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phagidce. but, though they may in some respects approach this 

 family, they seem to me to be nearer the Timaliidce, in which 

 I retain them. 



The bill is about one-half the length of the head, strongly hooked 

 at the tip and with the margins sinuate ; the rictal bristles are 

 weak. The nostrils are the same as in Liothrisc lutea as are also 

 the wing and tail but the upper tail-coverts only reach to the 

 middle of the tail. The feathers of the crown are ample but do 

 not form a crest, the tarsus is strong and quite Timaliine. 



Key to Species and Subspecies. 



A. Inner secondaries chestnut. 



a. Crown black P. erythropterus, <$ , p. 331. 



b. Crown bluish grey P. erythropterus , $ , p. 332. 



B. Inner secondaries golden yellow P. ceralatus ceralatus, tf , 



C. Inner secondaries tipped with chestnut P. &, teralatus, $,p. 333. 



D. Inner secondaries bluish grey or green . 



c. Crown greenish vellow. 



a'. Nape bluish-ashy. [p- 333. 



a". Tips of wing-coverts white .... P. melanotis melanotis, <i , 



b". Tips of wing-coveits salmon-pink P. m. melanotis, ^ , p. 334. 

 b'. Nape greenish yellow. 



c". Tips of wing-coverts white .... P. m. intermedius, <$ j p. 335. 



d" '. Tips of wing-coverts salmon-pink P. m. intermedius, $ , p. 335. 



d. Crown blackish. [chloris, <S , p. 335. 

 c'. No white ring round eye P. xanthochloris xuntho- 



d'. A white ring round eye P. x. pallida, tf . 



e. Crown dark grey. 



e'. No white ring round eye P. .v. xanthochloris, , p. 336. 



f. A white ring round eye P.x. pallida, $ . 



f. Crown pale ash-grey P. .r. occidentalis, c? , p. 336. 



</. Crown pale greenish grey P.x. occidentalis, Q , p. 33ti. 



P. .r. pallida (David, Yunnan) is very likely to be found in 

 the IS. Shan States, so is included iu the key. 



(354) Pteruthius erythropterus. 

 THE BED-WINGED SHRIKE-BABBLER. 



Lanius erythropterus Vigors, P. Z. S., p. 2-2 (1831) (Himalaya Mt.) 



(Murree, Punjab}. 

 Ptcmthius erythropterus. Elanf. & Gates, i, p. 224. 



Vernacular names. Dao-kranji (Cachari). 



Description. Adult male. Forehead tonape,lores, under the eye 

 and ear-coverts black ; a broad white supercilium ; upper plumage 

 bluish grey, some of the upper tail-coverts tipped with black ; tail 

 and wing-coverts black; primaries and outer secondaries dark brown, 

 edged with glossy black and tipped with white ; inner secondaries 

 chestnut, lower plumage very pale greyish white, the sides of the 

 throat, centre of the abdomen, vent and under wing- and tail- 

 coverts pure white ; lower parts of the flanks pale rusty. 



