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id. in Jard. Cuntr. Oni. 1851, p. 51 ; Horsf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. E.I. 

 Co. Mus. p. 374 ; Sunder. Ac. Meth. Tent. p. 17, 

 ^githaliscus erythrucephaluii, Cub. Mus. Hein. i. p. 90 (1850) ; 

 Jerdon, B. Lai. ii. p. i'70 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 234, uo. 3423; 

 BUjthi) Waklen, B. Burmah, p. 112; Brooks, Str. F. 1875, p. 252. 



Adult. Forehead, crown, and nape rich rufous chestnut; sides of 

 head, ear-coverts, and part of the sides of the neck, and a large 

 patch on the throat deep black ; between the crown and the ear- 

 coverts a more or less conspicuous white superciliary stripe ; general 

 colour above, including scapulars and most of the wing-coverts, 

 bluish grey ; quills and tail ashy brown, externally sHghtly edged 

 with grey ; the two outer pairs of the tail-feathers broadly edged 

 and tipped with white ; chin, sides of throat and neck pure white ; 

 rest of underparts ochraceous, deepest and sometimes with a vinous 

 tinge on the Hanks and abdomen ; " bill black : feet ileshy yellow ; 

 iris brown" (Jerdon). Total length about 4 inches, cubnen 0-3, 

 wing 2-05, tail 2, tarsus 0-6. 



The sexes are alike in plumage. 



Youmj. Crown fulvous, mixed with grey; sides of head dull 

 black ; throat greyish ; back grey, with brownish tinge ; underparts 

 whitish and ochraceous. 



Hah. Himalayas. 



a, b. Ad. st. Himalava.s. Purchased. 



c-g. Ad. sk. N.W. Himalavas. Capt. Stackhouse Pmwill rP.l 



h, i. Ad. sk. MuiTee, Aug. 1878. Col. ^Yay [P.]. 



k. Juv. sk. Simla. E. W. Gates, Esq. [C.]. 



I. Ad. sk. Nepal. Goidd Collection. 



m~o. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [C.l. 



p,q,r. Pull. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [CJ. 



s. Ad. sk. Nepal. Purchased. 



t,u.\di.sk. 'i^(i\^A{B.IL Hodgson). India Museum [P.]. 



V. Ad. sk. Darjiling. W. Fotheringbam, Esq. [P.]. 



?6', x, y. Ad. sk. 'BihooiKQ {Femberton). India Museum [P.]. 



z. Ad. St. Assam. Gould Collection. 



4. Acredula concinna. 



Psaltria concinna, Goidd, B. Asia, pt. vii. (1855) ; A. David, N. Arch 



Mm., Bull, vii., Cat. Ois. Chine, no. 214. 

 ^■Egitbaliscus annphrvs, Swinh. Ibis 1878, p. 64. 

 ^githalusanophrys/6-';-rty, Hand-l. B. i. p. 234, no. 3425 (18G9). 

 vEgithakis concinnus, Grag, Hand-l. B. i. p. 234, no. 3426 (1869). 

 ^githahscus concinnus, Sicin/i. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 362. 

 Acredula concinna, David ^- Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 293 (1877), 



Closely allied to A. enjthrocephala, but lighter-coloured, and re- 

 markably different in the coloration of the underparts : the white 

 superciliary stripe, so conspicuous in A. ergthrocepliala, is indicated 

 only by some slight white filaments ; rump reddish fulvous ; breast 

 pure white, crossed by a richly-coloured chestnut semilunar band, 

 which becomes broader towards the sides of the breast, and extends 

 backwards on the sides and flanks ; centre of abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts white, mottled with rufous chestnut ; under wing-coverts 



