86 PAKIDJE. 



//. Ad. sic. Cl.ii-a?o, Sept. .30, 1874. H. K. Coale, E.sq. [r.]. 



i, k. d ad. sk. Kepulse Bay. Dr. Rae [P.]. 



/. cJ ad. .'ik. Loch Lomnndside, 18o3 Gould CollectioQ. 

 (Z)r. Dt'tvar). 



10. LEPTOPCECILE. 



Leptopoecile, Severtzoiv, Turkest. Jevotn. p. CG (1873) 

 Stoliczkana, Ilmne, Sfr. F. ii. p. 13-5 (1874) 



Type. 

 L. sophiaj. 

 L. sophise. 



Details of structure of Lcpiopmcilc sophics. 



Bill straight, slender and rounded at the enlmen, like that of Plnjl- 

 loscopvs. Nostrils longitudinal, with a well-developed coriaccons oper- 

 culum, half protected by very fine bristles. First primary compara- 

 tively long, second primary short ; tip of wing formed by fourth, 

 fifth, and sixth primaries. Tail graduated, and equal to wing in 

 length. Tarsus anteriorly covered with one long scutum (in old 

 birds), and more than twice and a half the length of the hallux 

 without claw. Plumage soft and rather thick. Coloration very 

 peculiar. 



Ranqe. Central Asia. 



This bird does certainly not belong to the Paridce, but is most 

 closely allied to PJn/Uoscojms (see Cat. B. vol. v. pp. 2, 37). 



1. Leptopcecile sophiae. 



Leptopcecile sopliise, Seiwfz. Turk. Jevotn. pp. GO, 135, pi. viii. figs. 



8 & 9 (c? 2) (1871) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1870, p. 171 ; Gould, B. As. 



pt. xxviii. ; Butler, Str. F. 1870, p. 1.53 ; David ^ Oust. Ois. 



Chine,-p. 290 •,Pr'jev.Ornith.Mtsc.Y>t.\i.T^. 191,sp.92a877); Scullt/, 



Ibis, 1881, p. 116. 

 Stoliczkana stoliczkse, Hume, Str. F. 1874, pt. ii. p. 513. 



Adult. Forehead and a broad band over eyes and car-coverts 

 yellowish white ; crown of head, nape, and chin vinous brown ; 



