ii[i. rUCUASIA. 



313 



liack, rump, and shortor upper tail-covcrts sandy brown, mottled 

 with black, each feather with a wide black centre and a narrow rufous 

 shaft-.'stripe : lonjyer u])])er tail-coverts without black centres ; quills 

 l)n)\vii, more or less edged and mottled with buff and rufous ; wide 

 buff superciliarj- stripes ; feathers of the cheeks and ear-coverts 

 buff, ed<,M'd with black ; chin and throat white ; chest, breast, sides, 

 and Hanks like the mantle, but there is less black and the shaft- 

 stripes are much wider : belly -white, marked with black ; under 

 tail-covcrts chestnut, Midely tipi)ed with white, separated by a 

 black bar from the chestnut ; middle tail-feathers irregularly barred 

 ^\■ith rufous buff, edged with black ; outer feathers black, more or 

 less mixed, csi)ecially on the outer web, with chestnut, and tipped 

 with white. Total length l!)-0 inches, wing 8-7, tail 7, tarsus '2-2. 

 IJah. Western Ilinialayas from Kumaon to Chamba. 



a. J imm. sk. 

 b,c. c? 2 ad. St. 

 (I, e. d 2 "d- sk. 

 f. $ iuiui. sk. 

 </■ S ad. sk. 

 'h, i. S $ ad. sk. 

 /,■ q. S 2 ad. et 



imm.sk. 

 r-t. (S imm., 5 ad. 



India Mu.seum [P.]. 

 India Museum [P.J. 



[X.W. Himalayas.] 



N.W. Ilimalavas. 



[^'.^^'. Himalayas.] Gould Coll. 



Murdan, Dec. ' Hume Coll. 



Murree, Oct. Hume Coll. 



Kotekliaie, Feb. Hume Coll. 



Kotegbur, March, April, & Hume Coll. 



Dee. 

 Koteghur,June(i2.C.i?eara?i). Tweeddale Coll 



Capt. Stackbouse 



I'inwill [C.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



«-c'. J$ad. et Simla, Sept., Oct., Nov. (^. O. Hume Coll. 



imm. sk. H. ^- W. Laiimn). 



li -<j'. c? 2 ad. et Simla. 



imm. .sk. 



/('. $ ad. sk. Hills X. of Mussooree 



( Wihoii). 



i' . d" imm. sk. Mussooree ( W. E. Bmuks) 



k'-s . (J 2 "d. et Bbagirati N'alley. 



imm. sk. 



/'. rf inim. «k Kunuion, Oct. 

 u . J . 2 ad. etjiiv. 



skeletons. 



Subsp. u. Pucrasia biddiilphi. 



Pucrnsia macrolupba, Admns {ncc Ltf'^.), T. Z. >>'. 1859, p. 186[Cash- 



nxre"'. 

 I'u. ia>ia biddulphi, Marsh. Ihis, 1879, p. 4G1 ; id. J. f. O. 1879, 



p. -Jl'4 : td. Str. F. viii. p. 445 (1879) [Ca.slimere] ; II time, Sti: F. 



viii. p. 441) (Is7!»). 



Adult male. Difiers from tyjiicnl 1'. macrolojdia in having the dark 

 chestnut extending more or less conqdetely round the back of the 

 neck, and the chestnut of the underjiarts much darker and more or 

 less mixed with black. 



Adult femah'. Similar to the female of typical P. macrolopha. 



Hah. N.W. Himalayas : Cashmere. 



a-c. S $ ad. sk. Cnslimere, Nov. (/. Bid- 



dulph). 

 d. $ ad. sk. Cashmer.' (Dr. Brlh-ir). 



f. S ad.sk. Ciilgit (./. L'iddidjdi). 



Hume Coll. (Types 



of the specie^. ) 

 India ^[usoum [P.]. 

 lluiue Cull. 



