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with dusky, spotted irregularly at the back part of the head and 
neck, with black and white ; chin and throat white ; the rest of 
the parts beneath, the same, but crossed with numerous fine 
dusky lines; quills and tail chestnut, powdered with darker 
dots, and crossed with bars of the same, at half an inch distance ; 
legs feathered to the toes; claws dusky. Inhabits China. In 
the collection of General Davies. I observe one very similar 
if not the same, among the drawings of General Hardwicke, found 
at Cawnpore, in India, in September.” 
It is very clear, that Latham did not himself realize the iden- 
tity of his Sinensis and Horsfield’s Sedoputo, for he describes the 
latter separately, in the following words: 
“Length 20 inches. Body above ferruginous bay, cross- 
ed with indistinct bands of a paler colour; beneath white, 
banded with ferruginous bay ; chin whitish, throat inclining to 
yellow, ocular region pale ferruginous ; legs crossed with dusky 
yellow bands. Inhabits Java ; called there Selo-puto.” 
Now it will be observed that “ ocular region pale ferruginous” 
exactly hits the character of this species, whereas ‘‘ face pale 
with dusky markings” does not suit it at all. ' 
While therefore, following Mr. Blyth in this identification, I 
am by no means certain myself, that Latham’s Sinensis and 
Horsfield’s Seloputo are one and the same. 
Be this, however, as it may, Seloputo, Horsf. and Pagodarum. 
Tem. is constantly found in Burmah, and must therefore find a 
place in these notes. 
Temminck thus describes this species, which he says that 
Dussumier brought from the continent of India; though he had 
received other specimens from Java. 
“The tarsi are thickly clad with down, covered over with 
small feathers; the toes are clothed on their upper surfaces only, 
and the last joint is bare; the disk is small; the closed wings 
reach to the end of the tail; the down at all ages is a rufous 
ellow. 
The adult has the crown, and the sides of the neck of a some- 
what bright rufous chestnut, each feather with one or two rows 
eof pure white spots, encircled by a black zone. The back, the 
lesser wing coverts and the scapulars, are coloured much like the 
nape, but slightly lighter ; the white spots are less regular and 
larger, but are encircled with a black band ; the secondaries and 
the base of the primaries, have wide apart, reddish yellow 
bars, on a reddish brown ground. The tail, divided by irregular 
bars, is tipped with white, and paler below. The face and eye- 
brows are a spotless reddish yellow. ‘The breast is barred with 
transverse bands of white, and reddish chestnut. The whole of 
