394 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on the 



Arborophila rufogularis, Hume^ Str. F, ii. p. 450 (1874). 



Arboricola rufigularis , Blyth^ Mamm. & B. Burma, p. 150 

 (1875). 



Arborophila tickelli, Hume, in Hume & Marsh. Game B. ii. 

 p. 78, note (1879). 



Hab. Lower outer ranges of tlie Himalayas from Kumaon 

 through Nepal and Sikhim as far east as the Daphla Hills, 

 north of the Darrang district. It also occurs in the higher 

 ranges of Tenasserim, on Mooleyit. 



There is no doubt that Arboricola rufipes, Hodgson, is the 

 oldest name for this species, and I should not hesitate to use 

 it instead of Blyth's, were it not for the fact that, after a 

 careful examination of Hodgson's specimens and figures, I 

 find that he undoubtedly confused the present species with 

 the female of A. torqueola. This may best be seen by ex- 

 amining his plates, when it will be noted that some of the 

 specimens figured as the females of A. torqueola have no 

 black bars on the back, and clearly belong to his A. rufipes. 

 No doubt the specimens in question were not seen by Hodgson 

 until the colours of the legs (the only character by which he 

 distinguished the two species) had faded, and had thus escaped 

 his observation. Hume has proposed the name A. tickelli for 

 the Tenasserim form of A. rufogularis, which usually lacks 

 the black line dividing the rufous at the base of the neck 

 from the grey chest ; but after examining a large series of 

 specimens from Mooleyit, I find that, though this black band 

 is absent in the majority (in which respect they approach 

 A. intermedia) , it is represented in some birds of each sex by 

 interrupted black spots at the ends of some of the rufous 

 feathers at the base of the neck, while in one female speci- 

 men it is as strongly defined as in any from Sikhim. On the 

 other hand, in some Himalayan birds, the black line, though 

 indicated, is imperfect. From these facts it is clear that the 

 Tenasserim birds cannot be separated from the Himalayan. 



6. Arboricola mandellii. 



Arborophila mandellii, Hume, Str. F. ii. p. 449 (1874), & 

 iii. p. 262, pi. i. (1875). 



