212 Lord Walden on Dr. Stoliczka's " Ornithological 



of P. melanotis, Hodgs. (/. c), which, again, is erroneously 

 identified by Dr, Jerdon (B. Ind. ii. p. 246) with Allotrius 

 (Bnobarbus, Temm., of Java. The female of this conjectured 

 female of another species is described for the first time by 

 Dr. Stoliczka ; and if we are to accept his conclusions, Pteru- 

 thius xanthochlorus, Hodgs., must resume its rank as a second 

 Indian species of AUutrius. The plumage, as described, of the 

 doubtful Hydrobata, notwithstanding the absence of a perfectly 

 white throat and breast, seems to indicate that of a young 

 Ciuclus asiaticus, Sw. In one of the earlier stages of plumage 

 of this species, the underside is clothed with smoky-^jrown fea- 

 thers, each of which is edged with a dusky-grey fringe. In those 

 of the flanks and upper surface the fringe is fulvous, occasion- 

 ally mixed with dusky-grey. The secondaries are edged with 

 white, those nearest the body being completely surrounded with 

 a white margin. The primaries and some of the rectrices 

 are slightly tipped with white. The tarsus, feet, and claws in 

 the dried skin are dirty yellow, whereas in the adult bird they 

 are brown. The pale fringing of the body-feathers gives the 

 plumage a scale-like or spotted aspect. In another stage, pro- 

 bably that of an older bird, the edgings of the ventral regions 

 and lower breast only are dusky white, all the rest being ful- 

 vous, while the wing-feathers are less boldly margined with 

 white, and the tarsus and feet are darker. In a third stage 

 still more nearly approaching that of the adult garb, the whole 

 of the plumage is coloured as in fully adult birds, save that of 

 the chin and throat, in which the dusky-white fringe occupies 

 nearly the whole of each feather. On the upper breast a few 

 feathers here and there are tipped with dusky white, making it 

 appear spotted ; and although the primaries are uniform brown, 

 the secondaries still retain the narrow white margin. The legs 

 are almost as dark as in the adult. Under and above each eye 

 is a white mark ; and this is to be found, though less prominently, 

 in birds which are otherwise in completely adult plumage. 

 The bill appears to acquire increased dimensions in this species, 

 even after the plumage has reached its perfect stage. Two birds 

 are introduced as new to the fauna of the Indian region as 

 limited by Dr. Jerdon, Tetraogallus tibetanus, Gould, and Alau- 



