37. OALLtrs. 



351 



upper tail-coverts bronze-purple, loiif^er ones purplish blue, j?rccnish 

 at the margin; rest of the feathers of the back and rump and lesser 

 coverts at the bend of the Ming black, slightly glossed with purple, 

 edged with grey, and with narrow white shaft-stripes ; the longer 

 rump-feathers are fringed with reddish orange at the extremity 

 and ornamented with yellow wax-like spots ; median wing-coverts 

 and scapulars black, with narrow yellowish-white shaft-stripes 

 dilating at the extremity into large ol'dong orange-yellow wax-like 

 spots, fringed externally with orange-red ; quills aiid their coverts 

 brownish black. Underparts like the lower back: flank-feathers 

 fringed at the extremity with reddish orange ; lower part of belly 

 and vent mixed with buff ; tail black, glossed with bluish green. 

 Comb, wattles, and naked skin on sides of face, chin, and throat red ': 

 bill horny brown ; legs and feet yellowish red. Total leno-th 28 

 inches, wing 9, tail 16-2, tarsus 3-1. ° 



Aihdt femaU: Differs chiefly from the female of G. hfauefti in 

 the following points :— All the feathers of the neck and mantle have 

 well-marked rufous or buff shaft-stripes, the outer webs of the 

 secondaries are finely mottled with sandy brown and black, and the 

 breast-feathers are devoid of the thick black cross-bars ; the sides 

 of the head arc covered M-ith small feathers. Comb, which Ls very 

 small, and naked skin round eye and on sides of throat red. Total 

 length ](}•') inches, wing 7-9, tail .5-2, tarsus 2-7. 



JIab. Western, Southern, and Central India, bounded on the 

 north-east by the valley of the Godaveri, and on the north-west bv 

 the Aravalli Hills. ^ 



a-ff- d ? ad. et 



pull. sk. 

 A-A-. d 2 ad. sk. 

 /. c? inun. sk. 



w. «. 6 ? ad. sk. 



o. cT ad. .sk. 



P~t. 6 9 ad- sk. 



«, r. cT nd. sk. 

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.r. 2 n<b sk. 

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imni. sk. 

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inim. 



Mt. Aboo, April, .Tune, .Jalv 

 (A. O. H. ^- G. Kin I/). ' 

 Dec can. 

 Khandeish. 



Godra, Bombay. 



S. of Godavery K., near Badra- 

 chellum, Feb. ( JV. T. Blan- 

 forct). 

 Bclgainii, Feb., April, Mav 



(^. A. Ilutler). 

 INfysore, April ( W. JDavison). 

 Mysore. 



Segore, Feb. ( W. Dan'son), 

 IMrtdras, April ( Jf. Bnvison). 

 Wynaad, April ( Tf. Davison). 



Ootacamund, Jan.- March i Jf. 

 iJacixou). 



I fume Coll. 



India Museum [P."'. 

 MajorWalcott, R.A. 



MajorWalcott, R.A. 



[P.]. 

 Iliinie Coll. 



/'-«'. cS 2 ad. et Kotagherry, Feb., March {J. 



imm. sk 

 o'. /''• d 2 aJ- sk. 

 9', '■'• d ?ad. .sk. 

 s', t'. 2 ad. sk. 

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 v', tc'. Skeleton.'?. 



Cockburn). 

 Coonor, Jan. ( 7f". Davison). 

 Ramghaiit, Jan. (Xeville). 

 No locality. 

 No locality. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 VV. Davison, 



[P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Purchased. 



Esq. 



