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scarlet ; nape and hind neck black : sides of the face and neck, chin 

 and throat white narrowly strii)ed with black, the ear-coverts smoky 

 brown ; malar region smoky brown, and behind this a black stripe 

 down the side of the throat and fore neck ; chest and under surface of 

 tlie body fulvescent white striped with black ; the lower part of the 

 abdomen, the vent, and under tail-coverts pale scarlet ; under wing- 

 coverts white, with varied spots of black : axiUaries fulvescent white : 

 " base of lower mandible pale plumbeous ; rest of bill bluish horny 

 brown ; legs and feet pale glaucous green ; irides deep brown " ( W. 

 Davison). Total length 8-3 inches, culmen 1, wing 4-65, tail 3-1, 

 tarsus 0-75; toes (without claws)— outer anterior 0-5, outer poste- 

 rior 0-58, inner anterior 0-4, inner posterior 0-25. 



Adult female. Wants the red occipital feathers, the occiput being 

 only slightly yellower than the crown. lu other respects it re- 

 sembles the adult male. Total length 8 inches, culmen 1, wing 4-5 

 tail 2-9, tarsus 0-78. 



Young. The male has the forehead, crown, and occiput dusky 

 brown, with stripe-like spots of pale yellowish brown, the occipital 

 feathers tipped with crimson. The female has the occipital feathers 

 more golden than those of the crown, but devoid of red. 



Ifab. Nepal, Kumaon, and North-west Himalayas, also Cashmere 

 and Northern Afghanistan. 



a,b. c? $ ad. sk. 



c. (S ad, sk. 



d. 2 ad. sk. 



e. 2 ad. sk. 

 f,(j. 6 2 ad. sk. 



/(. 2 ad. sk. 

 i. S ad. sk. 

 k. c?ad.; I, m. 2 



ad. et juv. sk. 

 n-d'. cJad.; e'-tt! . 



2 ad. sk. 

 i'',w'. ■S 2 ad.sk. 

 .r', (/'. S ad.; z , 



a". 2 ad. sk. 

 b", c". S 2 ad. 



sk. 

 d", e". cJad. sk. 

 /'. 2 ad. sk. 



g". S ad.; h". 



Juv. sk. 

 i". S ad. sk. 

 A;". 2 jwv. sk. 

 I", m",n". cJad.; 



o". 2 ad. sk. 

 21''. d ad. sk. 

 q'yr'\(^ 2ad.sk. 

 s",t",u". ij ad.; 



v". 2 ad.; to". 



Juv. sk. 



N.W. India. 

 Caslimere (Jerdon). 

 Pushut ( Griffith). 

 AgTore, May 6, 1870. 

 Chamba, Feb., March (C. H. T. 



Marshall). 

 Kotegurh, Dec. 1870. 

 Murree, Aug. 1877. 

 Simla, April (R. C. Eearan). 



Simla, March, Aug., Sept., Oct., 



Nov. 

 Simla (S. Pinwill). 

 Masuri. 



Masiiri (.9. Pinwill). 



Masuri. 



Dhoon, May 11, 1SG8 (G. F. L. 



Marshall). 

 Kumaon {Strachcy). 



Kumaou. 



Kalee, Almorah, June 19, 1868. 



Naini Tal, Sept. 1866. 



Naini Tal, Sept. 20, 1866. 

 Nepal {B. H. Hodgson). 

 N'epal. 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 India Museum. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Col. Way [P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Pinwill CoU. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



ludia Museum. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume CoU. 

 Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 India Museum. 

 Hodgson Coll. 



