160 



viii. p. 116(1879); Leyi/e, B. Ceyhm, p. 1004. footnote (1880: 

 never obtained in Ceylon) ; Salmi, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 627 (1882: 

 Madras) ; Oates. Hmulh. B. Brit. Burm. ii. p. 436 (1883) ; Tristr. 

 Cat. Coll. B. p. 10 (1880 : Burma) ; Oates, 2nd ed. Humes JSests ^ 

 Eygs hid. B. ill. p. 316 (1890). 

 Rhvnchops nigra, Burr/ess, P. Z. S. 18.>5, p. 184 (Bliinia, India; 

 nesting described). 



Adult male in hreeding-plumarie. Forehead, cheeks, and under- 

 parts white ; crown and nape dark brown ; from the nape, extending 

 to the shoulders, a well-defined M'hite band about 1-5 inches wide ; 

 mantle dark brown ; parapteral feathers edged with white on both 

 webs : most of the secondaries broadly (0"7o in.) edged with white; 

 the four upper primaries whitish towards their extremities, the 

 rest dark brown ; tail-feathers white, except the central pair, which 

 are clove-brown on the inner webs ; under wing-coverts pale smoke- 

 colour : bill orange-yeUow, brighter on the culmen ; irides dark 

 brown ; tarsus and toes orange-red. Total length 16-o inches, 

 culmen 3-2o, genys 3-6, wing 15-5, tail 5, tarsus 1-1, middle toe 

 and claw I'l. 



Adult female. Alike in plumage, but smaller: culmen 2-65 in., 

 genys 3-1, wing 14, &c. 



Immature. Similar, but the upper parts of a paler brown, the 

 feathers of the crown and mantle tipped with grey ; the mandibles 

 dull yellow to horn-colour. 



Younq. Forehead streaked with brown ; feathers of the upper 

 surface brown, tipped and mottled with huffish white or grey ; 

 rectrices brown at the tips and with pale brown shafts. 



Hah. The large rivers of India, from the Punjab and Nepal south- 

 ward, but not in Ceylon ; Lower Burma, but not in Yunnan or 

 Malacca. 



a. Ad. sk. 

 h, c. Ad. sk. 

 d. S ad. sk. 

 eg. Ad. sk. 

 /i.'Ad. sk. 



i. Juv. sk. 



k-n. S 2 ad. sk. 

 0, p. KA. sk. 

 (j~t. 6 fid. sk. 

 u. S ad. sk. 

 r. Ad. sk. 

 w. Ad. sk. 

 T. Ad. sk. 

 ,/, s, a', b'. 6 2 



ad. sk. 

 c'. d ad. sk. 



d'. 6 ad. sk. 



/,/'. 6 ad. sk. 



Williams Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 I'inwill Coll. 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Futtebgurh,jMav (^-l.^rt^/^TSow). Seebohm Coll. 



India. 



Moultau (Capt. Tweedie). 



Jhelum River, Nov. 



N.W. India {Capt. S. P.) 



Nepal. 



Behar. 



Futteligurh {A. Atiderson). 



Etawali, Aug., Dec-Jan. 



Allahabad, March. 



Dacca. 



Madras. 



Burma (Cn/)^ H. Feilden, li.A.). 



Tonghoo, ^March-May (ii*. G. 



Wardlaxo-Ramsay). 

 Boulav, Thayetmvo, Mfa-ch 



(E.'W. Oafes). ' 

 Boidav, Thavetmvo, March 



{E.'W. O.)." 

 Sal ween River, Feb. ( If. Davi- 



non). 



H. Saunders Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 R. Cole, Esq. IV.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Gates Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



