37. ANORTflURA. 277 



mottled with cross bars of dusky blackish, more distinct on the rump 

 and upper tail-coverts, which are brighter rufous ; the head more 

 dusky rufous-brown than the back ; wing-coverts like the back, the 

 greater series brighter rufous, all more or less distinctly barred with 

 blackish, the median and lesser coverts with a small diamond-shaped 

 spot of white near the tip ; quills dusky brown, externally rufous 

 barred with blackish, the secondaries barred across both webs, the 

 primaries chequered on the outer web with rufescent or reddish- 

 white notches ; tail-feathers deep rufous, barred with black, about 

 seven bars being discernible ; a faint indication of a lighter rufous- 

 brown eyebrow ; sides of face pale rufous-brown, the ear-covert 

 edged with blackish, causing a streaked appearance, the shafts of 

 the ear-coverts being also baffy whitish ; cheeks and under surface 

 of body deep vinous rufous, mottled with obsolete dusky cross bars ; 

 breast with tiny transverse spots of dusky, with an obsolete mark of 

 white before the tips of the feather ; sides of body and abdomen 

 barred across with dusky blackish and dull white, as also the thiirhs ; 

 under tail-coverts rufous, tipped with white and barred across with 

 dusky blackish ; under wing-coverts pale ashy rufous, mottled with 

 dusky bases to the outer coverts, many of which are spotted with 

 white ; quills brown below, ashy along the edge of the inner web ; 

 " bill brown, the lower mandible yellowish ; feet rufous, claws yel- 

 lowish ; iris brown " (A. David). Total length 4 inches, cuhnen 

 0-55, wing 1-9, tail 1-4, tarsus 0-75. 



Toimg. Similar to the adult but darker, the head more dusky brown, 

 and the wing-coverts and quills with broader blackish cross bars. 



The Yinous-brown AVrcn inhabits Eastern Siberia and Mongolia, 

 extending into Northern China and Japan. I have only seen speci- 

 mens from the last-named locality. 



a. S ad. sk. Hakodadi, Japan, Ilenrv Whitelv FC 1 



Nov. 24, 1874. ' 



b, c. Ad. sk. Yokohama. H. Prver, Esq. [C.l 

 d. Juv. sk. Yokohama. H. Pryer, Esq. [C.]. 



8. Anorthura nipalensis. 



Troglodj-tes nipalensis, Jili/th, J. A. S. Ben//, xiv. p. 589 (e.v Ilodys. 

 MS.) ; id. Cat. B. Mus. As. S'oc. p. 1-58 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 222 • 

 Gould, B. Asia, part iv. ; Horsf. >|- Afoore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. ~Co. 

 i. p. 181 ; Jerd. B. Lid. i. p. 491 ; id. Jin's, 1872, p. 131 ; (^rai/ 

 Hand-I. B. i. p. 188, no. 28(W ; IFume S)- ILmlers. Lahore to Yark 

 p. Ib7 ; Hume, Xests ^- Eggs Lid. B. p. 218 ; David S,- Oustal. Ois 

 Chine, p. 22(5 ; Hume, Sir. F. 187!), p. 9.3 ; Brno/,s, t. c. p. 470. 



Troglodytes siiblieninl ichanus, Hodgs. Lon.ined. Brit. Mus., Passercs 

 i. pi. 4it (no. 390) : id. in Graijs Zool. Misc. p. S-2; Gray, Gen. B. 

 i. p. 158; id. Cat. Mamm. S,-c. JS'epal pres. Hodgs. p. lol. 



Adult. General colour above dark chocolate-brown, the head and 

 hind neck uniform, the mantle obscurely and the rest of the back 

 more distinctly barred wth blackish ; the nmip with a few sub- 

 teiminal sjiots of white, and rather more reddish in colour than the 

 rest of the back ; scapulars and wing-coverts like the back, and dis- 



