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rterocles quadricinctus . — Jerdon, Madr. Jour. L. S., xii, p. 4 ; 

 id, iii. M. Orni, plo. 10 and 36. 



Vernacular names. — Paliari Bliat-Titur, Bliat-ban, Dongar Row- 

 rie (Hin. N. W. P.) ; Palki (Belgaum) ; Handeri (^Southern IndAa) ; 

 Kal-GoiTJal Haki (Can. Mysore) ; Sonda Polanka {Tamil). 



Description — Adult male. — Forehead white followed by a black 

 band, then by another white one, each band being abont 2" wide ; 

 remainder of crown reddish bnff spotted with black or deep choco- 

 late brown ; hind neck olive-j^ellow or olive-buff ; upper and lower 

 back, upper tail coverts and rectrices a rather chestnut buff, 

 barred with black, the black bars increasing in width and becoming- 

 V-shaped on the last, which with a few of their outer tail coverts 

 are tipped yellow buff. Scapulars like the back but more boldly 

 marked, manj^ of the bars being somewhat grey and most of the 

 feathers being broadly tipped with j^ellow-buff. Wing coverts 

 buff, the innermost being tinted like the nape and gradually 

 changing to an ochreous buff on the outer ; a small patch next the 

 scapulars marked in the same way as those feathers. Winglet, 

 primary coverts and primaries dark brown, the last margined paler ; 

 inner secondaries like the scapulars, their coverts barred white and 

 slate-colour with deep buff edges and with the margins of the slate 

 bars black. Under asj)ect of wing a grey brown, inclining to buff 

 near the shoulders. Chin, throat, side of head, fore neck and 

 upper breast ochreous-buff, bordered by a broad, bright chocolate 

 band, this is succeeded by a band of whitish buff and both these 

 bands run right up under the shoulder of the wing to the back ; 

 rest of abdomen, flanks, thighs and vent banded deep brown, or 

 chocolate-black and white ; below the white breast band the bars 

 are obsolete giving here the appearance in some birds of a definite 

 deep brown or black band ; under tail coverts banded buff and black. 



•' The colours of the soft parts vary somewhat. I have recorded the 

 feet as dirty j^ellow, pale reddish olive, pale dingy brown, pale orange 

 brown ; the irides as brown, the skin round the eyes as yellowish 

 green, and again bluish yellow ; the bill as brown, reddish brown, 

 reddish horny, dingy orange red, and dark orange red." (Hume.) 



"Bill red; orbital skin lemon yellow ; irides dark brown; feet 

 dull yellow; claws reddish." (Jerdon.) 



Wing 6-25" to 7-25" averaging 6-7"; bill at front -49" to -58," 

 averaging -52"; tarsus -88" to l-OT' averaging -95". As regards 

 wing measurements it should be noted that only four birds out of 

 over 100 measui'ed had a wing exceeding 7" and only some half 

 a dozen wing of under 6-5". 



" The sexes differ but little in size. From a very large series of 

 measurements taken in the flesh I find that — 



''Males. — Measure: Leng-th 10-5 to 11-25; expanse 19*75 to 

 22-5; wing 6-4 to 7*0; tail from vent 3-25 to 3-75; tarsus 0-88 to 



