40. MICROSTICTUS. 



489 



Adult female. Resembles the female of H. canente. Total length 

 5-5 inches, ciilmen 0-75, wing 3-45, tail 1-3, tarsus 0-63. 



Young. Eoth sexes resemble the adult female, but have the 

 forehead and crown dingy buff. 



Hab. Southern part of India. 

 a. 5 ad. sk. 



b. 5 ad. sk. 



c, d. (^ imm. sk. 



e. (J ad.;/. S juv. 



sk. 

 ff, h, i. S ad. ; k, 



I, m. 5 ad. sk. 

 n. cJ ad. sk. 

 o, p. cj ad. ; q. § 



ad. sk. 

 r. (S juv. sk. 

 s, t. ^ 2 ad. sk. 



M, V. 2 ad. sk. 



w. S ad. ; .v-a'. J" 

 juv. sk. 



Nellacotta, Wynaad, March Hume Coll 



1881 ( TV. Davison). 

 Charmbadv, AVynaad, April 2, Hume Coll. 



1881 (W.DavisoH). 

 VVyuaad, July, Sept. 19, 1877 Hume Coll. 



(J. Darling). 

 Malabar. 



Malabar. 



Malabar. 

 Calicut. 



Travancore. 



Mynall, Travancore, Dec. 3 



1874 (F. W. Bom-dillon). 

 MynaU, December. 



Anjango, Travancore. 



40. MICROSTICTUS. 



Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Gould Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



F. W. Bourdillon, 



Esq. [C.J. 

 Hume Coll. 



Type. 



Lichteusteinipicus, Bp. C'onsp. Volucr. Zygod. p. 7 (1854). M. fjuebris. 



Bill of Microstictusfidviis. 

 Range. Celebes and Philippine Islands. 



Key to the Species. 

 A. Dark slaty grey above, sandy buff below. 

 a'. With red ou the bead. 

 a". Forehead and anterior two thirds of 

 crown and face, including malar region, 



.„ n?a""T; ■ •;• ; >^''«* ^ ad., p. 490. 



6 . the whole of the top of the head and the 

 occiput, as well as almost the entire face, 



r, ^T "''"^*°'i ; ^mllacii<Sa.A., p. 491. 



b . VV ith no red on the head, this being dark 

 slaty grey speckled with white. 

 c". Tail brown above and below, the under- 

 side more sandy ; shafts of tail-feathers 

 brown above, the underside white with 

 the apical portion dusky brown fulvus 5 ad., p. 491. 



