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laries light slaty grey, edged with ashy whitish ; quills below dusky, 

 ashy along the inner edge. Total length ~-o inches, culmen 0-8, 

 wing 4*4, tail 4, tarsus 1. 



Young male. Eesembles the old female in general appearance, 

 but is brighter olive-yellow on the abdomen and flanks as well as 

 on the rump : the upper surface is distinctly washed with olive, and 

 is paler than in the old female ; the throat and breast are thickly 

 spotted with dull white centres to the feathers. 



The bird described was obtained by Colonel Biddulph at Gilgit on 

 the 27th of June, and is already moulting. From other specimens 

 in the Hume collection, it is evident that the young male moults in 

 its first winter into a plumage only a little darker than that of the 

 old female, and that it does not gain the fully adult dress for some 

 time. Colonel Biddulph found males breeding in June and July 

 which were still in the female plumage, which, he thinks, " is not 

 doffed till after the first breeding-season." 



The white streaks on the breast of the old females are much more 

 developed in some specimens than in others, and the difference in 

 size of bill in a series is very remarkable. 



Hub. Altai Mountains ; Turkestan ; Afghanistan, and through- 

 out the Himalayas, from 6000 to 8000 feet, seldom coming lower, 

 even in winter, according to Colonel Biddulph. Extends eastwards 

 to the Ala-shan Mountains, Kansu, and the mountains of South 

 Kokonoor. It may extend as far westwards as Lenkorau, if this 

 locality is intended for the " mountains of Northern Persia," re- 

 corded" by Prof. Brandt (I. c). 



a. J ad. sk. 



b, c. $ ; d. 5 ad. 

 sk.;e. <5 juv.sk. 



/. 3 ad. sk. 



g. <S ad. ; h, i. 



2 ad. sk. 

 k. Juv. sk. 

 /. $ ad. ; m, n, o. 



2 ad. ; p. (J 

 juv. sk. 

 q. $ ad. ; r, s. 



2 ad. sk. 

 t. (j ad. sk. 



u. J juv. sk. 



»j V3. <$ 2 ad. sk. 



X, y. 6 2 ad. ; 

 s. (5 juv. sk. 

 a'. 5 ad. sk. 



b'. 2 ad. sk. 



VOL. XII. 



Above Dhurnisala. 



Gilgit, June 1829 (/. Biddulph). 



Middle range of hills north of 



Masuri. 

 Nepal. 



Nepal (B. H. Hodgson). 

 Native Sikhim, March 1873-74 

 (i. Mandelli). 



Native Sikhim, April 1875 (i. 



Mandelli). 

 Native Sikhim, July 1878 (i. 



Mandelli). 

 Native Sikhim, Oct. 1879 (L. 



Mandelli). 

 Native Sikhim, Nov. 1879 (L. 



Mandelli). 

 Interior of Sikhim, Oct. 1873 



(L. Mandelli). 

 Interior of Sikhim, Feb. 1873 



(L. Mandelli). 

 Sikhim, April 1873 (L. Man- 

 delli). 



Capt. Stackhouse 



Pinwill [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hodgson Coll. 



(Types of species.) 

 India Museum. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



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