28. XANTCOITGIA. 253 



4. Xanthopygia fuliginosa. 



riufuicura fiJigiuosa, Viyors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 3-5 ; Biyth, J. A. S. B. 



xi. p. 190. 

 Phoeiiiciira plumbea, Gould, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 185, 

 Riilicilla simplex, Lesson, Rev. Zuol. 1840, p. 265. 

 PhceiiicLira rubieauda, Ilodgsonin Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 82. 

 Pliceuiciira lineoventris, id. Icon, iiied., Passeres, pi. 74 a (no. 418). 

 Ituticilla fuliginosa, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 180 ; id. Cat. Mamm. ^-c. 



Kepal Cull. Ilodya. p. 68 ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. x\\. p. 134 ; id. Cat. 



B. Mils. A. 6'. B. p. 296 ; 31oore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 29 ; Jlorsf. ^ 



Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. i. p. 308 ; Jerdon, B. Ind. ii. p. l42 ; 



Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 221, no. 3166 ; Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 358 ; 



Hume ^' Henders. Lahore to Yarkand, p. 212, pi. 15 ; Prjevalski 



in Rowley's Orn. Misc. ii. p. 177. 

 RiiticOla plumbea, Blyth. J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 134. 

 Khyacoruis fuliginosa, Blanford, J. A. S. B. xli. pt. 1, p. -^il ; Blyth 



^- Wulden, B. Burm. p. lOl ; Brooks, Str. F. 1875, p. 240; Inyiis, 



iitr. F. 1877, p. 37 ; JDavid ^- Oustalet, Ois. Chine, p. 171. 

 Nympliaius fuUgiuosus, Hume, Nests ^'- Fygs Ind. B. p. 322. 



Adult male. General colour above leaden blue, the rump-feathers 

 white, tippel with chestnut like the adjoining upper tail-coverts ; 

 tail chestnut with a slight shade of dull brown at the tip ; wing- 

 coverts like the back ; quills dusky blackish, edged with light slaty 

 grey ; a narrow line at the base of the forehead and the feathers in 

 front of the eye blackish ; sides of face, sides of neck, and under 

 surface of body leaden blue, including the thighs ; under tail-coverts 

 rich chestnut ; under wing-coverts like the breast ; quills dusky 

 brown below, Avith a lighter edging to the inner webs ; " bill black ; 

 legs vinaceous brown ; iris dark brown " (Jerdon). Total lengtli 

 4-5 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 3-05, tail 2-1, tarsus 0-9. 



Adidt female. Different from the male. General colour above 

 dull ashy, the wing-coverts like the back, and tipped with a small 

 spot of ashy white : primary-coverts dark brown ; quills dark brown 

 with lighter brown edges ; upper tail-coverts white ; two centre 

 tail-feathers rufous-brown, the rest white, brown at the tips, the 

 white increasing obliquely towards the outer tail-feather, which is 

 entirely white, excepting a narrow edging along the outer web 

 and a small brown tip to the inner one ; lores buffy white mottled 

 with dusky bases to the feathers ; eye-ring dull rufous ; ear-coverts 

 dull ashy brown with broad white shaft-streaks ; under surface of 

 body greyish ash-colour mottled with central streaks of white, the 

 centre of the breast and abdomen white, varied with ashy brown 

 margins and mesial spots of the same colour; under tail-coverts 

 white ; thighs ashy brown ; under wing-coverts and axillarics ashy 

 brown, the former slightly mottled with subtermiual spots of white ; 

 quills dark brown below, lighter brown along the edge of the inner 

 web. Total length 4'5 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2-6, tail 1-9 

 tarsus ^^'So. 



Hah. Himalaya Mountains, ranging easiwards throughout the 

 mountains of China, to Pckm and Mongolia. 



