288 Zoological Society : — 



of neck, and shoulder of wings dingy grey -brown, the feathers of the 

 throat blackish at base ; back and rump ferruginous, centred with 

 dusky ; wings dusky, margined exteriorly with ferruginous ; lesser 

 and greater wing-coverts tipped with white ; tail dusky, margined 

 exteriorly with pale ferruginous ; breast and fore part of flanks ferru- 

 ginous, the latter streaked with dusky ; belly white, tinged with fer- 

 ruginous on the flanks posteriorly, vent, and margins of the under 

 tail-coverts ; the latter centred dusky. Bill blackish ; feet pale 

 reddish. 



Length 6 inches ; of wing 3 ; tail 2\ ; bill to front ^^ths ; to gape 

 i inch ; tarse | . 



The Robin Accentor. 



Hah. Nepal (No. 970, Hodgson's Catalogue). 



This fine undescribed species was lately presented by B. H. Hodg 

 son, Esq., to the Museum of the Hon. East India Company. 



8. Accentor strophiatus, Hodgson. 



Accentor strophiatus, Hodgs. J. A. S. Beng. xii. p. 959 ; Gray's 

 Zool. Misc. 1844, p. 83 ; P. Z. S. 1845, p. 34 ; Cat. B. of Nepal, 

 p. 72. G. R. Gray, Gen. of Birds, i. p. 187. t. 51. Blyth, Cat. 

 B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 131. Bonap. C. G. Av. p. 305. 



The rufous-breasted Accentor, Gray. 



Hab. Himalayas. 



A. strophiatus. — " Upper parts much as in A. modularis, but the 

 colours brighter and more contrasted, and the crown and neck uni- 

 form with the back ; a broad eye-streak, the first of which is white 

 to beyond the eye, surmounting a ferruginous streak continued back- 

 ward to the occiput ; a semicircle of the same surrounds the dusky 

 ear-coverts, and the entire breast is also ferruginous ; throat white, 

 with dusky spots, forming a line descending from each angle of the 

 lower mandible ; belly and lower tail-coverts white with dusky streaks ; 

 wing-feathers dusky, margined with ferruginous, with an albescent 

 spot at the tip of each covert ; tail brownish, with dull rufous outer 

 margins ; bill black ; legs reddish-brown." 



Length about 5^ inches ; of wing 2\ to 2\ ; tail 2^ to 2-J- ; bill to 

 gape -fths ; and tarse yf ths of an inch. 



9. Accentor immaculatus, Hodgson. 



Accentor immaculatus, v. nipalensis, Hodgs. Gray's Zool. Misc. 

 1844, p. 83 ; P. Z. S. 1845, p. 34 ; Cat. B. of Nepal, p. 71 et 

 App. p. 153. 



Accentor mollis, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xiv. p. 581 (1845) ; Cat. 

 B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 131. G. R. Gray, Gen. of Birds, iii. App. 

 p. 8. Bonap. C. G. Av. p. 306. 



The unsj)otted Accentor. 



Hah. Nepal ; Sikim. 



A. immaculatus. — " Upper parts a rich brown, passing into pure 

 dark ash-colour on the head and neck, and into maroon on the 

 scapularies and tcrtiaries, and less deeply on the liind part of the 

 back ; coverts of the secondaries jtinc dark-grey, those of the pri- 



