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narrow paler edgings; chin, throat, and upper breast, and sides 
of the neck, prolonged behind the ear coverts, (so as almost to 
meet the ends of the broad buffy half collar on the base of the 
back of the neck) unspotted yellowish white. The whole of the 
rest of the upper parts, slaty blue, dark, and tinged almost 
blackish, immediately below the half collar, and on the lesser 
wing coverts, elsewhere pale, and pure. All the feathers of 
the back, and the scapulars, somewhat conspicuously darker 
shafted, central tail feathers, and outer webs of laterals, paler 
slaty than the rest of the upper parts, entirely unbarred or un- 
spotted ; inner webs of laterals, with numerous transverse, 
rufous bars; quills arather dusky slaty, on outer webs, and with 
the inner ones dark brown, with numerous long oval, transverse, 
imperfect, bar-like, rufous spots. Lower breast, abdomen, and 
sides, a mixture of buffy, and rufous white, each feather, with 
a broad dark brown central stripe. Thigh coverts, bright fer- 
ruginous, a few of the feathers with dark central stripes. Low- 
er tail coverts, and vent feathers, pale ferruginous. I note 
that the cheek stripe is distinctly separated from the dark ear 
coverts, by the white of the throat; in the next species, the 
Indian Hobby, the cheek stripe and ear coverts are all in one. 
No. 14. Hypotriorchis Severus, Horsr. 
THe InpriAn Hospy. 
That this bird breeds in India, there can, I think, be little 
doubt. It is in Southern, or South Eastern Asia, the local re- 
presentative of the preceding species, and not having been 
observed north of the Himalayahs, must of necessity breed some- 
where within our limits. As yet, I have been unable to meet 
with any account of its nidification. Dr. Jerdon remarks, that 
it is said to breed on trees, and this is nearly all that I know 
about the matter. 
A fine male, shot at Barrackpore, had the wing, 8°75 ; tail, 
4:62. The upper plumage, deep brown, not a trace of slaty, 
but faint traces of a rufous half collar at the back of the neck. 
All the lateral tail feathers, with rufous bars, on the inner webs, 
extending partially on to the outer ones, and all, but centre 
feathers, tipped with rufous white, chin and throat rusty white; 
rest of lower parts, deep rusty, except feathers of the lower 
abdomen, vent, and under tail coverts, which are paler, and 
yellower. Breast, abdomen, sides, thigh coverts, and lower tail 
