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CUHSORIIUJC. 



inner ones ashy grey like the back; upper rail-coverts white; tail- 

 feathers black, white at base, increasing in extent towards the outer 

 ones, which are white with black tips ; the centre tail-feathers 

 tipped with white or ashy ; head like the back, with a line of black 

 from the gape to the lores ; sides of face, ear-coverts, and sides of 

 neck light ashy grey ; the cheeks and entire throat rufescent buff ; 

 fore-neck and chest pale pearly grey ; remainder of breast, abdomen, 

 and under tail-coverts white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 black, with a white spot at the base of the outer primaries : " bill 

 black, gape and basal part of margins red; feet neutral brown or 

 plumbeous brown ; iris dark brown "'( W. V. Legge). Total length 

 6-5 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 5-8, tail 205, tarsus - 65. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 

 6 inches, culmen 055, wing 5-6, tail 1*75, tarsus 0-7. 



Young. Only seems to differ from the adult in having some 

 obsolete light margins to the feathers of the upper surface, and in 

 having the throat spotted with dusky brown. 



Hub. Indian Peninsula and Cevlon. 



a, 2 ad. sk. 



b, c. Ad. sk. 



d, e,f. Ad. sk. 

 g, h. d 2 ad. sk. 



i-m. Ad. ; n, o. 



Juv. sk. 

 p, q, r. Ad. sk. 



s, t. Ad. sk. 

 vr-x. Ad. sk. 

 y. Ad. sk. 

 2. Ad. sk.' 

 a'. Ad. sk. 



V. Ad. sk. 



c, d', e'. Ad. sk. 



f',ff'. Ad. sk. 

 A'. 2 ad. sk. 

 i . Ad. sk. 

 k'. c? ad. sk. 



I'. $ ad. sk. 



tri , n. Ad. sk. 



o'. Ad. sk. 



p'-ti'. Ad. sk. 

 v'. Ad. sk. 

 xv',r',y'. Ad. sk. 

 z\ a". Ad. sk. 



Kotri, Sind, Feb. 20 (H. E. 



Barnes). 

 N.W. frontier of India ( W. 



Griffith). 

 Murdan, March. 

 Gurgaon District, March 12 



(A. O. H.). 

 Etawah, Feb., Oct. 



Nepal. 



Beliar. 

 Dinapur. 



Darjiling Terai. 



Sikhini Terai. 



Bhotan Terai, Jan. (L. Man- 



delli). 

 Lower Hills, Bhotan Dooars 



{L. M.). 

 N. Khasia Hills {A. W. Chen- 



nell). 

 Dacca. 



Calcutta. Dec. 

 Calcutta. 

 Godaveri Vallev, Jan. ( W. T. 



Blanford). 

 Bilaspur District, April 5 ( W. 



T. Blanford). 

 Damoodah River, Feb. (R. C. 



Beavan). 

 Saugor. 



Baipur, Jan., Feb. 

 South Canara. 

 Khandeish. 

 Deccan (Sykes). 



Hume Coll. 



India Museum. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hodgson Coll. 

 (Types of G. nipalensis.) 

 Hodgson Cull. 

 Pinwill Coll. 

 India Museum. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Col.J.Biddulph[C.]. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 India Museum. 



