6. MACROPTGIA. 



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vinous slate-grey; abdomen and under tail-coverts buff; quills 

 brown ; under wing-coverts with black and chestnut bars ; two 

 central pairs of rectrices barred with black and vinous chestnut ; 

 third pair reddish brown, with a broad slate-grey bar about the 

 middle and narrow blackish bars towards the tip and at the base of 

 the outer web, the three outer pairs slaty grey with a broad black 

 bar, and a chestnut spot on the inner web of the outermost : " iris 

 white, surrounded by a rim of pale lilac ; orbital skin grey, with an 

 inner rim of purple ; bill blackish ; legs purplish pink " ( W. Ram- 

 say). Total length 15 - 5 inches, wing 7*5, tail 7*5 to 8, bill 065, 

 tarsus 0*85. 



Female. Similar to the male on the upper parts, but somewhat 

 duller ; underparts buff, more rufous on the crop-region, and barred, 

 except on the throat, middle of the abdomen, and under tail- 

 coverts, with brown-black ; the crop-region has metallic-green 

 reflections. 



Young. The head is transversely barred above, either with or 

 without indications of metallic colour according to age ; the plu- 

 mage is more rufous beneath, especially on the breast, which, 

 together with the throat, shows broad black crescentic bars ; the 

 chestnut spot on the outer tail-feathers is brighter, and the tail- 

 feathers are tipped with rufous. 



Hob. Northern India (as far west as Nepal), Assam, Munipur, 

 and Tenasscrim ; it is also known from Moupin. 



a. 2 ad. sk. 



b. <3 ad. sk. 



c. $ ad. sk. 

 d-i. $ 2 ad. sk. 

 k-p. <$ 2 ad. et 



2 imm. sk. 



q, r, s. d 2 ad. 



sk. 

 t-n'. <3 2 ad. et 



juv. sk. 

 o'. 2 ad. sk. 

 />'. c? ad. sk. 

 q'. 2 ad. sk. 

 r'. cj ad. sk. 

 s'-y'. 6 2 ad. et 



juv. sk. 

 s'-c". <S 2 ad. et 



2 juv. sk. 

 d". d ad. sk. 



«">/"• 6 ad. et 



d juv. sk. 

 g". <$ ad.sk. 



A". 2 ad. sk. 

 t", k". 2 ad. sk. 



[Celebes.] 



Simla. 



Kumaon (Strachey). 



Nepal (Hodgson). 



Nepal. 



Native Sikhim, Jan.-June, 

 Aug. (L. Mandelli). 



Sikhim, Jan.-June, Oct.- 

 Dec. (L. Mandelli). 



Sikhim, l~)ec.\(L. Mandelli). 



Sikhim, Nov. (L. Mandelli). 



Darjeeling (A. Grote). 



Darjeeling. 



Darjeeling, Feb., Dec. 



Darjeeling. 



Darjeeling, 4000 feet, May 



(//. J. Elwes). 

 Mongphoo, near Darjeeling. 



Bhotau Doars, April (Z. 

 Mandelli). 



Assam. 



Dibruphur, Feb., May (J. 

 R. Cripps). 



Leyden Museum [P.]. 

 Plume Coll. 

 India Museum [P.]. 

 India Museum [P.J. 

 B. II. Hodgson, Esq. 



[P.]. (Types of 



species.) 

 Hume Coil. 



Hume Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume CVll. 



J.M.Foster,Esq.[P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



