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AKTAJJID.K. 



Adult male. Above dull ashj', the upper tail-coverts greyish 

 ■white, foriniug a narrow transverse band ; head and neck all round 

 clearer grey ; a very narrow frontal lino and the lores blackish ; 

 upper part of the chin and fore part of checks shaded with blackish ; 

 remainder of under surface of body pale vinaceous ashj', the under 

 tail-coverts whitish, freckled with ashy cross bars ; under wing- 

 coverts ashy white ; wing dull slaty below, the quills blacker ; tail 

 black, tipped with ashy white : " l)ill clear pale blue, the tip and 

 anterior half of the margins brownish ; legs slate-colour ; claws dark 

 horn ; mouth inside black in some, in others yellow, probably 

 varying according to season ; iris dark brown ; eyelids plumbeous " 

 {E. W. Oates). Total length 6'3 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 5-3, 

 tail 2-3, tarsus O'Go. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but a little duller in colour. 

 Total length 6-3 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 5-25, tail 2-25, tarsus 

 0-05. 



Young. Similar to the adults, but having the bill dusky brown 

 and the plumage duller, all the feathers of the back spotted or 

 barred with ochreous brown at the ends ; the quills similarly tipped 

 with browji or whitish ; the breast pale vinaceous, mottled with 

 ashy bases to the feathers. 



Hab. Ceylon and Southern Indian Peninsula as far as South 

 Konkan, on the west coast ; Himalayas from Naini Tal to Assam ; 

 Dacca and neighbourhood of Calcutta ; throughout the Burmese 

 countries to Cambodia, Cochin China, and even to Hainan and 

 Macao. 



a, b. Ad. sk. 



c. c? ad. sk. 



d. c? ad. sk. 



e. d ad. ; /, (/, h. 

 2 ad. sk. 



i, k. cS ad. sk. 



I, VI. 5 ad. sk. 



o. (5 ad. sk. 



J), q. Ad. sk. 

 r. (S ad. sk. 



s. S ad. sk. 

 t. Juv. sk. 

 u. (S ad. sk. 

 r. (S ad. sk. 



Kandy, Cevlon. 



Cotta', Ceylon, Nov. 19, ]878 

 (Jlarf)'. 



S. Ceylon, May 25, 1871 (W. 

 V. Legge). 



Ceylon, Dec. 1865 (>S'. Chap- 

 man). 



Ceylon, March 1866 (.S'. Chap- 

 man). 



Ceylon, April 1866 {S. Chap- 

 man). 



Eameswaren Is., March 17, 

 1875. 



Anjango, Travancore, Dec. 



Machur, Lower Palani Hills, 

 May 18, 1877 {S. B. Fair- 

 bank). 



Machur, June 15, 1877 (.S'. 

 B. F.). 



Coonoor, J une 21 , 1869 ( W. G. 

 Wait). 



Coonoor, Sept. 15, 1870 ( W. 

 G. Wait). 



Orange Village, Nilghiris, June 

 29, 1874 (Miss Cockburn). 



A. White, Esq. [C.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale CoU. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Col]. 



