25. ITHAQENES. 



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base, tho darker basal parts, except- in tlic outer pair, beinj^ mir- 

 rowly margined with a crimson fringe. Total length 15-0 inches, 

 ■wing 8*3, tail GS, tarsus 2-f). 



In yoiUKjer males without spurs the crimson of the chin and 

 throat is often mixed with black, the pale margins of the second- 

 aries are more broken and less defined, and the tail-feathers 

 are edged and mottled \vith black at the extremity. 



In a (jHite i/oHur/ male the top of the head and throat are rufous 

 buff, many of the feathers tipped with duU crimson ; the plumage 

 is greyish above, brownish below, all the feathers with pale shaft- 

 stripcs with scarcely a trace of green, and the quills and tail- 

 feathers are dark brown, mottled with rufous and buff. 



Adult female. Front and sides of the head, chin, and throat* 

 rust-colour, back of the head and nape slate-grey, upper parts 

 pale brown, finely mottled with blackish brown ; quills dark 

 brown, the secondaries mottled with palo rufous buff on the outer 

 web ; chest and rest of underparts reddish brown, paler on 

 the sides, flanks, belly, and under tail-coverts, and finely mottled 

 with blackish brown. Tail dark brown, mottled with pale rufous 

 buff. Total length 11-5 inches, wing ""T, tail 5-7, tarsus 2-3. 



Hah. Higher regions of Nepal, Native Sikhira, Sikhim, and 

 Western Bhootan ; extending also into Thibet. 



a, 6. J $ ad. sk. Nepal. 



c-k. (S $ ad. sk. Nepal. 



/. 9 imiu- sk. 

 m. S iiuiu. sk. 

 n-p. (S imra. et 



juv. sk. 

 q-n. cf $ ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 o'. 5 ad. sk. 



p', q'. $ ad. et 



pull. sk. 

 r'-b". S 2 ad. et 



imm.sk. 

 c"-q". c? 9 ad. et 



inun. sk. 

 r". Pull. sk. 



N('])al. 



Xhatmuudu, Nepal. 



Dolaka, Nepal, Aug. (L. Man- 

 dell i). 



Nat. 8ikhim,Feb.-Apr., Aug., 

 Oct.-Uec. (Z. Maiidelli). 



Intr. of Nat. Sikhim (L. Man- 

 delli). 



Sikhim, May (£. Mandelli). 



Intr. of Sikhim, June, Oct. 



(Z. Mandelli). 

 DarjeeUng, April. 



Thibet, Aug. (Z. MandeUi). Iliune Coll. 



Major - Gen. Ilard- 

 wicke [P.]. 

 (Types of the species.) 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll, 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



2. Ithagenes geoffi'oyi. 



Ithaginis gooffroyi, Terr. Bull. Soc. dAcclun. (•!) iv. p. 706 (1807) ; 

 dray, Hand-l.' ii. p. l>04 (1870) ; Sclater, Ibi-s 1870, p. 297 [Ta- 

 tsien-lou]; David, N. Arch. Mas. Bull. vii. p. 11. no. .■?o8 (1871) 

 [Moupin, Sze-chuen]; Swinh. P.Z.S. 1871, p. 400 ; Gould, B. 

 As. vii. pi. 42 (1872) ; Elliot, Mon. Phas. ii. pi. 31 (1872) ; Sclater, 



In one epeciiuen the chin nnd throat are washed with crimson. 



