170 TURDID^E. 



lesser and median wing-coverts ashy, centred darker and tipped 

 whitish ; greater coverts dark brown, broadly edged with rufous 

 and tipped whitish ; quills dark brown, edged with rufous ; chin, 

 throat, and sides of neck ashy brown with the bases of the 

 feathers darker, causing a mottled appearance ; breast deep ferru- 

 ginous ; abdomen whitish or pale fulvous ; sides of the body and 

 under tail-coverts rufous streaked with brown. 



Iris clear pale brown ; bill black ; legs reddish brown (Blanford). 



Length about 6'5 ; tail 2'7 ; wing 3'2 ; tarsus -9 ; bill from 

 gape -6. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from Eastern Kashmir and Ladak 

 to Sikhim. Blanford found this species above 14,000 feet, and I 

 have seen specimens from Sikhim killed in June and October and 

 in the adjoining parts of Tibet in February, March, and September : 

 it breeds in Tibet, as Mandelli procured quite a young bird in 

 September. Dr. Henderson met with this species at Sukti in July 

 and at Tankse in October. 



716. Tharrhaleus atrigularis. The Black-throated Accentor. 



Accentor atrigularis, Brandt, JBull. Acad. St. Pctersb. ii, p. 140 

 (1844) ; Blyth, Cat. p. 131 ; Hume, Cat. no. 6-55 ; Biddulph, Ibis, 

 1881, p. 75 ; Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 569 j Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, 

 p. 656. 



Accentor huttoni, Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 119 ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, 

 p. 360 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 288 ; Stoliczka, J. A. 8. B. xxxvii, pt. ii, 

 p. 53 j Scully, S. F. iv, p. 155. 



Coloration. After the autumn moult the forehead, crown, nape, 

 back, and scapulars dark brown, each feather with lateral fulvous 

 margins ; rump and upper tail-coverts ashy brown ; a broad black 

 band on each side of the crown, below which runs a broad buff 

 supercilimn ; lores, cheeks, ear-coverts, and under the eye dark 

 brown or blackish ; a narrow moustachial streak buff, joining the 

 breast and enclosing the chin and throat, which are black with 

 narrow white margins ; the w y hole breast and sides of the throat 

 ochraceous buff, with partially concealed black bases to all the 

 feathers ; middle of the abdomen creamy white ; sides of the body 

 and under tail-coverts buff streaked with rich brown ; tail brown, 

 edged paler ; quills and coverts brown, margined with fulvous or 

 rufous and the coverts more or less tipped paler. In summer the 

 buff tips of the moustachial streaks wear away, as also the whitish 

 margins of the chin and throat, which parts become quite black 

 and are joined to the black of the sides of the head. The front 

 part of the supercilium in a similar manner becomes black and the 

 hinder part bleaches to white. 



Iris hazel-brown ; base of upper and lower mandibles at gape, 

 and the gape, legs, and feet brownish fleshy ; rest of bill dull black ; 

 claws horny brown (Hume). 



Length about 6 ; tail 2' 6; wing 2-9 ; tarsus '8; bill from gape 

 55. 



