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of neck fishy streaked with black ; breast deep ferruginous ; middle 

 of abdomen whitish ; remainder of lower plumage reddish brown 

 streaked with black. 



Many birds have the breast streaked with black ; they are pro- 

 bably birds of the first winter. 



Bill black ; legs reddish brown ; iris dark brown (Jerdon). 



Length about 5'5 ; tail 2-3 ; wing 2-7 ; tarsus -8 ; bill from 

 gape *55. 



Distribution. Sikhim and Nepal, extending west along the 

 Himalayas to Kotgarh. This species appears to be a constant 

 resident in the higher portions of the Himalayas and to breed 

 both in Nepal and Sikhim. It is found throughout Tibet and 

 Western China. 



Habits, fyc. According to Hodgson this species makes a cup- 

 shaped nest of grass-roots and moss, lined with wool and hair, in 

 tufts of grass, and lays three or four eggs, which measure about 

 74 by -54. 



719. Tharrhaleus jerdoni. Jer don's Accentor. 



Accentor jerdoni, Brooks, J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 327 (1872) ; Hume, 

 N. $ E. p. 408 ; id. 8. F. iv, p. 491 ; id. Cat. no. 654 bis ; Bid- 

 dulph, Ibis, 1881, p. 75 ; 1882, p. 281 ; Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 569 ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 660. 



Accentor strophiatus, Hodgs., Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. ii, 

 p. 53 ; Hume fy Senders. Lah. to Yark. p. 234. 



Tharrhaleus jerdoni (Brooks), Oates in Hume's N. fy E. 2nd ed. ii, 

 p. 314. 



Coloration. Eesembles T. strophiatus. Differs in having the 

 whole upper plumage greyish brown, with only the back streaked, 

 the few traces of streaks visible on the crown being obscure or 

 obsolete ; the lateral black bands on the crown are broader and 

 more massive ; the hinder part of the supercilium and the breast 

 are pale rufous, not deep ferruginous. 



Iris dark brown ; base of bill, legs, and feet fleshy white ; upper 

 mandible and base of lower dull black ; rest of lower mandible and 

 claws pale brown (Hume). 



Length 5'5 ; tail 2-2 ; wing 2-7 ; tarsus -8 ; bill from gape -55. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from Gilgit to Mussooree. This 

 species appears to be a summer visitor to Gilgit, where it breeds 

 at 10,000 feet and upwards, and a winter visitor to the lower 

 portions of the mountains. 



Habits, Sfc. Captain Cock found the nest of this bird at Sona- 

 marg in Kashmir in June, a cup of pine-needles and grass placed 

 in a low bough of a pine-tree. The eggs measure about -75 by 

 55. 



