13. NUCIFRAGA. 55 



blackish brown, longitudiually streaked with white ; throat and 

 under surface generally chocolate- brown, the chin narrowly streaked 

 with white, the breast-feathers tipped with sujall triangular spots of 

 white, the abdomen uuitorm broAvn ; thighs blackish ; under tail- 

 coverts pure white ; under wing-coverts dark brown, the outer ones 

 tipped with white ; inner lining of the wing dark brown, one or 

 two of the middle primaries marked with M'hite near the base of the 

 inner web ; bill horny black ; feet black ; iris reddish brown. Total 

 length 16 inches, culmen 1-8, wing S--1, tail 6-0, tarsus 1-75. 



Yoirm/. Eeak horn-coloured at tip ; feathers of the upper surface 

 with large triangular spots of pale ochraceous, as also the breast ; 

 chin and throat duU whitish, with distinct shaft-lines of white ; 

 wing-coverts narrowly tipped with ochraceous, otherwise the wings 

 and tail much as in the adult bird ; the abdomen more distinctly 

 spotted with white, this part being uniform in the adid.t ; white 

 spot on the inner web of the primaries larger than in the old ex- 

 amples. 



Hab. Himalaj'a ilountains. 



a. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.'. 



b, c, d. Ad. sk. Nepal. 13. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.J. 

 e, f. Juv. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 

 //. Ad. St. Nepal, B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 

 h. luim. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 

 i. Juv. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 

 k. 5 ad. sk. Nepal. Purchased. 



I. Ad. sk. Himalaya Mountains J. Gould, Esq. 



{dipt. Tweech'e). 



m. Ad. sk. Darjiling. J. Gould, Esq. 



n, o. (S ad. sk. N.W. Himalayas. Capt. Stacldiouse Piuwill [P.]. 



p. 5 ad. sk. N.W. Himalayas. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill [P. J. 



q. Bones, various. Nepal. B. II. Hodgson, Esq. 



3. Nucifraga multipunctata. 



Nucifraga multipunctata, Gould, P. Z. S. 1849, p. 2-3 ; id. B. Asia, 

 part i. ; Bp. C'onsp. i. p. 383 ; Grai/, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 9 ; Headers. 

 i^- Hume, Lahore to Yurk. p. 239. 



Nucifraga multimaculata, Jerd. B. Ltd. ii. p. 304. 



Adult. Head dark chocolate-brown, with a few white streaks 

 over the eye and on the hinder part of the nape ; back and sca- 

 pulars everywhere broadly streaked with white, the white occupying 

 the greater part of the feather, the rump and upper tail-coverts as 

 broadly streaked as the back ; wings greenish black, the primaries 

 rather browner, the lesser and median coverts with a broad tri- 

 angular streak of white near the tip, the greater series as well as 

 the primary-coverts and quills tipped with white ; tail greenish 

 black, tipped with white, gradually extending towards the outer 

 feathers, which have very broad white tips, the outermost being 

 edged with white along the exterior web ; bristles hiding the nostrils 

 black, narrowly streaked with white ; lores white ; ear-coverts, 

 cheeks, and sides of neck dark brown, narrowly streaked with white, 



