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4-41. Accentor rubeculoides. 



Tharrhaleus rubeculoides (Hodgs.) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Iud., 

 Birds, ii. p. 169 ; Sharpe, Sci. Besult. Yark. Miss., Aves, 

 p. 99. 



Accentor rubeculoides Oust., N. Arch. Mus. (3) v. p. 168. 



a. ? adult. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, Sept. 9, 

 1903. 



No. 1694. cJ adult. Kangra Lama Pass, 17,200 feet, 

 Sept. 23, 1903. 



No. 107. S adult. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, Sept. 26, 

 1903. Bill black; tarsi reddish, feet darker; iris reddish 

 brown. 



b. <J adult. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet. Sept. 28, 1903. 

 Nos. 126, 1720, 1753. $ adult ; 134. ? adult. Khamba 



Jong, 15,200 feet, Oct. 4-24, 1903. 



No. 1773. S adult. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, Nov. 10, 

 1903. 



No. 1795. ? adult. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, Nov. 25, 

 1903. 



No. 1862. <J adult. Phari, 14,500 feet, Jan. 27, 1904. 



No. 1863. Adult. „ „ „ 



No. 1888. <J adult. Tuna, 15,000 feet, March 2, 1904. 



This Accentor was very common about all the villages 

 and exceedingly tame. Both in appearance and in habits 

 it bears a strong resemblance to the English Robin. It is 

 rarely seen in quite open country. Colonel Younghusband 

 pointed out to me at Tuna, during the winter, that the 

 numerous individuals of this species that spent the day in our 

 camp rested in flocks at night among rocks on the open 

 hill-side. There was one particular spot, a small ravine 

 about half a mile from the camp, where they congregated at 

 dusk, arriving there singly or in twos and threes. Night 

 after night they frequented exactly the same place. The 

 male bird had a pleasant song, which it began to utter on 

 sunny mornings in the middle of March. There were a 

 few birds on the Gyantse plain in summer, but the majority 

 evidently retire to the mountains to breed. I did not see 

 this bird below 16,000 feet in Sikhim. 



