11. PSEUDOTANTALUS. 



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of the face, creamy white ; remainder of under surface of body 

 pure white ; from the fore-neck downwards, across the breast a 

 broad band of black feathers, broadly tipped with white, producing 

 a barred aj)pearance, the under wing-coverts and axillaries being 

 similarly coloured ; quills black below, glossed with metallic green : 

 " bill and facial skin orange-yellow, x^lumbeous at the base of the 

 bill: legs, toes, and claws brown ; iris pale yellow" {E. W. Oates). 

 Total length 40 inches, culmen 11, wing 19-5, tail 6, tarsus 

 9-6. 



The specimen described is one in fall plumage, kUIed in December 

 on the Sambhur Lake by Mr. U. M. Adam. The white edges on 

 the wing-coverts and breast-band appear to wear off and become 

 obsolete. I can find no difference in the colouring of the sexes. 

 A male measures 20'5 inches in the wing, culmen lO'o. 



Youuij. Differ from the adults in having the mantle brown or 

 ashy-gi'C}', the lower back, rump, and upjier tail-coverts white, the 

 latter shaded with grey ; the scapulars brown or grey like the 

 mantle ; lesser and median wing-coverts dark brown, the greater 

 coverts ashy-grey ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills black, 

 with scai'cely any metallic gloss ; head and neck all round brown, 

 streaked with pale centres to the feathers ; under surface of body 

 from the fore-neck downwards ashy grey, becoming whiter on the 

 lower abdomen and pure white on the under tail-coverts ; the 

 breast dark slaty-grey, the axillaries and under wing-coverts 

 darker, the latter inclining to blackish brown : •' skin of the chin 

 orange, turning to pinkish on the edge of the throat ; facial skin 

 and basal half of bill orange, terminal half dull yellowish brown ; 

 iris brown " (E. TV. Oates). 



Hah. Indian Peninsula to the Burmese Provinces and China. 



a, b. Ad. etimm. 



St. 



c, d. 2 'id. sk. 



e. Ad. sk. 



f,g. 6 2 'id. sk. 



A. Juv. sk. 

 i. Ad. sk. 

 k, I. Ad. et iuv. 

 sk. 



m, n. cS 2 ^^■ 



sk. 

 0. Ad. sk. 

 p, q. Ad. sk. 

 r, s, t. Ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 M. 2 ad. sk. 



v,w. S 2 ad. sk. 

 .X. 2 imin- sk. 

 J/. Imm. sk. 



Xoi'them India. 



Sambhur, Dec, Jan. {R. M. 



Adam). 

 Etawah. 

 Etawah distr., Jan. {A. 



Anderson). 

 Oudh, Jan. 

 Oudh. 

 Nepal. 



Eaipur. 



Seoni, C. P. 



Burma (H. G. W. R.). 



Pegu, Aug. {E. W. O.). 



Tavoy River, April 29 ( W. 



Davison). 

 Thatone, Aug., Oct. ( W. D. 

 Shauirhai, Nov. 

 Anioy, June 1866 {R. 



Stcinhoe). 



Colr.nel Cobb fP.]. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume CoU. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Pinwill Coll. 

 Hodgson Coll. 

 (Types of T. rhodopteron.) 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Oates Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 J. Webb, Esq. [P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. (Type 

 of T, longimembris.) 



