade of 

 rufous on the head and hind neck, these being hght rufous instead of 

 deep vinous red. Total length 4-2 inches, culmen 0*35, wing 1"95, 

 tail 2*3, tarsus 0'8. (Mus. H. Seebohm.) 



Hab. Upper Yangtze river, China. 



11. Suthora ruficeps. 



Paradoxornis ruficeps, Bli/th, J. A. S. Bcnq. xi. p. 177 (1842), xii. 



p. 1010, cum fig. (1843) ; Gray Sf Mitch. Gen. B. ii. p. 389, pi. 94. 



tig. 1 ( 184.5) ; Bji. Consp. i. p. 500 (18.50) ; Goidd, B. Asia, part vi. 



(18o4) ; Ilorsf. ^- 3Ioore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 377 (1854); 



Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 5 (1863) ; B/yth S,- Wald. B. Burm. p. 117 



(1875) ; Hume i^- Davison, Str. F. 1878, p. 257 ; Hume, Sir. F. 



1879, p. 95 ; Oates, B. Brit. Burm. p. 139 (1883). 

 Heteromorpha ruficeps, Bh/th, J. A. S. Bene/, xiv. p. 578 (1845) ; 



Tickell, op. cit. x^i. p. 440 (1847) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. 



p. 102 (1849). 



Adult. General colour light olivaceous brown, the lesser and 

 median wing-coverts like the back ; the greater series, as wcU as the 

 bastard wing and primary-coverts, darker brown, externally washed 

 with olivaceous buff ; quiEs brown, externally sandy buff or red- 



