12. STACHTEI9, 533 



p. 231 (1854) ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 21 (1863) ; Godtv.- Austen, 

 J. A. S. Beng. xxxix. p. 103 (1870) ; Hume, Nests i^- Eqys. Ind. 

 B. p. 242 (1873); BlythSf Wald.B. Burm. p. IIG (1875); Hume 

 8f Gates, Str. F. 1876, p. 117; Oates, Str. F. 1877, p. 152; Andei-- 

 son, Zool. Yunnaii, p. 636 (1878) ; Hume Si~ Davison, Str. F. 1878, 

 vol. i. pp. 264, 513 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 95 ; Ramsay, Orn. 

 Works Ttoeedd. p. 433 (1881) ; Oates, B. Brit. Burm. p. 48 (1883). 

 Tiuialia nigriceps, Graij, Gen. B. iii. Apih p. 10 (1849) ; id. Hand-l. 

 B. i. p. 315, no. 4707 (1869). 



Adult. General colour above brown, the wing-coverts like the 

 back ; quills dusky brown, externally rufous-brown, the inner 

 secondaries being entirely of the latter colour ; tail-feathers reddish 

 brown, obsoletely barred with dusky iinder certain lights ; crown of 

 head blackish, the feathers edged with hoary white, imparting a 

 streaked appearance ; fore part of cheeks white, forming a spot 

 separated from the ear -coverts by a line of blackish ; eyelid white : 

 ear-coverts reddish brown, blackish anteriorly ; chin and malar line 

 hoary whitish, deepening into ashy; centre of throat blackish, 

 forming a spot ; sides of neck and under surface of body light 

 orange-rufous, whity brown on the centre of the abdomen ; sides of 

 body browu, as well as the thighs and under tail-coverts ; on the 

 breast some slight indications of whitish streaks ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries light orange-rufous ; quills dusky brown below, light 

 ashy rui'ous along the edge of the inner web ; " bill bluish black on 

 the upper mandible, pale bluish on the lower, the anterior half of 

 the margins dusky ; mouth flesh-colour ; iris orange-browu ; legs 

 pale dusky green ; claws yellowish '" {^E. TF. Oates). Total length 

 5 inches, culm en 0-7, wing 2*3, tail 2, tarsus 0"So. 



Ohs. There is a considerable variation in the colour of the ear- 

 coverts in the present species, as, for instance, in the male from the 

 Kakhyen hills, where they are entirely bright orange. I was at 

 first inclined to separate this bii'd as a distinct species ; but I find 

 an approach to these brightly coloured ear-coverts in some of the 

 Nepalese series, and I notice that the brighter ears are accompanied 

 by a more pronounced black chin-spot and by a richer colour on the 

 breast. It is probable, therefore, that the brighter coloration indi- 

 cates the adult male. 



Hah. Eastern Himalayas from Nepal to Bootan, and thence 

 through the Khasia hills and Burmese ranges to Tenasserim, as far 

 south as Tenasserim town. 



a. Ad. sk. Himalayas. Gould Collectiou. 



b, c. Juv. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



(Types of species.) 



d, e, f. Ad. sk. Nepal {Hodqson). India' Museum. 



g. Ad. sk. Sikhim, Jan. 1874. L. Mandelli, Esq. [Cj. 



h, i, k, I. Ad. sk. Sikhim (Maudslli). H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.J. 



m. Ad. sk. Bootan (Pemberton). India Museum. 



n, o. Ad. sk. Khasia hills (Jerdon). Gould Collection. 



p. (S ad. sk. Pousee, Kakhyen hills, 3300 Dr. J. Anderson [C.]. 



feet, -\pril 24, 18G8. 



g. 5 ad. sk. Eastern slopes of Pegu hiUs, E. W. Oates, Esq. 



Apiil 29, 1873. 



