154 NOVELTIES. 
formed by the greater secondary coverts being a more or less 
rich and pure maroon red. This sub-group divides into two ; the 
first division has the plumage of the neck all round, upper back 
and breast, uniformly colored, %.e, unspotted. Of this division 
T. melanostigma, Blyth, is the type, and with this division we 
need not at present concern ourselves further. 
The second division always has the plumage of the neck 
all round, and more or Jess of the upper back and breast, more 
or less marked with darker subterminal lunules or spots. This 
sub-division includes at least four species :— 
soe and = throat 
I.— Entire top and back 
of head red. 
blackish ... 1 T. erythrocephalum, Vig. 
Cheeks and throat 
uniform with crown 2 T. erythrolema, Hume. 
ieee ee ee 2) GEE Se 
: Chin : 
a grey ... 3 T. ruficapillum, Bly. 
( Chin black, ear-coverts 
I\I.—Occiput only red4 black, margined sil- 
very ... 4 T. chrysopterum, Gould. 
I only obtained one specimen of this new species, which, 
though coming from the Eastern hills of Manipur (near 
Matchi), is far more nearly allied to the Western Himalayan 
erythrocephalum than to the Eastern Himalayan chrysopterum, 
or the Assamese hill ruficapillum. 
The following are the dimensions and other particulars of 
my specimen :— 
Male.—Length, 10:3; expanse, 11:8; tail, 4:5; wing, 3°7; 
tarsus, 1°5; bill from gape, 1:07. Weight, 2°36 ozs. 
Legs and feet fleshy brown, pinker on feet; bill blackish 
brown ; irides grey. 
The lores blackish dusky; the extreme tip of the chin dusky ; 
rest of chin, entire throat, cheeks, ear-coverts, upper neck all 
round, forehead, crown, occiput and upper part of nape, deep 
chestnut red, a little brighter on top of head, a little duller on 
the throat; upper breast similarly colored but paler; lower 
breast and upper abdomen paler again, and much yellower and 
rustier ; most of the feathers on these parts with subterminal 
blackish spots, beyond which the tips are fringed paler; 
middle of lower abdomen pale ferruginous, unspotted. 
Sides of body and abdomen, flanks, vent and lower tail-coverts 
a dull olivaceous earth brown ; tibial plumes much the same, 
but with just a faint touch of the colour of the middle lower 
abdomen ; wing lining grey, but some of the feathers just 
tipped with reddish or orange ferruginous ; interscapulary 
region a pale greenish olive grey, all the feathers with large 
blackish brown subterminal spots, succeeded by a paler fringe ; 
space between interscapulary region, and where the uniform 
red of the nape ends, similar and similarly spotted to the 
