492 TIMELnD^. 



dish brown, lighter towards the euds of the primaries ; upper tail- 

 coTcrts slightly tinged with rufous ; tail-feathers pale brown, oliva- 

 ceous lirowu on the outer webs and having reddish shafts ; head 

 and hind neck light foxy rufous, a shade of which colour over- 

 spreads the mantle ; lores, cheeks, and ear-coverts light foxy rufous 

 like the head ; entire underparts from the chin to the vent white, 

 the breast and flanks washed with pale fulvous ; thighs pale brown 

 behind; under wing-coverts and axillaries light yellowish buff; 

 quills dusky brown below, reddish along the inner web ; " upper 

 mandible and tip and edges of lower mandible along commissure 

 light horny brown ; rest of lower mandible fleshy pink ; legs and 

 feet clear plumbeous blue ; iris deep wood-brown ; orbital skin 

 bright smalt-bhie " ( W. Davison). Total length 7 inches, culmen 0-6, 

 wing 3-45, tail 3*2, tarsus 1-15. 



Ohs. A specimen from Debrughur in Colonel Godwiu-Austen's 

 collection is yellowish buff below, whiter only on the abdomen ; and 

 the same remark applies to an example from Karen-nee in the 

 British Museum. 



Hah. Eastern Himalayas, extending into Burmah and Teuas- 



a, b, c. Ad. sk. Nepal. B.H.Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



d, e. Ad. sk. Dariiling. W. Fotheriugham, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 f. Ad. sk. Bootan, (Petnberton). India Museum. 



'ff. S ad. sk. Karen-nee (Lloyd). E. W. Gates, Esq. 



12. Snthora gularis. 



Paradoxornis gularis. Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 389, pi. 94. fig. 2 (1845) ; 



Bp. Consp. i. p. 500 (1850) ; Gould, B. Asia, part vi. (1854) ; 



Horsf. S) Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mm. i. p. 377 (1854) ; Jerd. B. 



Lid. ii. p. 5 (1863) ; Godwin-Austen, J. A. S. Bene/, xxxix. p. 108 



(1870) ; Wald. in Blyth, B. Brit. Burm. p. 117 (1875) ; Hutne S,- 



Davison, Str. F. 1878, p. 131 ; Hume, Sir. F. 1879, p. 95 ; Gates, 



B. Brit. Burm. p. 131. 

 Paradoxornis caniceps, Blyth, J. A. S. Beny. xviii. p. 810 (1849). 

 Heteromorpba (? Paradoxornis) caniceps, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. 



Soc. p. 102 (1849). _ 

 Heteromorpba foldensis, David, Ann. Sci. Nat. (5) xix, art. no. 9 



(1874). 

 Heteromoi-pha gularis, David Sf Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 206, pi. 61 



(1877). 



Adult. General colour above light fulvous-brown, the wing- 

 coverts like the back, the xnimary- coverts and bastard -wing feathers 

 browner on the inner web ; quills dark brown, externally deep ful- 

 vous, brighter than the back, the primaries paler fulvous towards 

 the end of the outer web ; upper taU-covcrts dull brown, washed 

 with fulvous-brown on the edges ; tail-feathers olive-brown, with 

 paler fulvous-brown edges ; head light ashy grey ; lores and feathers 

 above and below the eye white, separated from the crown by a 



