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interscapulars, scapulars, wing-coverts, and tertials are much 

 more distinctly apparent than in the Ceylon female, though 

 less so than in the type of F. atriceps ; the tail is de- 

 cidedly paler than in the Ceylon bird, and eleven dark cross 

 bars are visible on the central rectriees, the last of which, 

 adjoining the fulvous tip, is, in this instance, not broader than 

 the two which immediately precede it. The rufous of the 

 abdomen is somewhat richer and darker than in the Ceylon 

 bird, but is more interrupted with dark markings which as- 

 sume the form of transverse bars on the flanks, the lower 

 abdomen, the outer sides of the thighs and the crissum, but 

 of spots or points, on the upper abdominal region ; on the 

 thighs and the crissum these transverse bars are decidedly 

 tinged with slaty grey, and the barred tibial feathers bear 

 a considerable resemblance to the isolated barred feather on the 

 thigh of the Ceylon female. 

 The following are the measurements of this specimen : — 



Wing ... ... 13>1 



Tarsus ... ... 1-9 



Mid-toe S. W. ... 22 



Two other adult females which I have seen appear to me to 

 exhibit a phase of plumage immediate between the Ceylon 

 specimens of F. peregrinator and the type of F. atriceps. One 

 of these, which was obtained by the late Mr. A. Anderson in 

 November 1870, in the Futtehgurh district, is in the possession 

 of Mr. Hancock, and I have unfortunately been prevented by 

 that gentleman's absence from home, from now comparing it 

 with the type of P. atriceps ; but I was indebted to his kindness 

 for an opportunity of examining it a few years since, and I 

 then compared it with the Punjab male of F. atriceps in the 

 Norwich Museum, and made a note that it only differed from 

 that specimen as regards coloration, in having hardly any tint 

 of grey on the under parts, and in those parts being more 

 distinctly marked with transverse striations ; also in having the 

 dark transverse bars on the axillaries broader, and the spaces 

 between them tinged with bright fawn instead of with grey, as 

 well as in the greater breadth of the darker transverse mark- 

 ings on the lower back and upper tail-coverts. 



This fine specimen measures as under : — 



Wing ... ... 13-4 



Tarsus ... ... 20 



Mid-toe, S. W. ... 2-4 



The other of these two females was obtained at Dharmsala 

 in April 1870, I believe by Mr. W. E. Brooks, and is in the 

 collection of Canon Tristram^ to whose kindness I am indebted 



