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NOVELTIES. 



Feathers unbarred j 

 and unfringed,! 

 or scarcely per- ' 

 ■ceptibly fringed 

 darker. 



iil r 



[Feathers freckled j 

 and mottled with -{ 

 darker brown, ( 

 shaft s pale buffy. L 



1. Lower margin of rufous of throat 

 sharply defined by a black line, 

 breast grey. 



2. Low"er margin of rufous of throat 

 sharply defined by a black line, 

 Breast maroon •chestnut. 



3. Lower margin of rufous of throat 

 meeting grey of breast without -any 

 intervening black line. 



1. Chin, throat and sides of neck 

 white, spotted with black spots, no 

 rufous torque. 



A.rufogularis, Hodg^ 

 (Kumaon and 

 Eastern Hima- 

 layas, Tenasse- 

 rim). 

 A.Mandellii, Hume, 

 (B ho tan Doars). 



A. intermedia,) Bly. 

 (Arracan). 



A. Ch<trUoni,7$,ytox\. 

 (Tenasserim and 

 Malay Peninsular). 



This beautiful species is another that we owe to that inde^ 

 fatigable ornithologist Mr. L. Mandelli. He obtained, the 

 specimen in the Bhotan Doars. 



The following are the dimensions (taken from the dry skin) 

 and a description of a presumed male : — 



Length, 8*5 ; wing, 5"0 ; tarsus, 1*5 ; mid toe and claw, 1*75 j 

 bill, from gape, 9; bill, at front, 0*65 ; height, at front, 0*3 ; 

 tail, from vent, 1*5. 



Lores, forehead, sinciput a rich deep brownish chestnut red ; 

 a faint, very narrow yellowish streak under the anterior portion 

 of the lores ; crown, occiput and nape a rich deep rufescenfc 

 ©live brown; a broad, grey supereilium, continued backwards 

 Over the ear-coverts, and partly round the nape ; chin, throat, 

 cheeks, ear-coverts, sides of neck and the basal portion of the back 

 of the neck, except exactly in the centre, a very rich bright 

 ferruginous, spotted everywhere, except on the chin and throat, 

 with velvet black, a band of which clearly defines the ferrugi- 

 nous across the base of the throat. Immediately above this 

 black band, in the centre of the base of the neck in front, is a 

 conspicuous pure white patch about 0*8 long and 0*35 to 0*4 

 deep. Below the black band the breast and sides of the breast 

 are rich, slightly ferruginous maroon. I should mention 

 that on either side of the upper portion of the throat a very 

 narrow mandibular white stripe, about 0*6 long runs down from 

 the base of the lower mandible ; the abdomen and rest of 

 lower parts pale slatey grey, each feather with a small irre- 

 gular central white spot near the tip ; the flank feathers tinged 

 with rusty y the vent and lower tail -coverts strongly tinged with 



