298 TURDiDj;. 



General colour of the upper parts russet-brown, shading into 

 chestnut-brown on the upper tail-coverts ; wings brown, the outside 

 webs of the quills and coverts margined with russet-brown ; tail 

 chestnut-brown. Underparts pale brown, the feathers of the breast 

 and flanks with darker margins ; lores brown ; the feathers of the 

 cheeks and ear-coverts with obscure dark margins, which become 

 nearly obsolete on the throat. Bill dark brown, paler at the base 

 of the under mandible. Wing with the third, fourth, and fifth 

 primaries nearly equal and longest, second primary about equal to 

 the seventh, bastard primary 0-6 inch. Legs, feet, and claAvs light 

 brown. Length of wing 2-56 inches, tail 1-85, tarsus 0-94, cul- 

 men 0-53, outside tail-feathers 0-15 shorter than the longest. 



The female of this species aud the young appear to be entirely 

 unknown. It is possible that the examples described above may be 

 females, of which the male is undiscovered. 



Swinhoe's Hobin is only known from the type specimen (in my 

 collection) from near Canton, and the example in the British 

 Museum, the precise locality of which is unknown. I have not seen 

 Hume's skin from Kumaon, but it also wiU doubtless prove to be 

 this species. 



a. Ad. sk. China. J. R. Reeves, Esq. [P.]. 



5. Erithacus komadori. 



Sylvia komadori, Temm. PI. Col. no. 570 (1824). 



Lusciola komadori (Temm.), Temm. et Schlegel, Faun. Japan., Aves, 



p. 55, pi. xxi. C (1847). 

 Erythacus komadori (Temm.), Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 182 C1848) ; id. 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 223. no. 3195 (1869) ; Blakiston Sf Fryer, lUs, 



1878, p. 239. 

 Eubecula komadori (Temm.), Bp. Cunsp. i. p. 295 (1850). 



In the adult male hi breeding -plumage the general colour of the 

 tipper parts is orange-chestnut, the inside web of the quills being 

 russet-brown ; forehead, lores, chin, throat, cheeks, breast, and 

 flanks black ; the feathers of the lower breast and upper flanks 

 margined with white ; rest of the underparts white ; under wing- 

 coverts black, margined with white ; axillaries white, with dark 

 centres ; inner margin of quills chestnut-brown. BiU brown. 

 Wing with the third, fourth, and fifth primaries nearly equal and 

 longest, second primary about equal to the sixth, bastard primary 

 0-8 inch (female 0-7). Length of wing, male 2-9, female 2-G5 

 inches ; tail, male 1-9, female 1-8 ; culmen, male 0-08, female 0-66; 

 tarsus 1-02; outside tail-feathers 0-2 inch shorter than the longest. 



Ihe. female diff'ers from the male in being slightly less brilliant in 

 colour, and in having all the feathers which are black in the male 

 creamy white margined with slate-grey, which is the colour of the 

 rest of the underparts, except the centre of the belly and under 

 tail-coverts, which are white ; forehead russet-brown. Birds of the 

 year and young in first plumage are unknown. 



