1. LERWA. 



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white. Inner secondaries black, irregularly barred, mottled, and 

 widely tipped with white. Chest and upper breast rich chestnut, 

 eacli feather with the basal lialt' margined with white and widely 

 barred with black ; but these marks are hidden, except when the 

 feathers are lifted up. The lower breast, belly, sides, and flanks are 

 the same ; but the white margins of the feathers extend nearly to 

 the extremity, giving these parts a streaked appearance. The 

 middle of the belly and thighs are barred with black and whitish 

 buff or rufous. The under tail-coverts are chestnut tipped with 

 white. Tail-feathers black, barred and mottled with white. Iris 

 brown, sometimes reddish. Bill and legs bright coral-red. Total 

 length 1-i inches, wing 7'5, tail 4'5, tarsus 1'7. 



In youmjer birds the barrings on the head and upper parts are 

 wider and all butf; on the underparts of the neck they are less 

 clearly defined than in the adult and gradually merge into the 

 chest, all the feathers of which, like those of the breast, are mottled 

 and barred with black nearly to the extremity. 



The chick has the upper parts black, mottled and barred with 

 rufous buff; the top of tlie head is covered with blackish down, the 

 sides are white, witli a black stripe on either side passing below the 

 eye ; the underparts are black, with irregular shaft-stripes and bars 

 of buff: all the primaries are mottled on the margin of the outer 

 web with whitisli, and the terminal parts of the secondaries are 

 black mottled witli buff. Bill black ; feet flesh-colour. 



Ifcib. The higher ranges of the Himalayas, and extending north- 

 wards to Moupin and W. Sze-chuen, China. 



a. c? ad. sk. 

 b-i. d 2 ad. at 



imm. sk. 

 k-r. cJ $ ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 s-u. J 2 ad. sk. 

 V, tv. 2 imm. sk. 



x-z. (J 2 ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 a'. 2 i'uui- sk. 

 b', c'. 2 ad. et 



pull. sk. 

 d'-ff'. S $ ad. et 



imm. sk. 



h'~l'. 2 ad. et 



imm sk. 

 m'. 2 imiu. sk. 



n'-i/'. cT 2 ad. et 

 imiu. sk. 



='._ c? ad. sk. 

 a". 2 iiiHii. sk. 

 A". liupi'rtVct 

 skeleton. 



N.W. Himalayas. 



JulUirce Joul, close to the 



Snowy Piange, Jan., Feb. 

 Koteghur, Due. 



Nunda, Kooloo, Feb. 

 Hills beyoud Simla, Sept. 



{It C'. Bearan). 

 Bhagarati \'alley. 



Kumaon {Cajjt. Strachetj). 

 Kumaon. 



Nepal. 



Sikhini, Jan. (Z. Mamlelli). 



Native Sikhim, April (Z. 



Mayiilclli). 

 Native Sikhim, Feb., Mav, 



July, Aug., Oct., Dec. (*Z. 



Mimdellt). 

 Darjet'ling. 



Hills N.W. of Darjeeliug. 

 Nepal. 



Capt. S. Pinwill [P.]. 

 Hume CoU. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale CoU, 



Hume Coll. 



India Museum [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



[P.]. (Types of 



the species.) 

 Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 B. 11. Hodgson, Esq. 

 [P.]. 



