6. LTTSCINIOLA. 135 



General colour of the upper parts dark russet-brown with a slight 

 tinge of olive ; lores and the feathers behind the eye dark brown ; 

 eye-stripe pale ashy white, indistinct, and soon losing itself behind 

 the e3'e ; wings and tail scarcely, diiller in colour than the back ; 

 chin and centre of belly nearly white, shading into ashy grey on the 

 throat and breast and into olive-brown on the flanks and under tail- 

 coverts ; the throat is more or less profusely spotted with dark 

 brown, and the under tail-coverts are broadly tipped with nearly 

 white ; axillaries and under wing-coverts nearly white, the latter 

 mottled with brown ; inner margin of quills pale brown. Bill Phyl- 

 loscopine, dark brown, nearly black, frequently paler at the base of 

 the lower mandible ; rictal bristles obsolete. Wings considerably 

 concaved ; third, fourth, and fifth primaries nearly e(iual and 

 longest ; second primary equal to the ninth or tenth ; first primary 

 about half the length of the second. Tail shorter than the wing, 

 outside feathers 0-S to 0'9 inch shorter than the longest. Legs, feet, 

 and claws pale horn-colour. Length of wing 2-3 to 2-03 inches, 

 tail 2-15 to 1-8, culmen 0-52 to 0-47, tarsus 0-83 to 0-73. 



It is not known that there is any difference of plumage in the 

 sexes, though some birds are much more spotted on the tliroat than 

 others. In what I take to be winter i^^umage the upper parts are 

 much more olive, and may be described as olive-brown with a slight 

 shade of russet, and the spots on the throat are somewhat obscure. 

 A third variety has the ujjper parts of the same colour as the sup- 

 posed winter plumage, but has no spots on the throat, and the ash- 

 grey of the throat and breast is replaced by pale chestnut-brown. 

 This I take to be young in first ivinter plumage, though Blyth has 

 described it as a separate species. One of the skins in the collection, 

 in the plumage last described, has undoubtedly fourteen tail- 

 feathers. This is probably only an accidental monstrosity. 



Hodgson's Grass- WarVjler is found in the Himalayas, where it is 

 probably a partial migrant. It has been found in Xepal and Sikkim 

 and at Simla. It also bi'eeds in South Siberia aud Xorth-west 

 China, where it is undoubtedly only a summer visitor. 



a, h. Ad., c. Juv. sk. N.W. Ilimalavas. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill 



[P.]. 

 d. Juv. sk. Between Simla and Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill 



Mussoorie. t-P-T 



e-k. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



5. Lusciniola luteiventris. 



Tribura luteoventris, Hodi/s. MS. Draicings (in the Brit. Mm.) of B. 



of Nepal, Passeres, pi. (K), unde Hodgs. Graifs Zool. Misc. p. 82. 



no. 851 (1844, descr. null); Hodgs. P. Z. S. 1845, p. 30 (descr. 



prim.) ; Bhjth, J. A. S. Bentf. xiv. p. 583 (1845) ; Gray, Cat. Mamtn. 



Sfc. Nepal Coll. ILxk/s. p. ()4 (184(1) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 201 (1850) ; 



Jerd. B. Ltd. ii. p. JGl (18(^3) ; Grai/, Cat. Mamm. %-c. Nepal Coll. 



Sodffs. p. 30 (180:!) : Su-in/ioe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 355. 

 Calamodvta luteoventris (Hodr/.^.), Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 172 (1848); 



Gray, 'ifand-l. B. i. p. 210. iio. 2977 (1869). 



