NO. 14 THE RACES OF PELLORNEUM RUFICEPS DEIGNAN 5 



specimens listed by Swainson in the Fauna Boreali-Americana came 

 later into Gould's possession ; a number of the North American forms, 

 including several types, were presented by Gould in 1857 to the 

 Smithsonian Institution. 



3. PELLORNEUM RUFICEPS PUNCTATUM (Gould) 



Cinclidia punctata Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 5, Dec. 5, 1838, p. 137 

 ("the Himalaya Mountains"; type locality here restricted to Kalka, Baghat 

 State, Simla Hill States, India). 



Pellorneum rtificeps jonesi Stuart Baker, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 41, Nov. 

 9, 1920, p. 9 (Kalka, Baghat State, Simla Hill States, India). 



Diagnosis. — Similar to P. r. ruficeps, but with a grayish cast to the 

 rufous of the forehead, crown, and nape, and to the olivaceous brown 

 of the remaining upper parts ; the feathers of the sides of the neck and 

 of the uppermost back fringed with buffy white or pale gray, those 

 of the uppermost back also with ill-defined deep brown centers ; the 

 under parts more strongly washed with buff and with the central 

 streaks of the feathers of the breast and sides of the abdomen nar- 

 rower and of a much deeper color (blackish brown rather than 

 olivaceous brown). 



Range. — Western Himalayas from the Kangra District of the 

 Punjab to Garhwal State. 



Specimens examined. — Punjab: Kangra District: Bhadwar (7 

 males, 2 females). 



Remarks. — The name punctatum was given to a bird from "the 

 Himalaya Mountains," and nothing in his diagnosis indicates whether 

 Gould was naming the race of the eastern or western hills. According 

 to Hume, however (Stray Feathers, vol. 9, 1880, p. 251), the col- 

 lection of which the specimen formed part was made "somewhere 

 near Simla." It may be assumed that Hume had some good grounds 

 for his statement, and I am the more willing to accept it since the 

 name mandellii, dating from 1871, may then be left undisturbed for 

 the bird of the eastern Himalayas. 



Stuart Baker's jonesi was based upon two specimens, compared 

 only with mandellii. His description is very misleading, for, in rela- 

 tion to mandellii, the black markings of the nape are not "even more 

 highly developed," the black stipplings on the forehead are not "more 

 numerous and highly developed," and the spots on the breast are 

 not "much darker than in the average specimen of mandellii" ! These 

 discrepancies are, however, of only academic importance, since jonesi 

 must be synonymized with punctatum. 



