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leus of China ; it also differs in the finer blue of the breast, and in the 

 total absence of the spangled spots of shining blue which occur on 

 the back of that species. 



Garrulax ruficeps, Gould. 



Lores and chin black ; forehead and crown, down to the nape, light 

 orange-red ; ear-coverts orange-brown ; mantle, back, rump, sides of 

 the chest, flanks, thighs, and two middle tail-feathers light brown ; 

 primaries blackish brown, margined externally with light olive-brown ; 

 lateral tail-feathers light brown at their bases, and largely tipped 

 with white ; throat, centre of the chest, and abdomen white ; bill 

 blackish brown ; legs, toes, and claws light flesh-brown. 



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



Remark. — This species is allied to Garrulax albogularis and G. 

 cceruleatus ; but differs from both in the uniform orange-red colour- 

 ing of the crown. 



Garrulax pcecilorhyncha, Gould. 



Crown of the head, nape, back, rump, throat, and chest deep 

 rusty brown ; many of the feathers of the crown slightly fringed at 

 their tips with black, a hue which is also observable on the tips of 

 the ear-coverts ; primaries and secondaries reddish brown on their 

 inner webs ; the external edges of the former light grey, and of the 

 latter deep rusty chestnut ; tail deep rusty chestnut, particularly the 

 six central feathers, the remainder being darker and having less of 

 the chestnut hue, these lateral feathers also become lighter and of a 

 reddish fawn-colour towards their tips ; abdomen and thighs deep 

 blue-grey, tinged on the latter with rufous ; under tail-coverts fawn- 

 colour ; legs and toes yellowish olive. 



Total length, 9| inches ; bill, \\ ; wing, 4| ; tail, 4g ; tarsi, 1|. 



Remark. — This species differs so much in colour from all other 

 known species of the form, that it cannot be confounded with any of 

 them. 



POMATORHINUS ERYTHROCNEMIS, Gould. 



A narrow bar across the forehead, knees, and under tail-coverts 

 rusty red ; lores and ear-coverts grey ; crown of the head and back 

 of the neck brownish grey, passing into the deep rusty chestnut of 

 the back, shoulders, and external margins of the wing- feathers ; 

 inner margins of the wing-feathers blackish brown; tail blackish 

 brown, with rusty margins ; a streak of black, commencing at the base 

 of the under mandible, passes downward to the chest, which is con- 

 spicuously spotted or rather blotched with black ; throat and centre 

 of the abdomen white ; flanks and upper part of the thighs rusty 

 olive-brown ; bill much curved, and of a purplish brown. 



Total length, 85 inches; bill. If; wing, 3| ; tail, 3| ; tarsi, 1|. 



Remark. — This species difters conspicuously from every other 

 known species of the genus. It is about the size of the common 

 Thrush {Turdus musicus). 



