220 pqasianidj:. 



Arboropliila chloropus, Hume, Str. F. ii. p. 449 (1874). 

 Peloperdix chloropus, Hume, Str. F. iii. p. 176 (1878). 



Adult male and female. Top of the head, middle of the nape, and 

 back of the neck rich brown ; upper back the same, each feather 

 with a Pubmarginal black line and irregular black bars either 

 roughly following the shape of the feather or crossing transversely. 

 Lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts also rich brown, fringed, 

 barred, and dotted with black and rufous or buff ; most of the wing- 

 coverts and scapulars the same, with a rather large buff or buff and 

 rust-coloured patch near the extremity, and an oblong buff spot or 

 streak at the extremity of the shaft. Primaries and their coverts 

 blackish brown, edged with rufous buff near the extremity of the 

 outer web. Inner secondaries the same, margined and mottled on 

 the outer web with rufous buff; outer secondai'ies like the scapulars. 

 Feathers of the lores and superciliary stripe white, edged with 

 black, or with one web black, and continued backwards in a buff 

 black-edged band bordering the crown and brown middle of the 

 nape. Chin white ; throat and sides of face white, with a black spot 

 at the extremity of each feather ; front and sides of the neck ruat- 

 cnlour and similarly spotted. Chest brown, barred with black, some 

 of the feathers shading into brownish buff towards the extremities. 

 (In one specimen the upper half of the chest is uniform brown and 

 not barred with black.) Middle of the breast rust-red, shading into 

 pale buff or white on the belly ; sides and flanks and under tail- 

 coverts buff and brownish, irregularly marked and barred with black. 

 A large hidden patch of pure white downy feathers on either side. 

 Tail reddish brown, irregularly barred and mottled with black. Iris 

 dark hazel-brown ; bill dusky red at base, remainder greenish : eye- 

 lids and orbital skin purphsh ; legs and feet pale green. 



Male. Total length 12 inches, wing 6-2, tail 2-9, tarsus 1-6. 



Female. Total length 10-3 inches, wing 5-9, tail 2-6, tarsus 1-5. 



Hah. From the hills north of Tonghoo and the Pegu Yoma south- 

 wards along the lower slopes of the Tenasserim Hills as far south as 

 the latitude of Tavoy. Also recorded from Cochin China. 



a,b. cJ 2 ad. sk. Eastern Pegu Hills, April. E. W. Gates, Esq. [G.]. 



c. 5 ad. sk. Eastern Pegu Hills, April Hume Goll. 



(E. W. Oates). 



d. J ad. sk. Kytiulinyat, Salween Dist., Hume Coll. 



.Jan. ( W. Daimon). 

 e-h. J 2 ad. sk. Pahpoon, .Ian. ( W. I)avi- Hume Coll. 



gon). 

 i. cJad.sk. Thoungyah, Nov. (t7. -D«r- Hume Coll. 



liny), 

 k. 5 ad. sk. Thoungyeen River, Jan. Hume Coll. 



{C. T. BvK/hain). 

 I, m. Ad. sk. Thoungyeen Valley. Capt. C. T. Bingham [C.]. 



n. cS ad. i?k. Near Myawadee, Jan. ( JI'. Hume Coll. 



Davison). 

 o, p. c? ad. sk. ^leetaii,¥eh. {W.Davison). Hume Cull. 

 q. (S ad. sk. Tavoy, Dec. (TF. Davison). Hume Coll. 



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