4/6 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON SYRNIUM MAINGAYI. [May 17, 



ff'. Ad. sk. Native Sikhim, July 1874 Hume Collection. 



{L. Mandelli). 

 Wing 13'9 inches. Decidedly ochreous buif underneath, with 

 the chest narrowly barred across like the rest of the under surface. 

 Face dark, without any ochreous tinge. 



Ji. Ad. sk. Native Sikhim, July 1874 Hume Collection. 



{L. Mandelli). 

 Wing 15'5 inches. Chest nearly uniform brown. Face very dark, 

 with not a tinge of ochreous. 



i' . Juv. sk. Native Sikhim, July 1874 Hume Collection. 



{L. Mandelli). 



k'. Juv. sk. Native Sikhim, Aug. 1875 Hume Collection. 



(L. Mandelli). 



T . Ad. sk. Native Sikhim, Nov. 1874' Hume Collection. 



(L. Mandelli). 

 Wing 14 inches. Underneath decidedly ochreous, and having 

 also a strong reddish tinge on the face. No tendency to uniform 

 brown on the chest. 



m . Ad. sk. Sikhim, Dec. 1874 Hume Collection. 



{L. Mandelli). 

 Wing 14-8 inches. Rather pale, with barred chest and face and 

 no ochreous colour on the latter. 



n'. Ad. sk. Sikhim, Dec. 1873 Hume Collection. 



{L. Mandelli). 



Wing 13'9 inches. Rather dark, with a strong ochreous tinge on 

 the face and underparts, the barring being very distinct on the 

 hreast and not strongly pronounced on the face. Tliere is a great 

 similarity between this specimen and the Coonoor bird alluded to 

 below, and it is even less strongly barred on the face than that 

 specimen. 

 . 5 ad. sk. Darjiling. Hume Collection. 



Wing 15'75 inches. Very pale-coloured, quite as light as the 

 birds from the North-west Himalayas. Face very dark, and not 

 tinged with rufous. 

 p . Ad. sk. DarjiHng, Sept. 1872. Hume Collection. 



Wing 14'4 inches. The palest specimen examined, the under 

 surface quite white, with dark brown bars everywhere ; the scapular 

 markings also white and very conspicuous ; the face white, with dark 

 cross bars. 



q. S ad. sk. DarjiHng. Hume Collection. 



AVing 14"5 inches. Entire aspect very light, with the whole of 

 the breast barred like the abdomen ; face also light and strongly 

 barred, without any rufous tinge. 



r'. Juv. sk. Darjiling {Pearson). India Museum. 



s. c?ad. sk. Shillong, Assam, Aug. 17, 1877 Hume Collection. 

 (J. Cockburn). 

 Wing 14 inches. Very ochreous underneath, with the sides, but 



