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to belong to the Alaudince, near Brachonyx. Its tail in form reminds 

 one of Dolichonyi. 



Parian^ ? 



Genus Accentor, Auct. 



These birds are found in the centrai and northern regions of the 

 hills only, and chiefly in the northern. We have four species, all of 

 which are I believe new. 



1. Acc. Nipalensis, mihi. — Head and neck dusky olive ; body above 

 ferniginous, w'ith large centrai dashes of black ; shoulders and all the 

 wing-coverts dusky, \vith white drops ; alars and caudals blackish. 

 •vvith ochreous red margins ; breast and belly ochreous ; under coverts 

 of the tail dusky, picked out with \vhite ; bill dusky, with a yellow 

 horn base ; iris golden brown ; legs sordid bro\vn. Length, 6^ inches ; 

 bill, if ; tail, 2| ; wing, 3į ; tarse, 1 ; centrai toe and nail, Į| ; 

 hind, If . 



2. Acc. Cacharensis, mihi. — Very similar in colours to the lašt, 

 but larger, and the ■B'ing proportionally longer ; head and neck, 

 shoulders and wing-coverts dusky ; throat white, with black bars ; 

 breast and belly deep clay-red ; back and upper tail-coverts rastj, 

 •vvith large centrai blotches of blackish ; alars and caudals blackish, 

 margined and tipt with rūsty red ; vent dusky, picked out ■n'ith 

 ■n'hitish ; bill yellow horn, with dusky tip ; legs fleshy. Length, 7 

 inches ; biU, \^ ; tail, less 3 ; wing, Sį ; tarse, 1^ ; centrai toe and 

 nail, |f:l"nd, 1^. 



3. Acc. immaculatus, mihi. — Least of the three ; not unlike them 

 in colours, but the plumage more uniform and freer from spots and 

 blotches ; head and neck dusky olive, passing gradually into em- 

 browned ochreous red on the body above and below, as well as on 

 the whole visible part of the closed -vving ; shoulders pale slaty blue 

 and unspotted ; alars and caudals dusky brown, and nearly void of 

 brighter margins or tips ; bill blackish ; legs fleshy grey ; iris straw- 

 colour. Length, only 6 inches ; bill, Ą ; tail, 1^ ; wing, 2| ; tarse, į ; 

 centrai toe and nail, | ; hind, ^. 



4. Acc. strophiatus, mihi. — Above and laterally sordid rūsty, -CT-ith 

 black centrai blotches ; belo\v white, with similar marks, but smaller 

 and paler ; \vings and tail black-brown ; the alars and their coverts 

 margined with embrowned rūsty ; ears and lores margined toMvards 

 the body all round with bright rūsty, and a large gorget of the šame 

 on the top of the breast ; from nares to brow a white line, joining the 

 red one above spoken of ; bill dusky horn ; legs fleshy brown ; iris 

 brow'n; -vvings shorter and tail longer than in any of the others. 

 Length, 6 inches ; bill, plūs i ; tail, 2| ; wing, 2į ; tarse, J-| ; centrai 

 toe and nail, į ; hind, ■^. Weight less 1 oz. Breeds on the ground, 

 making a saucer-shaped nešt of moss, \vell-compacted. These birds 

 are much on the ground and have an ambulatory structure of legs 

 and feet : I should place them among the Finches, near to the next- 

 named, or Buntiugs, which also are exclusively monticolous I believe, 



