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themselves in the manner of tlie Gdvvalax group, but flew from 

 tree to tree. McLelland obtained his only specimen in Assam, 

 very probably on the Khasia hills ; and Hodgson has also procured 

 it in the Sikhim Terai, and Nepal. 



374. Paradoxornis gularis, Hoesfield. 



HoRSFiELD, MSS. — Gray, Genera of birds, pi. 94, f. 2 — 

 Gould, Birds of Asia, Part VI., pi. 10. — P. caniceps, Blyth — 

 Heteromorpha, apud Blytii, Cat. 528— HousF,, Cat. 612 — 

 Chongto-pliep-pho, Lepcli. 



The hoary-headed Finch-thrush. 



Descr. — Above rufescent brown ; head pure grey, with a black 

 superciliary line, commencing with the nostrils ; beneath white, 

 ■with the chin black. 



Bill yellow; legs and feet plumbeous ; the claws pale; irides 

 light brown. Length 6 inches ; wing 3^ ; tail 3 ; bill at front ^ 

 inch nearly ; tarsus 1. The wing in this species is proportionally 

 longer, and the hind toe is very large. 



1 JDrocured this bird at Darjeeling, where, however, it is rare, 

 and it is found at from 3,000 to 6,000 feet of elevation. It has 

 also been sent from Bootan. 



375. Paradoxornis ruficeps, Blyth. 



J. A. S., XL, 177, and XIL, 1010, with a figure— Horsf., 

 Cat. 611 — Heteromorpha, apud Blyth, Cat. 527 — Gray Genera 

 of Birds, ph 94, f. 1— Gould, Birds of Asia, Part VL, pi. 11.— 

 Chongto-phep-pJio, Lepch. 



The red-headed Finch-thrush. 



Head, cheeks, ear-coverts, nape, and sides of neck, bright 

 rufous ; the rest of the upper plumage olive-brown, darker, and 

 tinged with rufous on the wings ; beneath, white, a little sullied 

 with fulvescent on the neck and flanks. 



Bill, with the upper mandible, horny brown, the lower one pale 

 yellowish; legs plumbeous; irides red brown; orbitar skin pale 

 blue. Length about 7|^ inches; wing3|; tail 3^; bill at front |- 

 inch, fth deep ; tarsus above 1 inch. 



