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whig is sharp, the secondaries falling short of the tip by a con- 

 siderable distance. The tail is distinctly forked, and the outer 

 feathers curved outwards. The tarsus is smooth and very short 

 (see fig. 79, p. 253), being between a sixth and a seventh of 

 the length of the wing. The three Indian species are closely 

 allied, but they are easily recognizable, and they have, moreover, 

 distinct areas of distribution. 



Key to the Species. 



a. A distinct black cheek-stripe contrasting with 



the throat H. psaroides, p. 200. 



b. No cheek-stripe. 



a'. A black patch under the ear-coverts H. concolor, p. 261. 



b'. No black patch under the ear-coverts H. yaneesa, p. 262. 



Fig. 82. Tail of H. psaroidcs. 



269. Hypsipetes psaroides. The Himalayan Blade Buibul. 



N. $ E. p. 278 j Cock $ Marsh. S. F. i, p. 355 ; Hume $ Senders, 

 Lah. to York, p. 198 ; Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi, p. 296 ; Hume, Cat. 



Hypsipetes concolor, Blyth, apud Godiv.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xxxix, 

 pt. il, p. 106 ; xlv, pt. ii, p. 78. 



Ban Bakra, at Mussoorie ; Phakki-pho, Lepch. ; Durkal, Chamba. 



Coloration. Crown from the forehead to the nape, the lores, a 

 spot at the base of the lower mandible, one at the angle of the chin, 

 and a broad stripe from beneath the eye passing under the ear- 

 coverts, and meeting a narrower line from the crown passing be- 



