376 



FRIXGILLIDJJ. 



a. Ad. sk. Cashmere (Dr. Bellew). India Museum. 



a', V. Ad. sk. Murdan, March 1871. Hume Coll. 



c'. Ad. sk. N.W. Himalayas. Capt. Staekhouse 



Pinwill [P.]. 



d'. Ad. sk. Simla, March 16, 1881. Hume Coll. 



e'-l'. 3 ad. ; m', n'. Simla, December 1880 ( W. Hume Coll. 



d'juv. ; o'-v'. 2 Davison). 



juv. sk. 



w' } x',y',z',a. 5 Kotegurh, December 1870 *. Hume Coll. 



imm. sk. 



/3. d; y,8. $ ad.sk. Kotegurh, April 1871. Hume Coll. 



e, C- 3 ad. ; rj, 6, t. Koomarsaiii, Nov. 1, 1869. Hume Coll. 



2 ad. sk. 



k,X. 3 2 ad - sk - Kotekhaie, Feb. 28, 1871*. Hume Coll. 



/x. $ juv. sk. Ronda district, Sept. 20, 1879. Hume Coll. 



v, £. Ad. sk. Middle range of hills, north Hume Coll. 



of Masuri. 



42. SYCALIS. 



Type. 



Sicalis, Bote, Inis, 1828, p. 324 Typo hand indicato. 



Sycalis, Cab. in Tschudi's Faun. Peruan. p. 215 



(1845-40, ex Boie) S. flaveola. 



Gnathospizat, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 320 .... S. taczanowskii. 



liunge. Confined to Central and South America. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Inner edge of quills yellow below or yellowish 



white. 

 a'. Flanks uniform, not streaked with blackish ; 

 forehead and vertex entirely orange. 

 a". Larger: wing 2 - 6-3 inches; inner edge \Jlaveola 3, p- 377. 



of quills yellow, very broad [Jamaica 3 , P- 379. 



b". Smaller : wing 2'2-2 - 3 inches ; inner edge 



of quills yellowish white colombiana 3 , p. 380. 



b'. Flanks streaked with blackish or dusky. 



c". Underneath entirely yellow pehelni 3, p. 380. 



d". Abdomen whitish, as also the throat. 

 a". A broad band of yellow across the 



fore neck and chest Jiaveola 2 a d-, p. 378. 



b'". Chest whitish, streaked with brown, 



like the flanks pekelni 2 ad., 381. 



b. Inner edge of quills ashy or whitish below. 



c' . Underneath yellow ; greyish on the breast ; J arvensis and allies, 

 flanks not streaked j pp. 382-384. 



d' . Underneath white, yellow on the chin only; 

 flanks ashy brown, streaked with dusky 

 brown taczanoicskii, p. 385. 



* Mr. Dresser has given the name of Dr. Henderson as the collector of some 

 Bpecimerjs from these localities. Dr. Henderson never was in this part of the 

 Himalayas, and the specimens were obtained by Mr. Hume's collector. 



t Seems to me to be only a thick-billed Sycalis. 



