ro 



rump, tertiaries, and Aving-coverts deep glossy green ; secondaries 

 glossy green, broadly tipped with Avhite ; primaries dark brown on the 

 basal halves, then white with the tip black ; under wing-coverts 

 greenish black ; upper tail-coverts white, freckled with brown ; 

 under tail-coverts dark brown, mottled with white ; sides of the 

 body vermiculated with brown : " bill black ; iris bright red ; legs, 

 toes, and webs black, the sides of the tarsus and toes dusky yellow ; 

 claws horny brown" (Oaies). Total length 13 inches, wing (r5, 

 tail 3, culmen 0''J2, tarsus 1. 



Female. Forehead and a supercilium dirty white ; crown and 

 nape dark brown ; lores and a line through the eyes blackish ; 

 I'emainder of head, the whole neck, and upper breast dull white, 

 mottled with brown, the marks on the breast and liind neck 

 becoming well-defined wavy lines ; the lower plumage dull while, 

 streaked and indistinctly barred with brown ; the whole upper 

 surface, wings, and tail brown, the secondaries tipped with white, 

 and the inner primaries also more narrowly tipped with Avhite ; 

 upper tail-coverts white, freckled with brown ; under wing-coverts 

 broAvn, each feather maigiued with white : " bill brown above, 

 yellowish below ; iris brown ; legs and toes greenish yellow " (Oates). 

 Bize a trifle less than the male. 



Male hi winter. Similar to the female, but al^vays retains the 

 conspicuous white patch on the primaries. 



Younff. Similar to the female till the first spring (Oates). 



Young in down. Upper parts, flanks, and under tail-coverts 

 blackish brown ; a broad superciliary stripe, cheeks, throat, front 

 neck, and breast white ; a brown line through the eyes ; tMo broad 

 white spots on each side of the back, one near the base of the 

 wings, and the other, much longer, on the sides of the rump ; 

 feathers of the tail blackish, very long and stifl'. 



Hah. India, Ceylon, Andamans, Burmese Countries, China, 

 Philippines, Sunda Islands, and Celebes. 



a. $ ad. St. 



b, c. d ad. et c? 

 imm. St. 



d. (S imm. sk. 



e. cJ ad. sk. 

 /•. d ad. sk. 

 (/. 2 ad. sk. 

 h-k. d ad. sk. 

 l-n. 6 2 'id. sk. 

 0. (5 imni. sk. 



India. 

 India. 



No Incalitj'. 



Capt. Johnstone [P.]. 

 Purchased. 



E. Newman, E^q. 



[P.]. 



Madras. Tweeddale Coll. 



Mirzanpore, Feb. (J. Davidson). Hume Coll. 



;j. S ad. sk. 

 q,r. S 2 inmi. sk. 



s. <S ad. sk. 



t. tJ ad. sk. 



liaipur. 

 Saugor, July, Aug. 

 Sumbulpore, Cent. Provinces. 

 Calcutta, March. 



Calcutta, Jan. 

 Pehar. 



Purneah. 



Allahabad, June 

 hum). 



(J. Cock- 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 H. J. Elwes, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 H. J. Elwes, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Hume CoU. 



