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B. Upper surface rufous-brown or greyish- 

 brown ; scutes on lower portion of the 

 tarsus eight to ten in number. 



a. Head and entire neck ash-grey ; upper 



surface rufous-brown tarapaccnsis. 



b. Head and upper neck isabelline-buff , lower 



portion of the neck dusky brown ; upper 



surface greyish-brown tarapacensis garleppi." 



Major H. H. Harington read descriptions of three new 

 subspecies, which he proposed to name : — 



Pellorneum ruficeps granti, subsp. n. 



Adult male. Similar to P. ruficeps Swains., but an altogether 

 much darker and more richly coloured form. Head dark 

 chestnut ; supercilium from behind the eye pale buff with 

 dusky tips ; feathers on the forehead tipped with black ; 

 feathers of the crown with pale shafts; the whole upper 

 plumage, wings, and tail dark olive-brown tinged with 

 rufous; chin and throat white; breast white with oblong 

 spots of dark olive-brown producing a heavily streaked 

 appearance ; sides of the breast and flanks paler olive- 

 brown. Iris dark red-brown ; bill above black, below 

 horny-white ; legs, feet, and claws pale fleshy. Length 

 178 mm. ; culmen 18; wing 76 ; tail 66; tarsus 28. 



Hab. Travancore. 



Type in the British Museum : $ . Mynall, 10. iii. 77. 

 Hume coll. 



Obs. When examining the series of skins of Pellorneum in 

 the Natural History Museum, I noticed that a specimen from 

 Travancore was much darker and more richly coloured than 

 the rest. I pointed this out to Mr. Ogilvie- Grant, who 

 kindly wrote to the Director of the Travancore Museum 

 for the loan of any specimens he might have. The Director 

 most obligingly forwarded five examples of Pellorneum 

 from different parts of India, and amongst them one from 

 Travancore which is identical in colour with the specimen 

 in the National Museum. This shows that the Travancore 

 bird is undoubtedly distinct from the form found at Coonoor 



