1. TtJRNIX. 543 



Sume Sf Marshall, Game B. ii. p. 183, pi. (1879); Bingham, Str. 



F. ix. p. 196 (1880) [Meplay 11.]; Oates, Str. F. x. p. 230 (1882) 



[Pegu] ; id. B. Bunnah, ii. p. 338 (1883) ; Hume, Str. F. xi. p. 312 



(1888) [Assam and Manipur]. 

 Heniipodius msiaxtXaXna, Sicinhoe, Ibis, 1875, p. 127 [Chefoo]. 

 Hemipodiiis viciarius, Swiiihoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 402 [S ad.] (1871) 



[Cautonto Pekin]; Tacz. J. f. O. 1870, p. 201; id. Bull. Soc. 



Zool. Fr. i. p. 245 (1876) [Ussuri, Chanka]. 

 Ilemipodius chrysostomus, Sxoinhoe, Ann. Mag. N. H. (4) xii. p. 375 



[2 ad.] (1873) [Chefoo]. 

 Tiiinix niaculosus, Hume ^- Davison, Str. F. vi. p. 452 (1878) 



[Tenns.<urim] ; Sclaf. Voij. Chall. p. 115 (1880). 

 Heniipodius cathareus, Swinhoe, MS. [ $ imm.]. 

 Heniipodius variabilis, Prjev. Voy. dans Ussuri, no. 139. 



Adult female. General colour above grej'ish broAVTi, with a -well- 

 defined rufous nuchal collar ; lores and forehead, superciliary stripes 

 and sides of the head bufi", tipped with black ; top of the head black, 

 edged with buff; in some specimens a line of buff feathers down 

 the middle of the head. Back, rump, upper tail-coverts, and 

 scapulars irregularly barred and vermiculatcd with black, mixed 

 here and there with traces of rufous ; some still retaining traces of 

 the whitish-buff lateral margins characteristic of immature birds. 

 Primaries, primary-coverts, and secondaries blackish brown, nar- 

 rowly margined on the outer web with bufi"; rest of the wing- 

 coverts buff, some of the outer secondary and most of the lesser 

 and median coverts have a small subterminal black occUus. Chin 

 and middle of the throat whitish bufi' ; sides of the throat, chest, and 

 breast rufous buff, bccomiug paler on the flanks and white on the 

 belly ; most of the feathers of the sides of the chest and breast are 

 ornamented by a small subterminal round black spot. Iris straw- 

 yellow or white. Lower mandible, gape, and base of upper man- 

 dible chrome-yellow ; rest of upper mandible reddish brown. Legs, 

 feet, and claws chrome-yellow. Total length 6'5 inches, wing 3*8, 

 tail 1-5, tarsus 1"05. 



Adult male. Differs from the female in having no rufous nuchal 

 collar. Iris white ; bill and feet yellow. Total length 5*8 inches, 

 wing 3'5, tail 1"3, tarsus 0*95. 



Immature males and females resemble each other and differ from 

 the adults in having all the feathers of the upper surface with a 

 patch of rufous at the extremity, and narrowly margined laterally 

 on one or both webs with buff ; the round black spots on the wing- 

 coverts and sides of the chest and breast are also more numerous. 



llah. India, east of the Bay of Bengal to the S. of Tonasserim, 

 Siam, and China as far north as ilantchuria. 



a. 2 imm. sk. Chittagong, Dec. (//. Fas- Hume Coll. 



son). 



b. 2 imm. sk. Tipperah. Hume Coll. 

 c,d. cJ $ imm. sk. Kai-ennee, March [R. G. Tweeddale Coll. 



W. R.). 

 e,f. S 2 ad. sk. Tonghoo, April and Dec. Tweeddale Coll. 

 {R. G. W. R.). 



