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lighter brown, iucliiiiug to whity browu on Lutli margins ; fore- 

 head bhickish brown, a few of the feathers ti^jped with orange-rufous ; 

 facial aspect orange-rufous, with rather distinct white shaft-streaks, 

 the loral plumes and those on the foro part of the cheeks white, with 

 blackish shaft-lines ; ruff orange-rufous, mottled with dark brown 

 and buff, the bases of the feathers and the terminal margins being 

 dark brown, the plumes adjoining the throat also dark brown down 

 the centre ; cliin whitish, as well as the fore neck ; rest of iiuder 

 surface of body bright yellowish, washed and banded with orange- 

 buff, all the feathers streaked with dark brown down the centre, the 

 breast-feathers crossed with white bars, giving a paler appearance to 

 this portion of the body ; leg-feathers fulvous, mottled with orange- 

 buff ; under tail-coverts deep fulvous, with faint brown centres and 

 terminal margins to the feathers ; under wing-coverts deep orange- 

 buff, with a few small brown markings near the outer edge of the 

 wing, the lower series dull brown, yellowish at base, resembling 

 the inner lining of the wing, which is brown, with yellowish 

 white bars on the inner web ; " legs and feet densely feathered to 

 the terminal joints of the toes, which have two or three moderate 

 transverse scales of a dull plumbeous colour ; claws brown, paler 

 at tips and bases ; iris dark brown ; bill pale fleshy yellow ; cere 

 very faintly marked, dark brown " (Hume). Total length 18 inches, 

 wing 12-7, tail 7'7, tarsus 2"15. 



Young. Similar to the adult, but much more mottled above and 

 on the chest, all the feathers being barred on each web with orange- 

 buft' and brown, producing a more waved appearance than in the 

 adults ; bands on the tail seven in number. 



Adult (grey phase). Similar in character and markings to the 

 rufous phase, but of a greyish brown shade generally on the upper 

 surface ; the face very white, as also the lower portion of the facial 

 ruff adjoining the throat ; the white bars on the lower surface of the 

 body much closer together, the brown cross markings very narrow. 

 Total length 19 inches, wing 12-4, tail 7'5, tarsus 1-9. 



Hub. Himalaya Mountains from Murree eastwards, extending into 

 Moupin in Western China. 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq 



P. 



B. 11. Hodgson, Esq. [P.l. 

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

 John Gould, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Syrnium davidi. 



Ptynx fuscescens, DuricI, N. Arch. Mvs. vii. Bidl. p. 4. 

 Ptynx fulvescens, Sivinhue, P. Z. 8. 1871, p. 344. 

 Syrniimi davidi, Sharpe, Ibis, 1875, p. 250. 



Adult inale. Back brown, lighter on the margins of the dorsal 

 feathers, which arc also slightly streaked or spotted with white, more 

 especially on the scapulars, which have large oval spots of white on 

 the outer web, the dark centres to the feathers of the upper surface 

 giving the bird a somewhat streaked appearance ; head dark brown, 



