390 Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe on 



the scapulars like tlie back ; lower back mixed with reddish 

 brown ; rump of the latter colour^ deepening towards the 

 upper tail-coverts, which are deep chestnut; lesser wing- 

 coverts like the back, with dull rufous margins ; median 

 and greater coverts, bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills 

 dusky blackish, edged with deep chestnut, especially distinct 

 on the latter, which appear chestnut ; tail-feathers deep 

 chestnut-brown ; crown of head chestnut-brown, more dingy 

 on the hind neck, which is slightly mixed with the blue of 

 the back ; forehead, lores, eyebrow, sides of face, ear-coverts, 

 cheeks, and under surface of body rich chestnut; sides of 

 body, flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts rather deeper in 

 colour and more chestnut-brown ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries deep chestnut ; quills below dusky, more ashy along 

 the inner edge. Total length 5*3 inches, culmen 0'6, wing 

 2*4, tail r9, tarsus ri5. 



This species has a certain resemblance to the male of 

 B. cruralis, but instead of having a distinct white eyebrow, 

 it has only a half-concealed white mark on the sides of the 

 crown. The female is of course quite different from the hen 

 of any other species of the genus. 



Nos. 2062, 2084, 2085. " Met with from 4000 to 9000 

 feet, but nowhere common." 



Androphilus*, gen. n. 



Genus simile generi " Elaphrornis " dicto, sed plumulis nucha- 

 libus absentibus distingnendum. 

 The type is 



11. Androphilus accentor, sp. n. (Plate IX. fig. 2.) 

 Adult male. General colour above uniform rufous brown 

 or dark chestnut, the feathers of the lower back and rump 

 extremely lax ; upper tail-coverts like the rump ; wing- 

 coverts, quills, and tail-feathers dusky brown, edged with the 

 same colour as the back ; crown of head a little more dingy 

 than the back ; lores dusky, surmounted by a line of dusky 

 grey, scarcely forming an eyebrow ; sides of face and ear- 



* (h'Tjp, homo; </)t^ea>, a7no. 



