446 



peeisterid.t;. 



pair greyish brown, the third and fourth pairs grey, with a blackish 

 band about the middle and whitish tips ; the outer two pairs black, 

 with the apical half white, tinged with grey on the fifth pair : " bill 

 dull leaden black ; irides dark hazel, surrounded by a reddish 

 ring (?) ; legs dark purplish red " (Jerdon). Total length about 

 11 inches, wing 5 - 5, tail 5*5, bill 055, tarsus 0*9. 



Female. Somewhat smaller. 



Young. Duller and paler ; no black and no white spots on the 

 hind neck ; the spots of the back and upper wing-coverts rufescent, 

 with no vinous tinge. 



The Ceylon bird is somewhat smaller than the Indian one (wing 

 about 5 inches), but otherwise is not different. 



Hob. Yarkand, Afghanistan, Cashmere, through the Himalayas 

 to Assam and Munipur, the whole of India, and Ceylon. 



a, Ad. sk. 



b, c. Ad. sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 



e. Ad. sk. 

 /. J ad. sk. 



g. Juv. sk. 



h. Ad. sk. 

 i. $ ad. sk. 



k. Ad. sk. 



l-p. 3 2 ad. sk. 



q. Ad. sk. 



r, s. J ad. et juv. 



sk. 

 t. Ad. sk. 

 u. 2 ad. sk. 

 r. Ad. sk. 

 w. Ad. sk. 

 .c. <$ ad. sk. 



y. 5 ad. sk. 



z. $ ad.sk. 



ft', b'. d 2 ad. sk. 



c , d'. Ad. sk. 



,'. Ad.sk. 

 /'. S ad. sk. 



(i'-m. Ad. et iuv. 



n'-r'. Ad. sk. 



Leh, Yarkand, Sept. (F. 



Stoliczka). 

 Afghanistan (Griffiths). 

 Pushut (Griffiths). 

 Murree. 

 Agrore, April ( W. H. 



Unwin). 

 Boonji, 4500 feet, Oct. 



Gilgit, Feb. (J. Biddulph). 

 Gilgit, March. 



Koteghur. 



Simla, Sept., Oct. ( W. Davi- 

 son). 



Simla, July (R. C. Beavari). 



Umballah, Nov. (R. C. 

 Beavan). 



Kaladoongee. 



Almorah, Aug. 



Kumaon (Stracliey). 



Deo Dhoura, Oct. 



Gurgaon District, Feb. ( W. 

 N. Chill). 



Guroraon District, Dec. ( W. 

 N. Chill). 



Delhi, March (C. T. Bing- 

 ham). 



Sauibhur, July (R. M. 

 Adam). 



Oudh. 



Oudh. 



Futtehgui-h, Aug. (A. An- 

 derson). 

 Nepal. 



Nepal (B. H. Hodgson). 



(Types 



India Museum [P.]. 



India Museum [P.l 

 India Museum [P.J. 

 Colonel Way [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



J. Biddulph, Esq. 



[C.J. 

 Hume Coll. 

 J. Biddulph, Esq. 



[0.]. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 India Museum [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Capt. Stackhouse 



Pinwill [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Seehohm Coll. 



B. H. Hodgson, 1 



Esq. [P.]. i 



India Museum [P.]. ) 



of T. vitticollis, Hodgs.) 



