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extension of the white on the throat and a very light forehead. 

 They are named galllejensis and may be regarded as a local race, 

 but cannot be distinguished from several specimens from other 

 localities. Perhaps the darkness and lightness of colour is due to 

 the amount of rainfall in their respective countries, as is the case in 

 several other birds. This species is recorded by all observers as 

 being a stationary bird all the year round. 



Hah. Africa, from the Cape to the West Coast (St. Thomas) and 

 Tunis (where Dr. Koenig procured it in 1891), Sennaar, and Abys- 

 sinia, through the valley of the Jordan in Palestine, and occurring 

 locally aU over India and Ceylon. A straggler has been shot 

 in Italy. 



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c. Ad.sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 



e,f. cJ ad. ; ff, h. 



2 ad. sk. 

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/. Ad. sk. 



m, n. Ad. sis 

 o. Ad. sk. 

 21. 2 ad. sk. 

 q. Ad. sk. 



r. Ad. sk. 

 s, t. Ad. sk. 



M. Ad. sk. 



V, w. Ad. sk. 



X, y, z. (5 ad. sk. 



a. S ad. sk. 



b'. Juv. ; c', d', e . 



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m'-p'. (^jq'-x'. 



2 ad. sk. 

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 d", e". S ad. sk. 

 /". S ad.; !/",h". 



2 ad. sk. 

 i". Ad. sk. 

 k". Ad. sk. 

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C'eylou, April. 

 ^Madras. 



Mvsore, AuLrust. 

 Belgaum, July 9 (Butler). 



Ahmednagar, January [Fair- 

 bank). 

 Kbaudeish, April {J. David- 



S07l). 



Deccan {Burffess). 

 Deccan, January 22. 

 Saugor, C. P., June 12. 

 Maunbhoom, April [E. C. Bea- 



van). 

 N. India. 

 Bootan, January. 



Sikkim, April. 



Behar. 



Nepal (J. Scully). 



Katmandu, Nepal, April {J. 



Scidlij). 

 Nepal. 



N.W. Himalaya. 

 Almorah, Oct. 13. 

 Simla. 



Naudarbar, April 4. 

 Umballa, March. 

 Burtna, February. 

 Secunderabad.Oct. {Slaughter) . 

 Sambhur, July [Adam). 



Jodhpur, Februar}'. 



Hissar. 



Dehra Ghazi Khan, May 22. 



Sindh, .March 10. 



Mehur, Siudb, January. 



Karachi. 



Kandahar. May 14. 



Muscat, March. 



Col. Legge [C.]. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



I lame Coll. 



Gould Coll. 

 Col. Svkes [P.]. 

 Hume'CoU. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



India Museum. 

 T. Pemberton, Esq., 

 & India Museum. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hodgson Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hodgson Coll. 



Pinwill Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Iluuie Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume CoU. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 liuuie Coll. 



