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Ithagenes cruentvs. — Onstalet, Bull. Mits. Paris, p. 185 (1896) 

 Yunnan; Ingram, Nov. Zoo., XIX., p. 270 (1912) Yunnan. 



Vernacular names. — Seri {Tibetan) ; Chiku (Mishmi) ; Seto 

 {Kong-Mo). 



Bescriftion — Adult Male. — Forehead and abroad supercilium, chin, 

 cheeks and anterior eai'-coverts crimson; the supercilium with the 

 feathers more or less tipped black ; lores generally black, sometimes 

 mixed with crimson, and sometimes almost entirely of this colour. 

 Occiput ochre-yellow, changing into deep slaty grey on the sinciput 

 and nape ; the feathers more or less centred paler ; sides of the head 

 including semi-erectile feathers next the crimson black, the black 

 extending thi'ough the posterior ear-coverts as a gorget round the 

 crimson of the throat. Breast a vivid crimson pink or crimson, the 

 feathers with narrow greenish-yellow central streaks, these increasing 

 in .width on the posterior flanks and lower breast until the crimson 

 practically disappear ; here also the green deepens in tint, and a 

 few of the feathers have dark greenish black edges ; the centre of 

 the abdomen, vent, thighs and flanks above the green dull grey ; 

 the thighs and abdomen more or less stippled with fulvous- 

 blackish ; iinder tail coverts crimson with terminal spots of greenish 

 yellow. 



Above, the nape is grey with numerous finer lines of j^ellowish 

 white, which increase in width on the sides of the neck, making 

 this look like an almost pure white patch, whole remaining upper 

 parts grey, with white shaft lines, these broader on the rump upper 

 tail coverts and innermost secondaries, and having the white nar- 

 rowly edged with black ; longest upper tail coverts edged with 

 crimson ; tail grey-brown sub-edged with paler purer grey, and, 

 with the exception of one or two of the outermost pairs, broadly 

 edged with crimson on all but the terminal inch. 



Quills of the wing dark brown edged with whitish on all but the 

 first three primaries, greater coverts grass-green with pale central 

 streaks, other coverts like the back. 



Colours of soft farts. — Iris yellow or light brown ; bare space 

 about the eyes yellow, inclining to orange behind the eye ; bill 

 black with the nostril and cere scarlet ; legs scarlet, claws dark 

 horny brown ; spurs like the male, tipped black, or wholly 

 black. 



Measurements.— ISfing from 7-75" (=196-8 mm.) to 8-25" 

 (=209-5 mm.) ; tail 5-8" (=147-3 mm.) to 6-75" (=171-4 mm.); 

 tarsus about 2-3" (=58-4 mm.); bill at front about -75" (=19-0 

 mm.), and from gape a little over 1" (=25-7 mm.). 



Adult Female. — Differs from the female of I. cruentus in being- 

 very much darker all over. The rufous in I. cruentus is replaced 

 by brown in I. huseri, and the breast is vermiculated with brown 

 and buff, instead of being almost plain rusty rufous as in that bird. 



