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Gen. Paradoxornis. Gould. 



Bill short, as high at the base as long ; culmen curved, compressed on the 

 sides, blunt and sinuated on the margin ; nostrils small, concealed by hair-like 

 feathers ; rictal bristles scanty ; wings rounded, the 6th quill longest ; tail 

 long and graduated ; legs stout ; tarsus entire ; hind toe and claw large ; 

 plumage soft and lax. 



595- Paradoxornis flavirostris, Gould, P. z. S. 1836, p. 17; 



id., Icones Avium. pi. 6; McClelL, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 164; Gray, Gen. B. ii. 

 p. 389; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 578 ; Jerd., B. bid. ii. p. 4, No. 373; 

 Hume, Sir. F. 1874, p. 457 ; id., Str. F. 1879, P- 95- The YELLOW-BILLED 

 FINCH-THRUSH. 



Adult (type of species). Above fulvescent olive brown, a little lighter on 

 the rump ; wing coverts brown, margined with fulvous brown, the outer lesser 

 coverts entirely fulvous or slightly rufescent ; quills brown, externally rufous 

 brown, lighter on the outer webs of the primaries ; tail feathers brown, slightly 

 edged with fulvous brown ; entire head and neck rufous ; lores, as well as a spot 

 above the eye, forepart of ear coverts, feathers below the eye and cheeks white, 

 barred with dusky blackish at the tips of the feathers ; hinder part of ear 

 coverts jet black, forming a large patch ; chin black ; remainder of throat 

 white, broadly barred at the tip with black ; foreneck entirely blackish ; re- 

 mainder of under surface pale yellowish buff, including the thighs and under 

 tail coverts ; legs plumbeous ; irides red brown. Bill bright yellow. 



Length. 7'5 inches; wing 3-4 ; tail 3*9; tarsus 1*2 ; culmen 0-75. 



Hab. Hills of N.-E. Bengal and Assam, ranging into the Sikkim and 

 Nepaul Terai. Jerdon procured it on the Khasia hills at an elevation of about 

 5,000 feet. He adds that there were three young birds in company with 

 the parents, and that the one young bird he shot resembled the birds in 

 plumage. McClelland's specimen was obtained in Assam, and Hodgson got 

 his specimens in the Sikkim Terai and Nepaul. 



596. Paradoxornis guttaticollis, A. David, N. Arch. Mus. \\\. , 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vii. p. 497. Paradoxornis Austeni, Gould, B.Asia, 

 partxxvi.; Godw.-Aust., J '. A. S. B. xliii. p. 159 ; Hume, Str. F. 1875, p. 392 ; 

 1879, p. 95. The SPOTTED-NECKED FINCH-THRUSH. 



Head and hind neck light rufous ; lores and feathers below the eye white, 

 the feathers with dusky bases ; ear coverts black ; throat with some large 

 blackish spots ; upper surface of body sandy brown ; the wings like the back 

 but more rufous ; quills dark brown, their outer webs sandy rufous ; under 

 surface of body whitish, washed with pale sandy buff on the throat, sides of 

 the body and breast, as well as the under tail coverts ; thighs dusky fulvous. 

 Bill yellow ; feet greenish ; irides chestnut rufous. 



Length. 6 inches; wing 3-05 ; tail 3*2 ; tarsus ros ; culmen 0-6. 



Had. Naga Hills. Nothing is known of its habits. There is only a single 

 skin in the British Museum Collection. 



