492 plooeidjE. 



tha back, and never showing the yellow band across the breast : 

 " bill black ; inside of mouth flesh-colour ; eyelid grey ; legs flesh- 

 colour ; claws pinkish horn-colour ; iris dark brown" (£/. W. Oates). 

 Total length 5-7 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 2'8, tail 1-7, tarsus 0*8. 



Adult female. Similar to the female of P. bai/a, but generally 

 more tawny both above and below. Total length 5 inches, culmeu 

 0'7, wing 2*0, tail I'o, tarsus U"8. 



Young birds and old hirds in winter plumage are very similar to 

 the correspanding stages in P. baija, but the general aspect of the 

 species at all ages is more tawny. 



In the southern portions of its range, P. haj/a is remarkable for 

 its deep tawny-rufous appearance, not only on the upper surface, 

 but also on the breast and sides of the body, the tliroat being at the 

 same time decidedly blackish. In Tenasserim, however, the color- 

 ation of specimens is paler, and in Pegu paler still, till in the Bootan 

 Dooars the throat is extremely pale, but the size of the bird 

 gradually increases, especially as regards the bill, till in the Terai 

 it reaches the maximum in this respect, and has been separated by 

 Mr. Hume as P. mer/arJiynchus. 



Hab. From the I) boon through the Lower Himalayas to Assam, 

 and from the neighbourhood of Calcutta throughout the Burmese 

 countries and the Mala)'an Peninsula to Sumatra and Java. 



a, b. Imm. sk. Kaladoongi, Dhoon, Dec. Hume Coll. (Types of 



P. meffarhi/ncJiiis.) 

 c,d,e. c? ad. ; /-«. Nepal Terai. Hodgson Coll. (Types 



2 ad. et j uv. sk. oiP.atrigida and F.passerinus.) 



k, I. c? ad. ; 7)i-p. Nepal Terai (B. H. Hodg- India Museum. 



5 ad. et juv. sk. son), 

 q-u. (S ad. sk. Sikhim Terai, July (Otto Hume Coll. 



Midler). 

 V, 10. (S $ ad. sk. Sikhim Terai, May, June. Seebohm Coll. 

 X. Imm. sk. Sikhim Terai, April {L. Hume Coll. 



MandelU). 

 y. c?; z-b'. 5 ad. Darji ling Terai. Hume Coll. 



et juv. sk. 

 c'. Imm. sk. Buxa Dooars, Jan. (i. Hume Coll. 



MandelU). 

 d'-t/. (S 2 ad. et Bootan Dooars, Jan., May Hume Coll. 



juv. sk. {L. MandelU). 



z' . Ad. sk. Bootan {Pemberton). India Museum. 



a"~e". (S ad. et Sadhyia district, Assam, Hume Coll. 



juv. sk. April {J. Cockburn). 



f"-p" . d ? ad. sk. Dibrughur, Assam, May, Hume Coll. 



June {J. R. Cripps). 

 q", r". J 2 hiem. N. Khasia Hills, Feb. {A. Tweeddale Coll. 



sk. W. C7mmell). 



s". d ad. sk. Mymensing. Tweeddale Coll. 



t". S ; u"-io". 2 Cachar, Jau. {A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



ad. sk. 

 x", y". 2 ad. sk. Cachar, March, April (/. Forbes Coll. 



Inylis). 

 z", «', b\ d 2 ad. Dacca. Hume Coll. 



sk. 



