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at the base ; tail-feathers blackish brown, all but the centre ones 

 edged with yellow, the base yellow, increasing towards the outer 

 feather ; a slight trace of a yellow eyebrow ; cheeks and ear- 

 coverts light brown ; sides of neck yellow, streaked with pale brown ; 

 under surface of the body pale yellow, everywhere streaked with 

 brown, excepting on the throat and centre of lower abdomen ; the 

 breast and sides of body washed with pale reddish brown. 



Young males seem to be yellower underneath than young females, 

 and they are also somewhat darker, and more narrowly striped with 

 black below. The Hume collection contains a series of young birds 

 in the moult. Two from Cashmere are beginning to assume the 

 adult plumage in August, but one killed at Masuri in October shows 

 no signs of a moult ; but from November to March the moult goes 

 on, the males having mostly gained the adult plumage by the latter 

 month. The new plumage does not seem to be so bright in young 

 as in really old birds ; and the immature birds can also be readily 

 distinguished by the greater amount of black on the tail. The 

 females seem to take longer in acquiring the adult plumage, as two 

 birds obtained at Almora in May have not yet finished moulting. 

 Traces of blackish stripes are frequently seen, being the remains 

 of the preceding immature stage. 



Hab. Himalayas from Cashmere to Sikhim, extending into the 

 province of Szechuen in "Western China. 

 a. cJ ad sk. 



b. 2 ad. sk. 



c, d. hum, sk. 



e. Juv. sk. 



f, g. Ad. et juv. 

 ' St. 



h. <$ ad. sk. 



i, k. cJ ad. sk. 



/. d ; m, n, o. 2 



ad. sk. 

 p. <3 ad. sk. 

 q, r. 3 ; s. 2 



ad. sk. 

 t. tf ad. ; u. ? 



juv. sk. 

 v. cJ ad. ; w. 



2 imra. sk. 

 x, y. S ad. ; 



2. 2 ad. sk. 

 a', rf ad. sk. 

 b'. 2 ad. sk. 

 c'. j ad. sk. 

 a", e'. Juv. sk. 

 f. d ad. sk. 

 (/'. c? ad. ; /('. 



Imra. sk. 



Tkunnaunmdi, Cashmere, May 9, 



1878 (IF. E. Brooks). 

 Burmungallah, Cashmere, June 6, 



1871 ( W. E. Brooks). 

 Cashmere, Aug. 1870. 

 N.W. Himalayas. 



N.W. Himalayas. 



Mutiana, near Simla, June 19, 



1870 ( W. Davison) 

 Mahasoo, near Simla, Aug. 2, 



1808 {A. O. II.). 

 Fagoo, near Simla, July 29, 



1868 (A. O. II.). 

 Simla, Sept. 23, 1879 ( W. Davison). 

 Simla, Sept. 1880 (TF Davison). 



Simla, Sept. 1873 (A. O. H.). 



Simla, Oct. (TF Davison). 



Simla, Nov. 1880 (JF Davison). 



Simla, Dec. 15, 1880 ( TF. Davison). 

 Nakunda, June 18, 1870 (.4. O. H.). 

 Kotegurh, April 1839. 

 Kotegurh, Dec. 1868. 

 Surra in Kunaiti, Nov. 8, 1869. 

 Masuri, Oct. 1869. 



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Pinwill [P.]. 

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Pinwill [P.], 

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