7. CARINE. 139 



B, Mus. A. S. B. p. 30 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 39 ; Kaitp, Contr. Orn. 

 1852, p. 105, et Tr. Z. 6'. iv. p. 210 ; Bp. Rev. et May. de Zool. 

 1854, p. 543 ; Horsf. ^- 3fuore, Cat B. Mus. E. I. Co. i. p. 65 ; 

 Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 1(30; Jcrd. B. Ind. i. p. 141 ; Gray, Hand-l. 

 B. i. p. 39 ; HuDic, Rough Notes, ii. p. 404 ; id. Nests Sfc. Ind. B. 

 p. 70. 

 Carine brama, Sharpe, Ibis, 1875, p. 258. 



Adult. General colour above greyish bronvTi, mottled ■with white 

 in the form of more or less concealed spots on the back, the sca- 

 pulars barred with white, more broadly on the outer webs ; wing- 

 coverts brown, like the back, spotted ^nth white, more largely on 

 the outer webs of the median and greater series ; primary -coverts 

 bro^vu, externally notched with white, resembling the quills, M'hich 

 are notched on the outer web, and broadly barred on the inner one 

 with white, the inner secondaries more narrowly barred across the 

 feather ; upper tail-coverts brown, like the back, broadly barred 

 across with white ; tail brown, paler at the tip, and crossed with 

 live white bands, incomplete and not conterminous on the centre 

 feathers ; head brown, barred and spotted with white, the hind neck 

 broadly barred with white, and forming a kind of indistinct collar ; 

 lores and a tolerably distinct eyebrow pure white, the former ob- 

 scured with blackish shaft-lines ; ear-coverts brown, like the head, 

 barred with whitish ; cheeks pure white, extending backwards in a 

 triangidar patch behind the ear-coverts ; throat and fore neck also 

 pure white, separated from each other by a narrow band of brown- 

 tipped feathers ; rest of under surface white, barred transversely 

 with brown, these bars broader and closer on the flanks, the sides 

 of the upper breast brown, barred with white ; abdomen, under tail- 

 coverts, and leg-feathers pure white, unsjjotted ; under wing-coverts 

 also pure white, very slightly streaked with brown, the lower series 

 brown, barred with white, and thus resembling the inner lining of 

 the wing, which is ashy broM'n, barred with white on the inner, and 

 notched with white on the outer web ; cere dusky, much swollen 

 above the nares ; bill horny green ; feet dingy greenish, front of 

 toes sparsely clad with whity-brown bristles, claws blackish horny ; 

 iris bright pale yellow. Total length 9-5 inches, wing 6-1, tail 3-5, 

 tarsus 1-2. 



Young. Yery similar to the adult, and marked in the same 

 manner, but of a more dingy appearance, especially below ; the 

 head not so thickly marked with bars, and preserving a more 

 spotted appearance. 



Uah. Indian peninsula, extending into Baluchistan. 



J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 

 J. Hillier, Esq. [P.]. 

 Major J. Hayes Lloyd [P.]. 



B. II. Hodgson, Esq. [P.] 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.l 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.] 



Purchased. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



