254 MUSCICATID-E, 



«. c^ad. St. India. , J. Gould, Esq. 



b Juv. ; c. c? inirn. sk. Cashmere. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [F.J. 



d e. S ad. sk. Cashmere. E. M. Langworthy, Esq. 



/■ rf ad ■'k Ladakh. Purchased. 



■'/' h. 6 ad.'sk. Kangra, N.W. Capt. Stackhouse Pin- 



■ ' Provinces. will [P.]. 



i rT ad ■ A- ; 2 ad sk. N.W. Himalayas. Capt. Stackhouse Pin- 



■ ° ■ ' ' * ■ will [P.]. 



m. c? ad.; n,o. 2 ad. st. Nepal. B.H.Hodgson,Esq.[P.]. 



p, q. c? ad. ; r, s. $ ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson,Esq. [P- J- 



29. TARSIGER. rpype. 



Nemura, J/of/^s. P. Z. -S. 1845, p. 27 (mcc iai!/-. 1796) . . T. rutilatus. 



Tarsiger, Hodqs. P. Z. S. 1845, p. 28 T. chrysceus. 



lanthia, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 132 (1847) T. rufilatus. 



Po"-onocichla, Cah. Arch. f. Nahm/. 1847, p. 314 .... T. stellatus. 



Nitidula, Jerd. ^- Blyth, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 201 T. hodgsom. 



Bill and leg of Tarsiger stellahts. 



Range. The whole of Northern Asia from the Ural Mountains to 

 Japan, extending throughout China and the Himalayas, recurring 

 again in South Africa. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Tail uniform blue or grey, or black with blue 



margins. 



a'. Throat white, either yellowish or greyish 



white like the rest of the under surface, the 



sides of the body bright orange in strong 



contrast ; tail blue. 



«". Lores and eyebrow white, surmoimted by 



a narrow line of cobalt-blue, separating 



it from the crown ; under surface creamy 



white cyanurus, p. 255. 



h". Lores and eyebrow brilliant cobalt ; be- 

 low greyish white rxjilatus, p. 256. 



b'. Throat rufous or orange-yellow below, like 

 the breast and abdomen, not whitish. 

 c". With no white eyebrow ; a blue streak on 

 the sides of the crown. 

 a". Size much larger; length 4'8 inches: 



under surface chestnut hyperythrus, p. 257. 



h'". Size smaller; length 3-6 inches : under 



surface orange-yellow hodgsoni, p. 258. 



d". With a very long and broad white eye- 

 brow ; colour above slaty grey ; below 

 rufous or orange indicus, p. 259. 



