13. MIRAFRA. 



605 



There s no rufous on the head and back, and very little grey, the 

 general aspect of the bird being blackish. Total length 5-1 inches 

 culmen 0-5o, wing 2-7, tail 1-8, tarsus 0-8. ' 



Bab. Plores. 



6'Ad'st fr'-ri,rn ^ Wallace Coll. 



c Ad sk Fl /K^''"^^• Tweeddale Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Floras ( Wallace). Seebohm CoU. 



(Type of species.) 



►Subsp. /3. Mirafra phUippinensis. 



Mirafi-a philippinensis, Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1886, p. 160. 



froW i? H,'lfT''^- f ™^-'' ^° ^- ^'^''^«' ^°d only differing 

 flanl Tof 1 ^^K% coloration and the blackish streaks on the 



Lrsns'o-8 ""^ "' ' '^°^'" ^■^^' ^^"^^ 27, tail 1-7, 



Hah. Island of Luzon, Philippines. 

 a, b. Ad. et juv. sk. Manila {Maitland-Heriot). Tweeddale Coll 



0, d, e. Ad. ;/. Juv. sk. Manila (M.-H.). ^"^Sdatcdi^ 



11. Mirafra cantillans. 



Mirafra cantillans, Blyth, J. A. S. Benq. xii. p. 181 Ur Jerd MSS ■ 



Fisiw^ . ?^* ' /T-^; '^:.-^^'^'''-^' ^<'t- B. Mm. E. I. Co. if p. 477 

 p. 1-1, no // 99 (18/ 0) ; Adam, Str. F. 1873, p. 388: id Kesfs & 

 p. 208; Butler, t.c. p 499- ^ga// Sh- V i>i-7 '.?oo "Vr ' 



p"iS-(i8f6™' ' ''"'' p- '''' ^"''' ^^^- ^-'-- ^-: 



^cZ«Z<_,«a7,. Similar to M.javanira, but distinguished by its pale 

 wing-Iming, ^h,ch, instead of being chestnut, is only sabelline 

 '^rZl-O-I ' '"°"'^ '■' '°^'"' ^"^■^'^^ ^•^' ---" 3:2, tan 22! 

 jlfjK7^</,,„«7,. Similar to the male in colour but smaller. Total 

 length 0-2 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 3-15, tail 1-95, tarsus 0-85 



Hah Central and Southern India, north from Madras, extending 

 to Cashmere. ^^'"o 



a, b. Ad. sk. Ueesa Jan, July {E. A. Hame Coll. 



Jsatler). 



c. 2 ad.sk. Rohtuk-^ district, Dec. 24 Hume Coll 



(.-1. O. H.). 



d. ^ ad. sk. Sambhur, June (/.". M. Seebohui Coll 



Adam). 



