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under surface of body tawnj- buff, the chest sUghtlj' mottled with 

 black bases to the feathers. 



Winter plumage of adults. Very little different from the summer 

 plumage, but having a more tawny-buff tinge below, the black 

 breast-band entirely obscured by sandy-buff edges to the feathers ; 

 down the centre of the crown a sliglit indication of a pale streak: 

 " upper mandible dusky brown in the male, the lower one pale 

 lavender ; feet brownish fleshy pink ; iris brown" (A. 0. H.). " In 

 the females the upper mandible was light brown, the lower one 

 whitish horny, with a pinky bluish tinge" (A. 0. II.). 



Young male after Jirst moidt. Like the female. General coloi^r 

 above light tawny brown, broadly streaked with black, the feathers 

 fading off to whitish buff on their margins ; scapulars like the back ; 

 lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts ashy brown, with darker 

 brown centres, the tail-coverts brown with ashy margins ; lesser 

 wing-coverts brown, shaded with olive, with blackish bases ; median 

 and greater coverts blackish, edged with tawny or sandy buff; 

 bastard-wing blackish ; primary-coverts and quills blackish brown, 

 externally fringed with olive-yellow, the secondaries broadly edged 

 with sandy buff, becoming whitish towards the end of the inner 

 secondaries, which resemble the scapulars ; tail-feathers dark brown, 

 narrowly edged with sandy buff, and washed with olive-yellow near 

 the base ; crown of head dark brown, shaded with ashy, especially 

 towards the occiput, the feathers having indistinct dusky centres ; 

 nape and hind neck ashy grey, with dusky centres ; lores dull ashy, 

 surmounted by a streak of yellow, forming a distinct eyebrow ; 

 feathers round eye, sides efface, and ear-coverts blackish brown, with 

 a small streak of yellow below the eye ; the ear-coverts hoary near 

 their lower margin, and showing a black line along their upper edge ; 

 cheeks yellow, separated from the throat by a malar line of black ; 

 throat yellow or whitish with a M'ash of yellow ; a patch of yellow also 

 on the sides of neck behind the ear-coverts ; fore neck and chest black, 

 forming a broad prepectoral band ; breast light isabelline brown, as 

 also the sides of the body, flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts, 

 the latter paler ; the breast and sides of the body faintly streaked 

 with dusky brown stripes ; the abdomen isabelline whitish ; UTider 

 wing-coverts isabelline bufif; edge of wing yellow; quills below 

 dusky, ashy isabelline along the inner edge. Total length 5-5 

 inches, culmen 0-(j, wing 2-9, tail 1'8, tarsus 0-8. 



Hah. The greater part of the Indian Peninsula, extending into 

 the Burmese countries. 



a. Ad. sk. India. Purchased. 



b. Imin. st. India. Zoological Society. 



c. Innu.sk. Shah Hoosein, Sindh, Jan. 2-5. Ilmne Coll. 

 d-g. cJ hiem. sk. Upper Sindh, Jan. {A, O. II.). Hume Coll. 

 A. c? ad. sk. Deesa, July (E. A. Butter). Hume Coll. 

 i. (S ad. sk. Bhandoop," 15 miles from Hume Coll. 



Bombay, Aug. 

 A;-»i. Ad. etjuv.sk. N.W. Provinces. Pinwill Coll. 



n. tS ad. sk. Mongbvr, July. Hume Coll. 



