34. StTTHOBA. 493 



superciliary line of black, which commences very distinctly above 

 the lores, almost disappears above the eye, and reappears with 

 increased breadth above the ear-coverts ; the latter ashy grey, with 

 indistinct whitish shaft-lines ; cheeks and under surface of body 

 white, with the chin and upper throat black as far as the rami of 

 the jaws extend; the flanks slightly tinged with light yellowish 

 buff ; axillaries and under wing-coverts white ; quills dusky brown 

 below, yellowish white along the inner web ; " bill orange-yellow ; 

 feet green, with the claws greenish grey ; iris nut-brown" (David). 

 Total length irij inches, culmen O-o, wing 3-3, tail 3-15, tarsus 0-95. 

 Hah. Eastern Himalayas from Sikhim eastwards into the hill- 

 ranges of North-eastern Bengal and Western Fokien in China. 



a. Ad. sk. Darjiling. A. O. Hume, Esq. 



b. Ad. sk. Sikhim. H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



13. Suthora unicolor. 



Heteromoi-pha unicolor, Hodgs. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus., Passeres, 

 pi. 2G4 (no. 843) ; id. J. A. S. Bencj. xii. p. 448 (1843) ; id. in 

 Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 84 (1844) ; Bh/th, J. A. S. Bene/, xiv. p. 578 

 (1845) ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 6. (1863) ; David Sf Oust. Ois. Chine, 

 p. 206 (1877 ) ; Hiune, Str. F. 1879, p. 05. 



Paradoxornis unicolor, Gray, Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepal pres. Hodgs. 

 p. Ill (1846) ; id. Gen. B. iii. p. 18, Ajip. (1849) ; Bp. Consp. 

 \. p. 500 (1850) ; Gould, B. Asia, part vi. (1854) ; Horsf. Sf Moore, 

 Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 376 (1854) ; Sioinh. P. Z. S. 1871, 

 p. 372. 



Adult. General colour above light brown, the head differing in 

 colour from the back, being duU vinous brown, obscured by fulvous- 

 brown edges to the feathers ; wing-coverts like the back ; quills 

 brown, the secondaries externally like the back, but the primaries 

 reddish brown ; tail-feathers light brown, washed on the outer webs 

 with fulvous-brown, with a very narrow whitish edging to the tips 

 of the outermost feathers ; feathers over the eye slightly hoary 

 with darker centres ; sides of hinder crown with a black streak to 

 the sides of the nape ; ear-coverts and sides of face vinous brown, 

 with paler or more hoary tips to some of the feathers ; throat and 

 fore neck ashy brown, washed with vinous brown on the chin : 

 remainder of under surface light fulvous-brown, the sides of the 

 body and thighs a little more reddish brown : axillaries like the 

 breast ; under wing-coverts pale tawny buff like the inner lining of 

 the quills below ; " bill orange-yellow ; legs slaty grey ; iris brown " 

 (Jerdon ). Total length 7*2 inches, cidmen 0-6, ^ving 3-65, tail 4-3, 

 tarsus 1'2. 



Hab. Eastern Himalayas, ranging into the hills which separate 

 China and Thibet. 



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



e,f. Ad. sk. Nepal (Hodgson). India Museum. 



g. Ad. sk. Darjiling. W. Fotheringham, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 A. Ad. sk. Sikhim. H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



