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what scaly effect; this varies a good deal in individual speci- 
mens ; in some the crown and occiput are the same colour, forming 
a distinct cap contrasting with the dark grey of the nape and 
mantle ; in others thecolour gradually shades away till it merges 
into the grey of the nape, thus not producing any distinct line 
of demarcation; nape and interscapulary region dark ashy 
grey, darkest in the centre, gradually paling on the sides _to- 
wards the breast; rest of the upper surface olive brown (the 
same colour as in cachinnans). The grey of thenape is not 
abruptly defined, but gradually shades away into the olive of 
the back ; ear-coverts pale silver grey,some of the upper fea- 
thers tipped black, where these merge into the black spot 
behind the eye; throat mingled grey and white; breast and 
sides of neck immediately behind the ear-coverts ash grey, 
the feathers more or less dark shafted, giving a streaky appear- 
ance to these parts. The amount of white on the throat, the 
depth of tint of the ash colour of the breast, and the dark 
shafting to the feathers varies considerably in individual 
specimens. Flanks, tibial plumes, and lower tail-coverts, olive 
brown, like that of the upper surface; abdomen rufous but 
paler than in cackinnans,—in fact nothing more than a ferrugi- 
nous buff. 
I append a short key to the four species, adheres jerdont, 
fairbanki, and meridionale. 
Throat and breast rusty w+. cachinnans. 
Chin black ~ Throat and breast white and Brey; ik jhe 
striated JERE 
Forehead, crown, lage occiput ane “e , 
: ing a defined dark cap ‘ n} fair —_ 
Chin grey ¢ Forehead, crown, and occiput, uni- 
} colorous with nape into which > meridionale. 
| they blend : 
1 have compared two specimens of sleridanagle with nine 
of fairbanki, to see how far the seven points of distinction 
given by Mr. Blanford (J. A. S. B., Vol. XLIX, Pt. II., p. 
143) hold good, with the following results : — 
Mr. Blanford says: ‘“ 7. meridionale is distinguished from 
T. fairbanki by (1) the much shorter white superciliary 
stripe terminating above the eye, whereas in 7. fairbanki it 
extends back to the ear-coverts.”’ 
This point, as far as I can judge from our not-overgood 
specimens, appears to hold good. 
*« (2) By there being no brown band behind the eye, the fea- 
thers immediately behind the eye being rufescent grey, like the 
cheeks in 7. meridionale, whilst they are brown like the lores 
and crownin 7. fairbanki.” 
