152 COUVIDiE. 



shafts ; nasal bristles creamy buff ; crown of head purplish black 

 from the forehead to the nape ; lores, feathers round the eye, sides 

 of iace and of neck, creamy buff ; cheeks and fore part of the ear- 

 covcrts black, with cream-coloured edges to the feathers ; throat 

 black, entirely obscured by cream-coloured margins ; rest of under 

 surface of body rich creamy brown like the back, shading off into 

 whitish on the abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries black, the outermost along the edge of the 

 wiug white ; bill and legs black. Total length 11-6 inches, culmen 2, 

 wing 5-95, tail 4-3, tarsus 1-85. {Coll. F. Stolkzka). 



Hab. Maralbash, E. Turkestan. 



Ohs. The above description is taken from a skin procured by the 

 late Dr. Stoliczka, for the permission to describe which I am indebted 

 to Mr. Hume, who has forwarded the specimen to England for illus- 

 tration in the forthcoming work ' The Zoology of Yarkand.' 



4. Podoces humilis. 



Podoces humilis, Hume, Ibis, 1871, p. 408 ; Hume i^' Henders. Lahore 

 to Yark. p. 247, pi. 23 ; id. Str. F. 1874, p. 452 ; Gotdd, B. Asia, 

 part xxvii. 



Adult male. General colour above sandy brown, slightly more 

 rufescent on the head and neck ; round the latter an indistinct coUar 

 of buffy white ; lores and feathers over the front of the eye fulves- 

 cent ; a few blackish feathers between the bill and the eye ; nasal 

 bristles sandy brown ; sides of face and ear-coverts pale sandy, 

 browner on the upper margin of the latter ; entire under surface of 

 body whitish, inclining to isabelline on the abdomen and flanks ; 

 under wing-coverts isabelline ; upper wing-coverts coloured like the 

 back, and terminally shading off into sandy brown, giving the 

 appearance of faintly indicated bars across the wing, the outer small 

 coverts blackish ; quills brown, with paler margins of sandy brown, 

 the secondaries paler and more resembling the back ; tail-feathers 

 white, slightly shaded externally with isabelline, this colour in- 

 creasing towards the centre feathers, which are blackish brown, 

 margined all round with sandy brown, the next pair being blackish 

 on the inner web and isabelline on the outer ; bill and feet black. 

 Total length V-5 inches, culmen 0-1, wing 3-8, tail 2-85, tarsus 1-15. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but with shorter biU. Total 

 length 7 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 3-6, tail 2-8, tarsus 1-2. 



Hab. Yarkand and Thibet. 



a,b. (S 2 ^^- 3^- Sanju Pass, Yarkand, Dr. G. Henderson [C.]. 



August 9th, 1870. (Types of species.) 



