21. PTEEHULAT7DA. g55 



3. Pyrrhulauda melanauchen. 



P}'rrbulaudacrucigera («ec T.), Riipp. Kcuc Wirb., Vdy. p. 101 (1835)- 

 td. Sy,t. Uebers^ p. 79 (1845) ; Hexffl. Si^.sL Uebert p. 44 (1856) • 

 ^ Bre/im, Iteis. Hubesch, p. 347 ( 18G3). \^om) , 



Corapliites melanauclieu, Cab. Mus. Ifem. Th i n I'^l nA-^i)\ 



^ 'ki^-t '^'To^ ^S) ^- '' '' ^^- '^ ^''''^ ^^'- ^ ^'•^^• 



Coraphites albifrons, Sundev. (Efv. K.Vet.-Akad. Fork. Stockh. 1850, 



^^'o^^rm, ^f/"^p' •'■ ^^'i ^'f ''^'- ^- P- ^12 (1850, ex Licht. MSS.) ; 

 Cr/rt^ Hand-l. B. ii. p. 1^3^ no. 7836 (1870). ' ' 



■ J;'?al868f"'ll8 ^''^•^'''- ^''"'- T'^- i- P- 1-'^ (1^50) ; Heuyl. 



Corapliites frontaUs, Liclit. Komcncl. p. 3'J (1854) • J7«//// r f o 



1868, p. 219, note; id. Om. N.O.-Afr. i' pt'V p gl n871 



^i;«(fe6- rZ. Set. Nat. xxxi. art. x. p. 9 (1886). 

 Pvrrhidaucla affiuis, BfyfA, Ibis, 1867, p. 185 ; Gray, Hand-l B ii 



f P f i "l87| ^'"''^ ' ^'""■^' ^*''^"' '''^' P- ^23^ ^"-' '^^•- ^^ 



Pyrrlmlauda melanauclieu, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii u Ioq „,, 7007 

 (1870); 7^/.,./ G.,,, .y z.or^6y... p. 300 (?87of;2V,4':. 

 &W r*«<,^. i?o^,,, p. 110 (1873) ; Bllnf. Eak. B^rsia, ii. p 246 



-^«.^/. P. Z .S. 881, p. 172; Hartl t. c. p. 159,?^3/^»rS feS/ 

 Baun. Smd, p. 193 (1884); Yerbwi/, Ibis, 1886, p. 18 



H.f^ltV"?f ■ f ™1\^'■ *? ^- /^'■^'''"' ^"* '^^ff^""^ i^ the markings of 

 mrt of h' 1 ^'^^^^^^1^'^' ^"th a frontal mark of .vhite ; lores, fore 

 part of cheeks and feathers just below the eye black; cheeks and 

 ear-coverts white, forming a large patch; under surface of body 

 black, which extends on to the sides of the neck in a patch, runnin- 

 in a narrow line round the ear-coverts to the black crown, and ex- 

 tending m a broad black band down to the sides of the mantle and 

 forming a collar round the lower hind neck: "bill pearly white 

 with a bluish tinge; legs and feet pale hoary flesh-coloir; iris 

 brown {A. 0. Hr^u)^ Total length 4-8 inches, cnlmen 0-45, wing 

 6, tail 1-y, tarsus 0-G5. * 



Adult female Differs from the male in wanting the black on the 

 crown and underparts, and resembles the hen of P. rp-isea It is 

 lowcvei-^ always paler above and has the chest tinged with sandy 

 buff with a few dusky streaks, the throat and abdomen being pure 

 white, lotal length 5 inches, culmcn 0-45, wing 8-15, tail 1-95 

 tarsus 0-7. ' 



_ The black collar on the hind neck is evidently gradually assumed 

 in the nesting-season, and in some winter-plumagcd specimens it is 

 absent altogether, while in otliers it can only be traced with difficulty 

 f «^:J^"^ia and Abyssinia to Arabia, and thence to Ealuchistan 

 and JN.W. India. 



