272 Messrs. H. E, Dresser and E. Delmar Morgan on 



the eye and along the upper edge of the ear-coverts a 

 cinnamon-black band passes, which becomes broader and 

 darker towards the nape ; upper part of the back olivaceous 

 grey ; lower back, scapulars, rump, and upper tail-coverts 

 dull olive, brighter on the scapulars and rump ; region round 

 the eye, edge of gape, chin, throat_, and upper breast cinnamon, 

 rather brighter on the centre of the breast and paler below ; 

 sides of the neck and breast grey, tinged with cinnamon ; 

 flanks, abdomen, crissiim, and under tail-coverts dull coloured, 

 brighter on the lower portion ; all the upper wing-coverts 

 and the quills dull coloured, with an olivaceous tinge, the 

 inner webs of the median wing-coverts blackish ; outer webs 

 of the quills dull coloured, the base of the primaries with a 

 reddish tinge ; the inner webs of the primaries and secondui ies 

 greyish black, of the tertiavies olivaceous blackish brown ; 

 all the quills, except the outermost, with dull light margins, 

 on the primaries only at the base and central part, but on 

 the secondaries and tertiaries on the entire inner web, over- 

 lapping to the outer M'cb ; under wing-coverts pale dull 

 coloured, axillaries grayish white ; tail-feathers olive-grey, 

 with brighter margins to the outer web. Adult female in 

 July, iris brick-red ; }oang male in August yellow-ochre; 

 bill rose-coloured, with the point of the upper mandible 

 white, under mandible with a yellowish tinge ; legs bluish 

 grey. Wing rounded, the 6tli quill longest, the 1st inter- 

 mediate between the last and last but one imd 22-26 mm. 

 shorter than the 6th, the 2nd 12-15, the 3rd 6-7, the 4th 2-3, 

 the 5th 1 mm. shorter. Tail strongly graduated, the outer- 

 most rectrix 48-51 mm., the 3rd 1-15 shorter than the 

 tip of the tail ; the four central rectrices nearly equal in 

 length. 



Specimens were obtained at the village of Yo-dzam pu in 

 July and August, at the village of Satani in December. 

 Measurements: — J- Total length 130mm., expanse 160, 

 wing 55, beak 8, tarsus 19, hind toe with claw 11, tail 70. 

 $ . Total length 145 mm., expanse 160, \\ing 56, beak 8, 

 tarsus 18, hind toe with claw 11, tail 80. 



This is a rare bird in Kan-su. Mr. Berezovsky met with it 



