390 BIRDS OCCURRING IN INDIA. NOT DESCRIBED 



stituting the margin of the ulna white, so that an elongated 

 white spot (or patch) is formed, bounded above by the black 

 edge of the wing, below by the latest coverts ; the coverts of 

 the primary quills black, in the middle white. 



" The two middle tail feathers blackish, the rest ferruginous j 

 the outer feather on each side margined blackish towards the tips. 



" I killed two males on the 5th March in the Stoney Altai 

 Mountains near the village Uimon. 



" Dimensions. —Length, 6*2 ; tail, 3*02 ; bill from frontal angle, 

 0'45 ; from gape, 0*65 ; tarsus, 0*98/' 



Moore's description of his species runs thus : " Male. — Crown 

 and back of neck mixed grey and ash ; lores, ear-coverts and 

 sides of neck black ; wings and medial tail feathers dark brown ; 

 apical margin of the exterior web of the outer tail feather 

 dusky ; smaller wing-coverts (except the feathers immediately 

 on the shoulder), scapulars, basal portion of the speculars, and 

 apical margins of the greater wing-coverts white; exterior 

 margin of the secondaries pale rufescent ; throat and breast, 

 back, and upper tail-coverts and tail rufous ; abdomen, under 

 wing and tail-coverts pale rufescent. 



" Female. — Cinereous brown above, rufescent beneath ; wings 

 dark brown, margined with pale rufescent ; lower part of back, 

 upper tail-coverts and tail rufous ; the two medial feathers dark 

 brown ; exterior margin of the outer dusky/' 



Blanford thus describes Shiraz specimens : — 



" Male. — Head and nape pale ash grey, with a few black feathers 

 above the nostrils and base of the bill, scarcely amounting to a 

 distinct frontal band ; back, throat, and breast deep ferruginous ; 

 rump a little paler ; lateral rectrices the. same, with a little brown 

 near the ends of the external webs of the outer two pairs ; 

 central pair of rectrices dark brown throughout, except on the 

 margin of the outer webs, which is rufous ; extreme chin, sides 

 of the chin and neck, lores, and ear-coverts black ; quills hair 

 brown, with pale edges ; coverts blackish brown, with a broad 

 transverse white band formed by the median coverts, and the 

 greater coverts of the secondaries nearest the body ; abdomen, 

 under tail-coverts, and inner margins of the quills pale isabel- 

 line ; axillaries white at the ends, black towards the base ; inner 

 wing-coverts mixed black and white. In specimens shot in 

 September and December all the colours are less pure, the 

 feathers of the crown have brown margins, and the red of 

 the back and breast is much concealed by the brown margins of 

 the feathers above, and by isabelline edging below ; the black 

 of the sides of the head and neck also is brownish. 



u Female. — Rather pale earthy brown above ; rump and outer 

 tail feathers ferruginous ; the latter brownish at the ends ; central 



