24. opiiKYbiA. 265 



Francoliiius ceylanensis, Less. Trai/e crOrn. p. ^04 (IfS.'il). 

 Gfillo])erdix zeyloiiensis, Hlyth, Cat. AIus. As. <S'oc. p. L!41 (1849) ; 



Gould, B. As. vi. pi. 67 (1854); Hume, N. Sf E. hid. B. p. 535 



(187;3). 

 GalUiperJix bic\alcai'ata, Laynrd, Ann. May. N. H. (2) xiv. p. lO^ 



(l8o4); Blyth, I/ji\ 18H7,'p. mS: IMdsio. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 469; 



Le(/(/e, Ibis, 1874, p. 26, 1875, p. 400 ; id. IJ. Cei/l. iii. p. 741, pi. 



(1880). 

 Itba^iiii.s zevkinensis, Gray, List Gallincc Brit. Mus. p. 46 (1867) ; 



id. lland-l. B. ii. j). 264 (1870). 

 Galloperdix bicalcavatus, Hume, Str. F. vii. pp. 430, 453 (1878) ; 



Hume ^- Marsh. Game B. Ind. i. p. 261, pi. (1878); Gates, ed. 



Hume's Nests 8f Eygs, iii. p. 426 (1890). 



Adult male. Top of the head, back and sides of the luck, mantle, 

 sides, and flanks black, each feather, especially of the three last, 

 with a wide white shaft-stripe ; lower back and rump dark 

 chestnut finely mottled with black; wing-coverts and scapulars the 

 same, but with the terminal part black with a shaft-stripe or sub- 

 terminal spot of white. Primaries and secondaries dark brown, 

 the latter mottled with chestnut on the outer web. Feathers of 

 the sides of tlie head white edged with black, of the chin and 

 throat white, of the chest black with a large white subterminal 

 patch, and of the middle of the breast and belly mostly white, more 

 or less widely edged with black according to age ; rest of the under- 

 parts blackish, mixed with whitish grey or rufous. Tail and upper 

 tail-coverts black. Naked skin round the eye, bill, legs, and feet 

 red. Tarsi armed with two pairs of long spurs, a third pair being 

 sometimes present. Total length 12 inches, wing 61, tail 4-5, 

 tarsus 2. 



Adult female. Head blackish ; feathers of the forehead and sides 

 of the head with pale rufous centres ; chin and throat white ; quills 

 and tail very similar to those of the male, but the latter has the 

 feathers slightly mottled with rufous, liest of the plumage chestnut, 

 brightest on the breast, finely vermiculated with black. Tarsi with 

 or without a pair of spurs. Total length 10'8 inches, wing 5"6, 

 tail ."j-^, tarsus 1'9. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Ceylon. Purchased. 



6, c. cJ 5 ad. sk. Ceylon. Ilunie Coll. 



d-n. S $ad. sk. Ceylon (H. Xerill). Twoeddule Coll. 



""?• (S 2 "d. sk. Uiigani Korale, W. Civlon, Hume Coll. 



.luiu', Doc. (Hart). 

 r. J'lid. sk. Kuruwitty, Ceylon, Dec. {S. Tweeddale Coll. 



Vhajmian). 

 s. Ad. skel. Ceylon. 



24. OPHRYSIA. 



Type. 



Ophrysia, Bonap. C. Ii. xliii. p. 414 (1856) 0. superciliosa. 



Malacortyx, B/;/t/i, Ibis, 1867, p. 313 (). .^uperciliosa. 



Malacotuniix, Bli/t/i, I'. Z. S. 1807, p. 475 ( ). .-uperciliosa. 



