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with ashy towards their bases, and with traces of obsolete barring. 

 The wing- lining and axillaries, unicolorous with the breast. 



In a slightly younger male, the abdomen and flanks are faintly 

 barred greyish white ; on the lower surface of the wing there 

 is not a trace of any white upon the inner webs of the quills. 



A female, whether adult or not I cannot say, differs in having the 

 whole of the under parts, including the wing-lining, and axillaries, 

 but excluding the lower tail coverts, greyish white, very narrowly 

 and closely barred with greyish brown. The feathers at the 

 edges of the eyelids are white, and the ear coverts are streaked 

 with white, having narrow white central shaft streaks. The 

 wings and tail are hair brown, instead of black, and devoid of 

 metallic lustre. 



Another female is similar in most respects, but has the lower 

 tail coverts also barred, and has a very large white patch on the 

 basal half or two-thirds of the inner webs of all the primaries, 

 except the first two. It also has the outer webs of all but the 

 first two or three primaries somewhat broadly margined towards 

 their bases with iron grey. The wings and tail are deep hair- 

 brown, but the two central tail feathers are entirely a pale grey 

 brown, except just at their tips. 



A young male again is very similar to the last, but has the 

 lower tail coverts white, and has the rump and upper tail coverts 

 faintly and narrowly barred with greyish white. There is much 

 more white on the tips of all the tail feathers than in any other 

 specimen ; and the four central feathers, besides the white fringe 

 at the tips, have a moderately large double white spot inside the 

 tips. The primaries and secondaries are conspicuously fringed 

 with white on the margin of the outer web. 



These birds are very variable in their plumage, and I cannot 

 at present pretend to understand all the changes. The size of the 

 bill, too, is very variable ; indeed, Mr. Oates was almost disposed to 

 think that his numerous specimens might include two species, but 

 I have no doubt myself that all belong to one and the same species. 



270.— G-raucalus Macei, Less. 



Specimens from Thayetmyo sent by both Captain Feilden and 

 Mr. Oates are identical with birds from Upper India. 



Mr. Oates remarks : "These birds are common within our limits 

 and also in the Arracan Hills. They are very partial to the fruit 

 of the Banyan tree ; but I have generally found insects in their 

 stomachs. The males, with black lores and unhanded lower 

 parts, run rather larger. Females without the black lores, and 

 with, I think, generally the lower parts more or less banded, are 

 perhaps somewhat smaller ; they vary in length from 12 to 13; 

 expanse, 20 to 21 - 3; tail, from vent, 5*3 to 6; wing, 6'6 

 to 7'1 ; bill, from gape, 1*5 to 1*6 ; tarsus, l'l to 1'2. 



