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4. PELLORNEUM RUFICEPS MANDELLII Blanford 



Hemipteron nipalcnse Hodgson, in J. E. Gray, Zoological Miscellany, No. 3, 

 1844, p. 83 (Nepal). Nomen nudum! Synonymized with Pellornetim man- 

 dcllii Blanford, by Godwin-Austen, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 46, pt. 2, 

 No. I, May 12, 1877, p. 41. 



Pellorneum Mandellii Blanford, Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal for 1871, No. 9, 

 Sept. 1871, p. 216 (Sikkim). 



Pellorneum Mandellii Blanford, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 41, pt. 2, No. 2, 

 June 25, 1872, p. 165, pi. 7, fig. 2 (Sikkim). 



Pellorneum nipalense Bowdler Sharpe, Catalogue of the Birds in the British 

 Museum, vol. 7, 1883, p. 518 (Nepal, ex Hodgson). 



Diagnosis. — Similar to P. r. punctatum, but with the rufous of the 

 front, crown, and nape deeper and richer in color and with the 

 remaining upper parts rufescent brown (not grayish olivaceous 

 brown) ; the centers of the feathers of the uppermost back blackish 

 brown and more clearly defined from the light-colored fringes ; the 

 central streaks of the feathers of the breast and sides of the abdomen 

 broader and bolder. 



From P. r. ruficeps distinguishable by the more rufescent tones of 

 the colors of the upper parts ; by the bold dark central streaks of the 

 feathers of the uppermost back ; by the deeper color of the streaks 

 of the breast and sides of the abdomen. 



Range, — Nepal; Sikkim; Darjiling District. 



Specimens examined. — "Himalayas": no definite locality (i un- 

 sexed) ; Nepal: no definite locality (i unsexed) ; Sikkim: no defi- 

 nite locality (4 unsexed); Bengal: Darjiling District: Sivok (i 

 female), Darjiling (i unsexed). 



Remarks. — It should be noted that the name mandellii dates, not 

 from June 1872, as generally quoted, but from September 1871, as 

 indicated above. 



5. PELLORNEUM RUFICEPS CHAMELUM, new subspecies 



Type. — A.M.N.H. No. 588344, adult male, collected at Gunjong, 

 Cachar District, Surma Valley and Hill Division, Assam Province, 

 India, on November 2, 1895, by E. C. Stuart Baker (ex Rothschild 

 Museum). 



Diagnosis. — Similar to P. r. mandellii in having sharply defined 

 blackish-brown centers to the feathers of the uppermost back, but 

 differing in having the rufous of forehead, crown, and nape, and the 

 brown of the remaining upper parts paler and grayer (these parts 

 intermediate in tones between those of punctatum and mandellii). 



Range. — Southwestern Assam (Khasi Hills). 



