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throat, fore neck, sides of breast, flanks, under and upper tail- 

 coverts, and rump vinous brown, strongly washed with cobalt-blue, 

 especially the rump and flanlvs, the bluish colour being hardly per- 

 ceptible on the crown ; mantle, back, wing-coverts, and quills nar- 

 rowly edged with pale w^hitish olive ; tail black-brown, with a 

 greyish tint on the outer web of the inner pairs ; outer web of outer- 

 most pair, and outer edge of next pair wdiite ; edge of wino-, under 

 wing-coverts, and a broad margin to inner web of quills pale cream- 

 colour ; centre of breast and abdomen cream-colour ; " bill black ; 

 feet horny blackish brown ; iris bright red " (Sfolic:l-a). Total 

 length 4-5 inches, culmen 0-35, wing 2-1, tail 2, tarsus 0-72. 



Female. Generally duller-coloured, the reddish-blue colour being 

 confined to the rump ; underparts pale brownish white or cream- 

 colour ; in size not differing from the male. 



Hah. Upper Cashmere, extending into Turkestan. 



a-c. Ad. sk. Kashgar {Dr. Belkw). India Museum [P.]. 



d, e. S 2 fd. sk. Astor, Kashmere, 10,000feet, Major Biddulph [P.]. 

 Oct. 3. 



