49-i FBINGILLID-ffl. 



show slight traces of ashy margins ; lower back and rump uniform 

 cinnamon-rufous, the upper tail-coverts light brown with blackish 

 centres, the lateral ones externally whitish ; scapulars and lesser 

 wing-coverts deep cinnamon-rufous, the former with black centres ; 

 median and greater coverts black, broadly edged with rufous, paler 

 and more creamy buff on the ends of the feathers ; bastard-wing 

 and primary-coverts dusky brown ; quills black, externally rufous, 

 inclining to creamy white on the edges of the primaries ; tail- 

 feathers blackish with ashy margins, the penultimate feather with a 

 small wedge-shaped spot of white at the tip of the inner web, the 

 outer feather for the most part white, excepting the shaft, a small 

 mark towards the end of the outer web, and an oblique mark of 

 blackish brown on the inner web ; head and hind neck slaty grey, 

 streaked with black, more minutely on the latter : lores creamy 

 white ; eyelid white ; a small streak of whitish along the sides of 

 the crown, not sufficient to form an eyebrow ; ear-coverts bright 

 chestnut, with a small white spot on the hinder margin ; a larger 

 white spot on the sides of the neck ; cheeks and throat white, 

 separated from each other by a broad black moustachial streak, 

 which is united to a black collar, more or less brown, which crosses 

 the lower throat, and is succeeded by a broad band of ashy white 

 across the fore neck ; this is again succeeded by a tolerably broad 

 baud of bright cinnamon-rufous across the chest, narrowing towards 

 the centre, where it is somewhat broken ; breast, abdomen, and 

 under tail-coverts creamy white, slightly washed with fulvous on the 

 sides ; the flanks and sides of the body pale sandy brown, streaked 

 with black ; thighs externally brown, internally creamy buff; 

 axillaries and under wing-coverts white, those near the edge of 

 the wings with dusky bases ; quills pale ashy below, whitish along 

 the edge of the inner web : "bill brown, the lower mandible fleshy 

 at base ; feet flesh-coloured ; iris brown " {David). Total length 

 5-75 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2*05, tail 2*55, tarsus 08. 



An adult male procured near Simla in July had the soft parts as 

 follows : — Bill horny brown above, fleshy below with a bluish 

 tinge ; legs and feet brownish fleshy ; iris dark hazel. 



The male described is from Amoor-Land and was shot in May ; 

 it is therefore in breeding-plumage. Considerable difference is 

 shown in the Himalayan specimens in nuptial dress, which are 

 much deeper chestnut above with less strongly marked black centres 

 to the dorsal feathers ; the scapulars and both lesser and median 

 wing-coverts are uniform chestnut ; the black collar on the throat 

 is broader and more complete, and the flanks are uniform chestnut. 

 This may be only the full breeding-plumage of the adult, but it 

 seems to me to indicate a distinct species, which may perhaps be 

 worthy of the name of E. arcuata. 



Adult female in breeding-idamar/e. Similar to the male, but not 

 so brightly coloured nor so strongly marked ; the black collar on the 

 lower throat less pronounced and more broken ; the rufous band on 

 the breast not nearly so well marked as in the male and more 



