68 PAEIDJ?. 



ear-covcrts rufous; no black on the sides of the head or on the 

 forehead. 



Ciilmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in. 



c? . China 040 2-23 1-75 0-56 



S . Japan 0-37 222 1-74 057 



o* . Piedmont 0-40 2-15 180 0-56 



2. Asia Minor 0-41 20o l-7o 056 



Hah. Southern Europe, Asia Minor, Persia, Turkestan, China, and 

 Japan. 



a, b. Ad. st. Europe. Purchased. 



c. cT ad. sk. Piedmont, April 3, 1876. F. D. Godman and 0. Salvia, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 rf.2ad.sk. Piedmont, April 20, 1876. F.D. Godman and O.Salvin, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 



e. Juv. sk. Genoa (A. B. Brooke). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



f. Juv. sk. Astrachan, April 1872. Baron von Hiigel [P.]. 

 'ff. S ad. sk. Kaisarziah, Asia Minor H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



(C. JS. Dauford). 



2. .ffigithalus coronatus. 



^githalus coronatus, Severtz. Turhest. Jevotn. p. 136, pi. 9. fig. 3, S ad. 



in spring (1873); Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 175. 

 ^githalus atricapillus, Severiz. Turhest. Jevotn. p. 137, pi. 9. fig. 4, 



S ad. in spring ; fig. 5, juv. (1873); Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 174. 

 .^githalus stoliczkse, Hume, Str. F. 1874, p. 521. 



Apparentlj' slightly smaller than ^. pendulinus, to which it is 

 very closely allied by the distribution of its colours. It chiefly differs 

 from the latter species by the colour of the head, the forehead, lores, 

 and region round the eyes and the ear-coverts being deep black, 

 getting more and more mottled with wliite towards the occiput and 

 nape, leaving only the centre of the crown near the forehead white ; 

 behind the black occiput and nape a brownish-white crescent. Total 

 length about 3-7 inches. cj: culmen 0-37-0-40, wing 2-05-2-1, 

 tail 1-60-1 -63, tarsus 0-56. 



Female. Like the male in size and colour. 



Hah. Western Turkestan. ^ 



3. .ffigithalus castaneus. 



.^githalus castaneus, Severtz. Turk. Jevotn. p. 136, pi. 9 (1873); 



Dresser, B. Fur. iii. p. 165, pi. 117. 

 ^githalus caspius, Bogdanow, Tr. Soc. Kazan, viii. p. 91 (1879). 



Adult male. Differs from ^. pendulinus in having the crown of 

 the head, the hind neck, and the sides of the neck of the same rich 

 chestnut coloiir as the mantle ; the amount of white on the edges of 

 the tail and wing is greater, and the chestnut part of the feathers on 

 the breast more conspicuous than in ^.pendidinus. This subspecies 

 is slightly larger than the common European bird. Total length 



