150 ACCENTOR 



212. SUBSP. ACCENTOR RUFILATUS. 



Accentor rujilatus, Severtz. Zap. Turk. Otd. i. p. 45 (1879) ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 B. Br. Mus. viii. p. 664 ; PJeske, Prjevalsky's Reiser, ii. p. 140, 

 Taf. iv. fig. 4. 



Ad. (Turkestan). Differs from A. collaris in having the scapulars rusty 

 red, the rump unstriped, and the flanks deep rusty red ; bill blackish, the 

 lower mandible yellowish at the base ; legs brownish flesh ; iris brown. 

 Culmen 0'6, wing 3'9, tail 2'5, tarsus 0'9 inch. First quill shorter than the 

 coverts, second equals the sixth, the third, fourth, and fifth longest. 



Hob. Turkestan to the neighbourhood of Gilgit and Northern 

 Kashmir. 



Nothing is on record respecting its general habits which pro- 

 bably do not differ from those of A. collaris, and its nest and 

 eggs are as yet unknown, but it is said to breed in July 

 in Turkestan. 



213. HIMALAYAN ACCENTOR. 

 ACCENTOR HIMALAYANUS. 



Accentor himalayanus, Blyth, .1. As. Soc.-Beng. xi. p. 187 (1842) ; Gates, 

 R Brit. Ind. Birds, ii. p. 168 ; A. altaicus, Brandt, Bull. Soc. St. 

 Petersb. i. p. 365 (1843) ; Gould, B. of Asia. iv. pi. 49 ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 B. Br. Mus. vii. p. 660. 



Ad. (Altai). Somewhat resembles A. collaris^ but has the upper parts 

 browner in tinge of colour ; the back and scapulars are black, margined 

 with rufous ; upper tail-coverts and tail dark brown, margined with 

 rufous ; middle of chin and throat white, the sides banded with white, 

 the feathers on the lower part tipped with black forming a small collar ; 

 feathers of the rest of under parts rusty red, margined with white, the 

 middle of the abdomen nearly pure white ; bill black, fleshy at the base ; 

 legs fleshy brown ; iris red. Culmen 0'48, wing 37, tail 2'4, tarsus 0-85 

 inch. Sexes alike. The young bird has less black on the back and the 

 rufous is duller ; the throat is dull while spotted with grey ; the breast dull 

 yellowish buff striped with brown, and the rest of the under parts are dull 

 isabelline, the under tail-coverts brown in the middle. 



Hob. The Altai range, eastern Siberia, Turkestan, the Baikal 

 mountains, and the Himalayas from Chamba and Gilgit to 

 Sikhim ; resident almost throughout its range descending to 

 lower altitudes for the winter. 



In general habits it agrees closely with Accentor collaris, and 

 like that species frequents wild rocky localities in the mountains. 

 Its nest and eggs are, so far as I know, not known but probably 

 resemble those of A. collaris. 



