274 PRIONOPIDiE. 



2. TEPHRODORNIS. 



Type. 

 Tephrodoriiis, Swains. Faun. Bor.-Amer. Birds, App. 



^ p. 48l^ (1831) T. virgatus. 



Keroula, J. E. Gray, in Ilardiv. III. Zool. ii. pi. 33 



(1833-34) T. pondicerianus. 



Tentliaca, Hodgs. Ind. Review, i. p. 447 (1837) .... T. pelvicus. 



Creiirgus, Hodc/s. J. A. S. B. x. p. 29 (1847) T. pelvicus. 



Tentheca, G. R. Gray, List Gen. B. 1841, p. 48 T. pelvicus. 



Tenthera, G. R. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 289 (1847) T. pelvicus. 



Teplirolauius, Bp. C. R. xxxix. p. 536 (1854) T. gularis. 



Wing of Tephrodornis gularis. 



Range. India and Ceylon ; Indo-Chinese countries to Hainan 

 Malayan peninsula ; Java ; Sumatra ; Borneo. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Two outer tail-featliers white, blackish at base, 



and sometimes spotted near the tip with the 

 same. 

 «'. General colour above ashy brown, with a 



very distinct bufty white eyebrow ^JO?«t;?i'c e?-iaw?<s, p. 275. 



b'. General colour above dull cinereous, with 

 only a faintly indicated eyebrow of lighter 

 grey affinis, p. 276. 



b. Outer tail-feathers uniform with the rest of the 



tail, or sometimes a little whitish on the 

 inner web. 

 c. Head grey; back ashy brown; size large; 



wing 4-75 inches pelvicus, p. 276. 



d'. Head dark grey or slaty brown like the back. 

 a". Larger; wing 4-55 inches; upper tail- 

 coverts dark brown sylvicola, p. 277. 



b". Smaller; wing 3-6-3'9 inches; tail- 

 coverts black. 

 a". Cheeks and throat white like the rest 

 of the imder surface ; the breast 

 slightly tinged with vinaceous grey . . viryatiis, p. 278. 

 b'". Cheeks white, contrasting strongly with 

 the throat and breast, which are ashy 

 grey gularis, p. 278. 



