370 



p. 2.")8 (1854) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 55, do. 6702 (1870) ; Iliunc, 

 Nests 8,- Eggs_ Ind. B. p. 4ol (1873) ; id. Sir. F. 1879, p. 107 ; 

 Bietler, * ' ' 



P- 



p. ^ - ^ . , 



p. 112; Swinh. Sf Barney Ibis, 18S5, p. 129; Mact/rer/. Sir. F. x. 

 p. 439 (1837) ; St. John, Ibis, 1889, p. 170. 

 Munia malabarica, Bhith, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 117 (1849) ; Bp. 



"ra. n. ma. ii. \i. oot ^lovi-j; , j.j.uv<iai.u. j. . u. -j. j-ui^, ^. lut , 

 lume, Str. F. 1873, p. 209 : Adam, t. c. p. 3S7 ; Ball, Str. F. 

 B74, p. 421 ; Butler, Str. F. 1875, p. 496 ; Fairb. Str. F. 1876, 



Hii 



187 



p. 261 ; Davidson S,- Wenden, Str. F. vii. p. 85 (1878) ; Ball, t. c. 



p. 222; Cripps, t. c. p. 293; Letjge, Birds of Ceylon, p. 602 



(1879). 

 Euodice malabarica, Beiehenh. Sinyv. p. 47, Taf.x%'i. fig. 150 (1861). 

 Euodeia malabarica, Reichenb. t.c. Nachtr. p. iv (1861). 



Adult male. Above light brown, a little darker on the head, which 

 is slightly mottled, with blackish bases to the feathers ; rump and 

 upper tail-coverts white, the latter black along the outer web ; the 

 white rump-feathers adjoining the lower back narrowly barred with 

 brown ; tail-feathers black, the centre ones with a ferruginous lateral 

 mark about the middle of the outer web ; wing-coverts and inner 

 secondaries brown like the back, the latter narrowly fringed with 

 •white at the ends ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills black : 

 lores, eyelid, sides of face, ear-coverts, and under surface of body 

 white, with an isabelline tinge on the latter ; sides of neck and 

 sides of body light tawny buff, the latter faintly mottled with whitish 

 bars; under wing-coverts and axillaries light tawny buff; quiUs 

 dusky, pale tawny buff along the inner web : " upper mandible 

 plumbeous horn-colour, lower mandible lavender ; legs and feet pale 

 purplish pink ; iris dark brown " (E. A. Butler, MS.). Total length 

 4-4 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 2-15, tail 1-8, tarsus 0-55. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 4-3 inches, 

 culmen 0-4, wing 2-1, tail 1-8, tarsus 0-5. 



Hah. Ceylon and Indian Peninsula, Khelat, and Afghanistan. 



a. Ad.sk. Afghanistan (6Vj^);^). India Museum. 



b c Ad sk. Zehri, Khelat, 5500 feet Hume Coll. 



' ■ (,S'(> O. St. John). 



d e Ad. sk. Khelat, July 15 (O. T. Hume Coll. 



' Duhe). 



f. ^ ad. ; g. $ Dehra Ghazi Khan. Hume Coll. 



iuv. sk. 

 h S fid. sli- Karachi, Aug. 29 (E. A. Hume Coll. 



Butler). 

 i 2 ad. sk. Sukkur, Sind, Dec. 1871 Hume Coll. 



{A. O. H.). 

 J; \_i sk Banks of R. Chenab, near Hume Coll. 



Mooltan, Dec. 1871 {A. 



O. H.). 

 tJuv.sk. Hyderabad (Dr. ^.GoitW). India Mu,seum. 



