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SubsiJ. >]. Scops brucii. 



Epliialtes brucei, Hume, Sir. F. i. p. 8. 



Adult male. Above ochraccous grey, -with nearly obsolete dusky 

 cross yermiculations in the form of widely separated hair-like lines, 

 every feather distinctlj' streaked with black dowu the shaft ; the head 

 likewise streaked in the same manner as the back ; the hind neck very 

 slightly paler than the back, scarcely sufficient to be perceptible ; 

 scapulars a little browner than the back, the outermost buffy white, 

 tipped with black on the outer web ; -wing-coverts coloured like the 

 back, and mesially streaked in the same manner, the vermiculations 

 rather plainer on the greater series, which are more or less barred 

 with fulvous on the outer web ; primar)- coverts alternately barred 

 with dark brown and sandy buff, the latter somewhat mottled with 

 ashy brown ; quills ochraceous grey like the back and streaked in the 

 same way, the primaries tipped with this colour but plainly vcrmi- 

 culated with dark brown, all the quills barred with darker brown on 

 the inner webs, the secondaries with pale fiilvescent bars on the outer 

 web, the primaries externally barred with buffy white, giving a 

 chequered appearance to the outer aspect of the quills ; tail ochra- 

 ceous grey, with tolerably plain blackish vermiculations, crossed with 

 five (or six on some feathers) faintly indicated fulvous bars, margined 

 above and below with blackish zigzag lines ; loral plumes and 

 feathers over the fore part of the eye whitish, narrowly tipped with 

 dusky brown ; ear-tufts similar to the crown, and streaked in exactly 

 the same way ; ear-coverts greyish, with white shaft-lines and 

 indistinct cross bars of dusky brown, the hindermost tipped with 

 blackish and merging in the ruff, the feathers of which are ochraceous, 

 finely vermiculated and broadly tipped with blackish, the gular 

 feathers mesially streaked but not barred with blackish ; chin- 

 feathers whitish ; rest of under surface of body ochraceous grey, 

 much resembling the back, and similarly streaked with black, the 

 streaks on the chest much broader, the flanks and abdomen inclining 

 to whitish, the vermiculations rather scantier and almost disa})pear- 

 ing on the under tail-coverts, which are for the greater part white ; 

 leg-feathers buffy white, broadly and distinctly streaked with dark 

 brown for their whole extent ; under wing-coverts yellowish white, 

 with a few streaks of dark brown near the outer margin, the lower 

 series ashy brown at tip, forming a wing-bar, and resembling the 

 inner lining of the quills, which are distinctly barred below with ashy 

 brown ; bill dusky ; feet slaty ; claws black ; iris bright yellow. 

 Total length 9 inches, wing-G-35, tail 3-3, tarsus 1-35. (J/ks. A. 0. 

 Hume.) 



Ohs. Mr. Hume has been so kind as to lend me the type of this 

 bird, which forms an extremely well-marked race of S. giu ; and it 

 seem likely that, although future researches and larger series may 

 destroy the validity of many of the other races by interposing con- 

 necting links, a further acquisition of specimens will only lead to 

 a more definite recognition of this one. Simply from want of 

 material, which may show variation in plumage (though Mr. Hume 



