496 TmiiLiii)^. 



36. PARADOXORNIS. ^^ 



Paradoxoruis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 17 P. flavirosti-is. 



Batliyrhynchus, McClell. Ind. Rev. 1S38, p. 513 P. flavirostris. 



Range. Eastern Himalayas. Hills of N.E. Bengal, extending 

 into Western China and to the banking district on the river Taugtze- 

 Kiang. 



Kc)/ to the Species. 



a. Head rufous ; ear-coverts black. 



a'. Chin black ; across the lower throat a band of 



black, separated fi'om the black chin by a 



band of white ; flavirostris, p. 496. 



b'. Chin black ; rest of throat pale fulvous or 



whitish, with blackish streaks on the lower 



throat guttaticoUis, p. 497. 



b. Head grey, with a black streak along the sides of 



the crown ; ear-coverts light ashy heudii, p. 497. 



1. Paradoxornis flavirostris. 



Paradoxornis fiavirosb-is, Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 17 ; id. Icones 



Avium, pi. 6(18.37); McClell. P.Z.S. 18.39, p. 164; Gra;/, Gen. 



B. ii. p. 389 (1845) ; Blylh, J. A. S. Bemj. xiv. p. 578 (1845) ; Bp. 



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



^- Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 376 (18.54) ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. 



p. 4 (1863) ; Hume, Str. F. 1874, p. 457 ; id. Str. F. 1879, p. 95. 

 Bathyrhynchus brevirostris, McClell. Ind. Rev. 1838, p. 513, cum 



fig- 

 Adult (tj'pe of species). General colour above fulvescent olive- 

 brown, a little lighter on the ramp ; wing-coverts brown margined 

 with fulvous-brown, the outer lesser coverts entirely fulvous or 

 slightly rufescent ; quiUs brown, externally rufous-brown, lighter 

 on the outer webs of the primaries ; tail-feathers brown, slightly 

 edged with fulvous-brown ; entire head and hind neck rufous ; 

 lores, as well as a spot above the eye, fore part of ear-coverts, 

 feathers below the eye, and cheeks white, barred with dusky blackish 

 at the tips of the feathers : hinder part of ear-coverts jet-black, 

 forming a large patch ; chin black ; remainder of throat white, 

 broadlv barred at the tip with black : the fore neck entirely blackish ; 

 remainder of under surface pale yellowish buff, including the thighs 

 and under tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts and axillaries like the 

 breast ; quills dusky brown below, yellowish buff along the inner 

 web ; " bill bright yellow ; legs plumbeous ; iris red-brown " 

 (Jerdon). Total length 7"5 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 3-4, tail 3-9, 

 tarsus V2. 



Hah. HiUs of IS orth-castern Bengal, Assam, ranging into the 

 Sikhim and Xepal Terai. 



a. Ad. sk. N.E. India. Zoological Society. (Tvpe 



of species.) 



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



c. Ad. sk. Assam {McClelland). India Museum. 



