440 Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe on a 



increasing in extent towards the outer one, all more or less 

 grey towards tlie base ; crown of head paler French grey, 

 the forehead ochreous buff, a wash of which colour pervades 

 the crown ; lores and a broad eyebrow black, continued along 

 the sides of the crown and joining on the nape ; eyelid black 

 in front, white on the lower edge ; ear-coverts and sides of 

 face ochreous buff, as well as the cheeks and throat, paler 

 on the hinder part of the ear-coverts, and on the sides of 

 neck inclining to buffy grey ; fore neck and chest black, 

 forming a large plastron ; the feathers of the lower throat 

 white tipped with black, the white forming an indistinct 

 collar ; remainder of under surface of body light French grey, 

 washed with ochreous buff, especially towards the lower ab- 

 domen and vent ; thighs dark grey ; under tail-coverts pale 

 ochreous buflf, with grey bases; under wing-coverts grey, 

 washed with ochre ; axillaries dark slate-grey, the long ones 

 tipped with white ; quills below black, with large white spots 

 near the base of the inner web. Total length 9 inches 

 culmen 0'75, wing 4*5, tail 3'7, tarsus 1"05. 



The adult female differs in being brown above, washed with 

 ashy grey, the inner secondaries and the centre tail-feathers 

 reddish brown, instead of grey, the marking being the same. 

 There is less grey on the head, which is nearly all ochreous 

 buff, with a grey tinge towards the nape ; the reddish ochre- 

 colour on the sides of the face and throat is richer than in 

 the male. The under surface of the body is deep ochreous 

 brown where the male is grey. Total length 8*7 inches, 

 culmen 0*75, wing 4*2, tail 3'35, tarsus 1. 



I have named this species after Mr. Jeffery Whitehead, 

 the traveller's father, by whose aid and encouragement Mr. 

 John Whitehead has been enabled to carry out his ornitho- 

 logical expeditions. 



Fam. MuscicAPiD^. 



8. Tarsiger hodgsoni (Moore) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 258. 



I cannot see the slightest difl-erence between the pair sent 

 by Mr. Whitehead and a pair collected in Sikkim by Man- 

 delli ; and this is the more curious as no one had previously 



