604 CAPEIMTJLGIB^. 



b'. Wing less than 11 inches. 



a" . Feathers of abdomen with regular bars. 



«'". Larger ; top of the head lighter macrotis, p. 605. 



b'". Smaller; top of the head darker mindaneyisis, p. 605. 



b". Feathers of the abdomen irregularly 



barred macropterus, p. 605. 



b. Wing less than 9 inches long. 



c'. Distinct crescent on the hind neck tetnminchi, p. 606. 



(V. No distinct crescent on the hind neck ]>apuemis, p. 606. 



1. Lyncornis cerviniceps. 



Lyncornis cerviniceps, Gould, Icon. Av. pt. ii. pi. iv. (1838) ; Grai/, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 62 (18G9) ; Jerd. Ibis, 1871, p. 356 ; Bli/t/i, B.Burm. 

 p. 82 (1875) ; Hume, Straij F. ii. pp. 162, 469 (1874 ; Teuasserim) ; 

 id. op. cit. V. p. 17 (1877 ; Cachar), viii. p. 48 (Malay Penins.) ; 

 Wardl. Eamsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 459 ; Davison, Stray F. v. p. 454 

 (1877) ; Hume Sf Davison, Stray F. vi. p. 60 (1878) ; Bingh. Stray 

 F. ix. p. 151 (1880) ; Oates, B. Burmah, ii. p. 22 (1883) ; id. ed. 

 Hume's Nests ^- Fqys hid. B. p. 62 (1890) ; Hume, Stray F. xi. 

 p. 40 (1888 ; Manipur). 



cit. iv. p. 382 (1876) ; Davison, Ibis, 1888, p. 147. 



Adult. Forehead, crown, and nape pale brownish buff, with very 

 fine black vermiculations, and hirge black spots along the middle ; 

 elongated ear-tufts black, tipped or bordered with buff; general 

 colour of the upper surface chestnut, buff, and black, a rusty collar 

 on the hind neck ; quills dark chocolate-brown, with many 

 interrupted chestnut bars ; inner secondaries pale buff with a 

 little black only, nearly uniform in older birds, less uniform in 

 younger specimens ; rectrices black, with buff' and rusty mottled 

 bars ; feathers of the throat and breast dark chocolate-brown, 

 tipped with chestnut ; a broad band of white across the throat ; 

 abdomen blackish brown, each feather with one or two bars of 

 buff. Total length about 16 inches, wing 11 to 12, tail 8 to 8-5, 

 tarsus 0"8. 



Hal. From the Naga HiUs, Dibrughur and Cachar to Southern 

 Tenasserim, and again in the Travancore Hills. 



a. S ad. sk. Dibrughm-, July 29 (J. R. Hume CoU. 



Cri2)ps). 



Cachar. Hume Coll. 



Burma. E. Blvth, Esq. [P.]. 



Karen Hills, Jan. 14 {R. G. Tweeddale Coll. 



W. R.). 



Karennee, Jan. 29 {Col. Lloyd). Oates Coll. 



Foot of Arrakan HiUs, Dec! 29. Oates Coll. 



ToDghoo {Col. Lloyd). Tweeddale CoU. 



Tonghoo, Jan., Feb. {R. G. Tweeddale CoU. 



W. R.). 



Salween District, Dec. 18 ( W. Hume CoU. 



Davison). 



Pahpoon, Nov.-Febr. ( W. Hume CoU. 



Davison). 



