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tail-feathers dark brown, with rufous markings, the outer tail- 

 feather vinous isabellino, with an oblique blackish mark on the 

 inner web, the penultimate feathers blackish, vinous isabelliue on 

 the outer web and round the tip ; crown of head with an extra- 

 ordiuarilj- long crest, the feathers black with sandy-rufous margins ; 

 the hind neck and upper mantle sandy rufous, with blackish centres 

 to the feathers ; lores, and a broad eyebrow, sides of face, ear- 

 coverts, cheeks, and sides of neck vinous isabelline, the latter 

 mottled with tiny blackish centres to the feathers ; the ear-coverts 

 washed with brown, especially along the upper margin ; entire 

 under surface of body vinous isabelline, paler on the throat ; the 

 fore neck and chest with a few mesial spots of dusky brown ; on 

 each side of the fore neck a patch of black ; across the cheeks a row 

 of dusky brown spots from the fore part of the eye ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries like the breast: "bill horny brown above, 

 pale flesh-colour below ; legs and feet yellowish brown ; iris dark 

 brown " {E. A. Butler). Total length 6 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 

 3-4, tail 2-1, tarsus 0-8. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour : " bill dark brown, 

 the lower mandible and lower edge of the upper one pale flesh- 

 colour ; feet pale flesh-colour" {E. A.Butler). Total length 5-3 

 inches, culmen 0*6, wing 3, tail 1-75, tarsus 0-8. 



Hah. From Cutch, eastwards to the Etawah district, and south 

 to Mysore and Madras. 



a-c. Ad. et j uv. sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 



e. S fid. sk. 

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i, k. c? ad. .sk. 



/. c? ad. ; 7n, n, o. 5 



ad. sk. 

 p. $ ad. sk. 



q. 2 ad. sk. 



r, s. cJ ? ad. sk. 



t. (S ad. sk. 



ti-v. Ad. sk. 

 y-h'. Ad. sk. 

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m', n'. Ad. sk. 

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 q'-s. Ad. sk. 

 t'. S ad. ; u , v' . $ 



ad. sk. 

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Cutch, Jan. 



Rajkote, Kattiawar, June 



21, 1871. 

 Deesa, July {E. A. Butler). 

 Ahniedabad, Feb., April. 

 Oodeypur, Feb. 14, 1878. 

 Sambhur, June, July {R. M. 



Adam). 

 Sholapur, April, June, July. 



Banda, Bundelkund, Dec. 



(G. F. L. Marshall). 

 N.W. Himalayas. 

 Rahun, Etawah, Dec. {W. 



E. Brooks). 

 Rahun, Etawah, Feb. ( W. 



E. B.). 

 Jhansie, Aug., Sept. 

 Saugor, Aug. 

 Bhundara, July. 

 Balaghat distr., May {R. 



Thompson). 

 Seoni distr., Aug. 

 Nagpur, July. 

 Khandeish. 

 Khandeish, March, July, 



Sept. {J. Davidson). 

 Deccan (Sykes). 



Hume Coll. 



Major Hayes Lloyd 



[P.]. 

 Plume Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Pinwill Coll. 

 Hume CoU. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume CoU, 

 Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



India Museum. 

 (Types of species.) 



