;52. GKNX.KCS. :i<*5 



vermiculated with alternate black and wliilc lines, runninji fhicfly 

 across the feathers: primaries and tlieir covcrfs hlnckisli hrow ii ; 

 secondaries and secondary-coverts black, all witli oblii|uely-irrc^ular 

 ■white lines ; chin, throiit, fore part of neck, and rest of undcrparts 

 Idack with a slij^ht bine gloss ; the feathers on the sides of the 

 breast always have white shaft-stripes *. Middle pair of tail- 

 feathers dirty white, more or less vermicidatcd with black on the 

 enter web except at the extremity ; rest of the feathers obliipiely 

 vermiculated with black and white, the black gradually increasing 

 and the white diTuinishing on each successive feather, so that the 

 outer pair are black, obliquely vermiculated with white. Bill bluish 

 or brownish horny ; facial skin blood-red ; legs and feet fleshy 

 brown. Total length 2U inches, wing 9"7, tail 12, tarsus 3-3. 



In an iunuatare male the wing-coverts and scapulars are inter- 

 mixed with pale olive-brown feathers, greyish towards the tij) afid 

 vermicidatcd with black ; some of the black feathers of the breast 

 are mixed with brown, and the white shaft-stripes are mostly con- 

 fined to the feathers of the sides and tlanks. 



Adult female. Top of the head and crest tinged with rufous, rest 

 of the up])er parts olive-brown ; most of the feathers of the mantle 

 with V-**liaped white marks narrowly edged with black : inner webs 

 of the ])rimaries and secondaries brown ; the outer webs of the 

 latter slightly mottled with whitish buff along tlie margin ; sides of 

 the neck with triangular white spots ; chin, throat, and fore part 

 of neck whitish ; rest of the underparts brownish chestnut, each 

 featlicr with a pointed wliite shaft-stripe margined with black, 

 ^liddle pair of tail-feathers buff, mottled on the outer web and also 

 slighth' on the inner witli black; the six o iter pairs are reddish 

 brown, with wide irregular white bars mottled and widely margined 

 ■with black ; the second pair have the basal two-thirds like the outer 

 pairs, and the terminal third buff mottled with black like tlie 

 middle pair. Total length 22'b inches, wing 8-9, tail 8"7, 

 tarsus 2" 7. 



Hah. Pegu, Tonghoo and Karen Hills, Tenasserira as far south 

 as Tavoy, and N.W. Siam. It is ako stated to extend up the 

 Irrawaddy Valley as far as Ehamo. 



a-e. cJ $ad. etpuU. St. No locality. Zooi. Soc. Coll. 



/. cJ ad. sk. [Arrakau Hills] {Cajd. Zool. Soc. Coll. 



</. (5 ad. sk. Upper Pegu, March. E. W. Gates, Esq. 



[CI. 

 h-k. (S ad. sk. E. Pegu Hills, April. E. W. Gates, Esq. 



[CI. 

 I'P 6 2 ad. et $ Tonghoo Hills, Feb. to Tweeddale Coll. 



imm. sk. April (Ji. G. W. It.). 



9 ti. d $ ad. et rj Kar.u Hills, Jan. and Tweeddale Coll. 

 imm. sk. May {li. G. ]\'. IL). 



* III some fully aclult and very old specimens almost all the feathers of the 

 breast mirl boUy have white shaft-stripes, while in otlier equally julult examples 

 tiiese marks are absent except on the sides of the breast ; this character seems 

 to have no reference to age or locality, and appears to be individual. 



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