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Cn.VKADEIID^. 



very indistinct ; centre of crown black, ending in a point on the 

 nape ; the forehead somewhat hoary, as also the fore part of the 

 cheeks ; lores and remainder of sides of face, as well as the throat, 

 black, which extends to below the eye and then in a diagonal 

 direction across the face to the lower throat ; a white line skirting 

 this black mask from the sides of the nape and joining on the 

 throat ; ear-coverts and sides of neck, as well as the whole of the 

 hind-neck and fore-neck, lavender-grey, everywhere separated by 

 the line of white before mentioned ; across the chest a broad band 

 of black, separated from the grey fore-neck by a line of white ; 

 remainder of under surface of body pure white, including the under 

 tail-coverts, under wing-coverts, and axillaries : " bill deep crimson ; 

 feet blood-red ; iris red " (T. G. Jerdon). Total length 13 incbes, 

 culmen 2 - 9, wing 9-2, tail 4*2, tarsus 1-85. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but with the black of the face 

 and the band on the chest rather browner. Total length 16 inches, 

 culmen 3, wing 2*2, tail 45, tarsus 1*75. 



Young. Much more dingy than the adults in colour, but freckled 

 with ochreous buff and dusky lines : the black of the face replaced 

 with dusky and also on the crown ; the forehead, cheeks, and throat 

 hoary ; the black baud on the chest feebly developed, dusky blackish, 

 obscured with whitish margins to the feathers. 



Hah. Himalayas from Cashmere to Assam. Central Asia from 

 Turkestan to Tibet, and eastwards to Mongolia and Northern 

 China. 



a, b. Ad. sk. 



c. Ad. sk. 



d. 2 ad. sk. 



e-i. Ad. et juv. 

 k, I. Ad. sk. 



m. Ad. sk. 



n. Ad. sk. 

 o~u. Ad. sk. 



v. (S juv. sk. 



w-z. Ad. sk. 

 «'. Ad. sk. 

 b'-d'. Ad. sk. 

 e . Ad. sk. 



/'. Ad. sk. 



g", h". <S ad. sk 



i. 5 iunu. sk. 



Gulcha, Pamir, May. 

 II imalayas. 



Rembiara River, Cash- 

 mere, June 12 ( W. 

 E. Brooks). 



Nepal. 



Native Sikbim, Dec, 

 March (L. Mandelli). 



Native Sikhim, March 

 (J. Biddulph). 



Sikhim, Sept. 



Sikhim, Dec. to March 

 (L. Mandelli). 



Sikhim (12,000ft.), Sept. 

 14 (H. J. Elwes). 



Davjeeling. 



Tibet, Oct. (L. Mandelli). 



Bhotan (Pemberton), 



Upper Assam (Chinese 

 Frontier). 



Saddya, Assam, Feb. 



Noa Dihing, Assam, Feb., 

 March (II. H. God- 

 win-Austen). 



Pekin. 



St.GeorgeLittledale,Esq. 



[P.]. 

 India Museum. (Ivpe 



of species.) 

 Hume Coll. 



Hodgson Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Colonel Biddulph [C.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 India Museum. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Godwin-Austen Coll. 



F. W. Styan, Esq. [P.]. 



