6. ALCiPPB. 619 



b". Crown mottled, fulvous-brown, somewhat 

 scaly in appearance from the blackish mar- 

 g'ms to the feathers ; imder surface whity 

 brown, the sides of the body dull fulvous- 

 brown brunnea, p. 624, 



b. Forehead dusky or blackish *. 



c". Quills and tail-feathers plain brown ex- 

 ternally. 

 e'". Entire crown black as well as the nape atriceps, p. 625, 

 d'". Dusky forehead not extending beyond 

 the sinciput. 



c*. Forehead deep black mgi-ifrons, p. 625. 



d*. Forehead only dusky bourdilloni, p. 626. 



d". Quills and tail-feathers bright golden ex- \ chrysaa, p. 627. 

 ternally ] swinhoii, p. 628. 



1. Alcippe yinipectus. 



Siva vinipectus, Hodgs. Ind. Review, 1838, p. 89 ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. 



etc. Nepal pres. Hodgs. p. 94 (1846). 

 Leiothrix vinipectus, Oraij, Gen. B. i. p. 262 (1845) ; Blyth, Cat. B. 



Mxis. As. Sue. p. 100 (1849) ; Hor^: S,- 3Ioore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. 



Mus. i. p. 368 (1858) ; Gray, Rand-l. B. i. p. 313, ho. 4679 



(1879). 

 Proparus vmipectus, 'JTorf^s. J. A. S. Beng. xiii. p. 9.38 (1844) ; Jerd. 



B. India, ii. p. 257 (1863) ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 104. 

 Proparus (Siva) vinipectus, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 84 



(1844). _ 

 Poecila vinipecta, Bp. Cone-p. i. p. 230 (1850) f. 



Adult. General colour above dull orange-brown from the mantle 

 and scapulars downwards ; wing-coverts like the back ; quills black- 

 ish, the secondaries externally like the back, the primaries lavender- 

 grey for half of their outer web ; tail-feathers brown, washed with 

 orange-brown on the outer webs ; mantle and sides of neck dull 

 vinous-brown, the crown of the head and hind neck darker vinous- 

 brown ; lores and feathers round the eye blackish ; ear-coverts dark 

 vinous-brown, with a broad streak of white running from above 

 the eye to the sides of the hind neck, and separated from the 

 crown by a streak of black which extends down to the upper 

 mantle ; cheeks and throat white, the latter with dusky streaks of 

 vinous-brown ; breast vinous or dark brown, lighter in the centre ; 

 abdomen, thighs, Hanks, and under tail-covcrts dnU fulvous-brown ; 

 under wing-coverts light fulvous ; axillaries white, washed with 

 vinous at the base ; quills dusky below, white along the edge of the 

 inner web ; " bill and legs fleshy brown " (Jcrdon). Total length 

 4-9 inches, culmeu 0-45, wing 2-15, tail 2-15, tarsus Q-So. 



* The three succeeding species are distinguished bj their more squat body 

 and longer and stouter bill, which is much broadened towards the base. I con- 

 sider them, however, to be only aberrant members oi Alcippe. 



t What Proparuc vinipectus of Bonaparte (Consp. i. p. 333) is, I have not 

 yet been able to determine. 



