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occiput and nape scarlet ; hind neck black ; sides of the face and 

 neck white, the ear-coverts slight!}' brownish ; the malar region 

 smoky white, and behind it a broad brown stripe running on to 

 the side of the chest, a branch from it extending behind the ear- 

 coverts ; from the chin to the under tail-coverts (both inclusive) 

 white, the chin, throat, and fore neck uniform, the remaining jjarts 

 broadly striped with brown, except the abdomen which is brilliant 

 scarlet : " bill clear plumbeous, dark on the culmen and tip of both 

 mandibles ; inside of mouth bluish fleshy ; eyelids dark brown ; 

 irides deep red ; legs and feet bright plumbeous ; claws horny blue " 

 {E. W, Oates). Total length 6-8 inches, culmen 1-15, wing 4, tail 

 2-3, tarsus O'S ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0'5, outer 

 posterior 0'57, inner anterior 0'42, inner posterior 0'2S. 



Adult female. Wants the red on the occiput and nape, these being 

 duU yellow, like the forehead and crown. Total length G'S inches, 

 culmen 0-93, wing 4, tail 2-5, tarsus 0-75. 



Young. The males differ from the adult of the same sex in having 

 the sinciput of a very much didler yellow, and the red on the head 

 also duller and confined to the hinder part of the crown ; the under- 

 parts less white and more broadly striped ; the red on the abdomen 

 less intense ; the bill brown. The male nestling is similar, but 

 (together with the female) differs in having the chin and throat 

 faintly spotted with dusky brown ; the female has no red on the 

 head, the forehead and crown being smoky or brownish drab, with 

 scarcely any yellow tinge. 



Hah. Throughout almost the whole of India to the foot of the 

 Himalayas, extending in the north-west up to Chamba ; Ceylon ; 

 ranging also into the northern part of Pegu. Has also been 

 obtained by Dr. Harmand in Cochin China, and will probably be 

 found to inhabit the intervening countries. 



a. 5 ad. sk. 



h,c. S 9. ad. sk. 



d. cj ad. sk. 



e. S ad. sk. 



f-i. 5 ad. et imm. 



sk. 

 k,l. c? $ ad. sk. 

 m, 71,0. <S ad. ; 7;, 



q, r. $ ad. sk. 

 s, t. (^ ad. ; u, v. 



2 ad. sk. 

 w, X. (5 2 ad. sk. 

 y. dad.; z, a'. $ 



ad. sk. 

 b'. (5 ad. ; r',d', e'. 



$ ad. sk. 

 f,!/'. dad.;/*'. ? 



ad. sk. 

 i', ^'. $ ad. sk. 



Umarkoti, Sindh, Jan. 20, 1876 



( Jf. T. Blanford). 

 Kutch. 

 Kattiawar. 



Deesa, Feb. 18, 1876 (E. A. 



Butler). 

 Mt. Aboo, Rajpiitana. 



Mt. Aboo. 



Sambhur, Feb., March, June, 



Oct., Nov. {It. M. Adam). 

 Jodhpiu-, Jan. and Oct. 



Tatghur, Oodeypur, Feb. 1878. 

 Delhi, March, Oct., Nov. (C. T. 



Bin(/ham). 

 Sultanpur, GurfT.ion Dist., Dec, 



Jan., Feb. (TF. N. Chill). 

 Umbala, March, July, Sept. 



Umbala (Pimoill). 



Hume Coll. 



llume Coll. 



Mai or Hayes Lloyd 



[P.]. 

 Hume CoU. 



Hume CoU. 



Major Butler [C.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume CoU, 



Tweeddale CoU. 

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