368 Zoological Society : — 



of lower mandible, below the eyes, ear-coverts and sides of the neck 

 white ; chin and throat jet-black ; abdomen pale pinkish-isabelline ; 

 wings dusky and having an isabelline tinge, the winglet and coverts 

 of the primaries black ; the primaries and secondaries fringed 

 externally witli grey ; axillse white ; tail dusky, tinged with isabelline, 

 the outer feathers graduated and obliquely tipped externally with 

 white, the centre feathers margined with grey. Bill black ; feet 

 yellowish-brown. 



Length 4^ inches ; of wing 2|^th ; of tail 2i ; the three outer 

 feathers graduated, the middle pair y\ths shorter than the next ; 

 bill to frontal plumes y^o^^^s ; to gape -^%ihs ; height from chin to 

 front y-gths ; and tarse -^^iiiB of an inch, 



Hab. iVfghanistan. In the Museum of the East India Company. 

 " Found in pairs, in the woods above Balu Chughur, at 4000 feet 

 elevation. Irides straw-colour." Griffith, MSS. Notes. 



This species is allied in colour to O. jouschistos, Hodgson, from 

 which it may at once be distinguished by its broad, thick and higher 

 bill, by its white cheeks and ear-coverts, and by its black chin and 

 throat ; and from O. erythrocejihalus. Vigors, by its larger size, by 

 the absence of the white superciliary streak, white chin, black ear- 

 coverts, &c. On the habits of the latter species I beg to quote the 

 following remarks made by Capt. Hutton, in ' Journ. A. S. Bengal,' 

 1848, p. 689. He says, " It is common at Mussooree, and in the 

 hills generally throughout the year. It breeds in April and May ; 

 the situation chosen is various, as one taken in the former month at 

 Mussooree at 7000 feet elevation, was placed on the side of a bank 

 among overhanging coarse grass ; while another taken in the latter 

 month at 5000 feet, was built among some ivy turning round a tree, 

 and at least 14 feet from the ground. Tbe nest is in shape a round 

 ball with a small lateral entrance, and is composed of green mosses 

 warmly lined with feathers. The eggs are five in number, white 

 with a pinkish tinge, and sparingly sprinkled with lilac spots or 

 specks, and having a well-defined lilac ring at the larger end. Dia- 

 meter yV X -ij; in." 



2. Orites (?) GLAUcoGULARis, Gould, MS. 



Colour above greyish-ash ; crown black, with a broad pale-buff 

 line extending down the centre ; forehead and lores isabelline ; base 

 of lower mandible, ear-coverts, chin, breast, and middle of belly buff 

 colour ; rum]), upper tail-coverts, flanks and sides of belly pinkish- 

 isabelline, brightening to ferrugi)ious on the vent and under tail- 

 coverts ; throat of a silvery or bluish-ash ; sides of the neck below 

 the ear-coverts whitish ; wings brownish-black, coverts and speculars 

 quite black, primaries and secondaries margined with greyish-white ; 

 axillae and edge of shoulder white; tail black, the four outer feathers 

 obliquely across both webs white. Bill black, and thick as in O. 

 leucogenys ; legs dark brown. 



Length 4^ inches ; of wing 2ith ; tail 2^ ; its outermost feather 



