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tail-coverts white ; primaries and inner webs of secondaries black, 

 edged with grey ; tail black, the external web and the apical half of 

 the internal web of the outer feather on each side white ; the apical 

 half of the second feather on each side white ; the next, or third, on 

 each side with a large spot of white at the tip ; bill black ; feet flesh- 

 colour. 



Female : striated on the head with brown and whitish ; all the 

 upper surface olive-brown ; all the wing-feathers narrowly edged with 

 greenish grey ; under surface white, with a conspicuous stripe of 

 brown down the centre of each feather ; vent and under tail-coverts 

 white, without striae. 



Total length, 10| inches; bill, 1|- ; wing, 5| ; tail, 4^; tarsi, |. 



Hab. Cape York. 



Remark. — Of the same size as Spheeotheres Australis, but may be 

 distinguished from that and every other species of the genus by the 

 beautiful jonquil-yellow of its under surface. 



3. Descriptions of three new species of Indian Birds. 

 By J. Gould, F.R.S. etc. etc. 



1. Ruticilla grandis, Gould. 



Sp. Ch. — Crown of the head and the basal portion of the primaries 

 and secondaries white ; forehead, cheeks, chin, throat, back, wing- 

 coverts, and the apical portion of the primaries and secondaries black ; 

 abdomen, lower part of the back, upper and under tail-coverts and 

 tail rich rufous ; bill and feet black. 



Total length, 7 inches ; bill, | ; wing, 41 ; tail, 3^ ; tarsi, 1^. 



Hab. Afganhistaun and Thibet. 



Remark. — This, the largest and one of the best-marked species of 

 the genus, is nearly allied to the aurorea of Pallas. 



2. YuNx indica, Gould. 



Sp. Ch. — Upper surface pale brown, finely freckled with grey, and 

 blotched, particularly down the back of the neck, on the centre of the 

 back, and on the wing-coverts, with brownish black ; primaries brown, 

 crossed on their outer webs with regular bands of deep buff, and 

 toothed on their inner webs with the same hue ; remainder of the 

 wing-feathers like the upper surface, but crossed by broad, irregular 

 bands of brown ; tail like the upper surface, but crossed by narrow, 

 irregular bands of brownish black ; sides of the throat and neck 

 crossed by numerous narrow bars of blackish brown, the cheeks the 

 same, but somewhat paler ; on the centre of the throat a spatulate 

 mark of chestnut-red ; centre of the abdomen and under tail-coverts 

 pale huffy white, with a fine stripe of brownish black down the centre 

 of each feather ; flanks crossed by irregular bars of brownish black ; 

 bill pale horn-colour, deeper at the tip ; legs apparently yellowish 

 flesh-colour. 



Total length, 7f inches ; bill, | ; wing, 3f ; tail, 3^ ; tarsi, |. 



Hab. Afganhistaun and Thibet. 



Remark. — Nearly allied to the T. pectoralis of Southern Africa, 



