92 couviD^.. 



tcrraneaii Lasin, Coniial Asia, and the Himalaya ^fountains ; Bur- 

 mtse countries ; China, Formosa, and Japan. 



Key to the Sjjecies. 



II. Tliroiit white, vinaceous, or isabelline, not black. 

 a'. (Vowu of head streaked with black. 



n". Back vinaceous : forehead whitish, with 



black streaks. 



a'". Space in front of the eye whitish, or 



vinaceous. 



a'. Larger : wing 7'3 inches ; throat 



white ; feathers of forehead and 



crown edged with white glanduriuSf p. 93.' 



I*. Smaller : wing 65 inches ; throat 

 vinacer lis ; feathers of forehead and 



crown edged with vinaceous Jn/icmms, p. 94. 



h'". Space in front of eye black like the 



cheek-stripe Japonints, p. 95. 



h". Back grey, contrasting with rufous neck. 



<?'". Nasal bristles and feathers round the 



ej'e white, the former tipped with black; . 



throat white ; head and neck vinaceous, 



broadly streaked with black, especially 



on the forehead minor, p. 98. 



d'". Nasal bristles and feathers over the eye 

 foxy red, the former tipped with black ; 

 throat white, washed with rufous ; 

 head and neck bright fo.xy red, streaked 



with black hrandtij p. 5'6. 



h'. Crown of head uniform black. 



c''. Forehead pure white, without anj' spots ; 

 cheelis and throat pure white, the former 

 with a slight shade of vinaceous here 



and there atricajnllus, p. 97. 



d". Forehead whitish, spotted or streakedwith 

 black. 

 e'". Secondaries externally white for basal 

 half. 

 c*. Back grej-ish ; neck all round rich 

 chestnut ; lores, feathers round the 

 eye, and ear-coverts pure white. . . . cervicalis^ p. 98, 

 <?*. Back vinous, the sides of the neck 

 uniform with the back; the ear-co- 

 verts and sides of face vinous like 



the sides of the neck hynickii, p. 99. 



f". Secondaries externally black, barred 

 with blue, exactly like the primary- 

 coverts ; eyebrow, ear-coverts, sides of 

 neck, and throat white ; rest of under 

 surface dull tawny, the throat con- 

 trasting with the breast leucotis, p. 99. 



c'. Crown of head uniform vinous fawn-colour. 

 e". Nasal bristles fawn-colour like the forehead, 

 which has a few brown or rufous streaks; 

 wing 6'.35 inches bispecularis, p. 100. 



