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birds. In C. harmani the upperparts are dark ashy-grey, 

 almost black on the neck, instead of blue-grey, while the 

 rump is much paler than in C. auritum. The latter has 

 the upper plumage uniform in colour from the nape to the 

 upper tail- coverts. In C. harmani the white on the cheeks 

 and ears extends in a broad white band across the nape, 

 whereas in C. auritum there is only a faint indication of 

 white ; in the former bird, also, the Avhite of the chin extends 

 in a narrow line down the throat and fore-neck. 



The sides of the neck and upper breast are very deep 

 glossy ashy-grey, gradually changing to paler ashy-grey on 

 the flanks and breast, and to white on the middle of the 

 abdomen. The tail is of a metallic blue-black, glossed 

 with green and blue, the middle feathers changing to purplish- 

 grey at the base. There is no white on the outer tail- 

 feathers, as is the case in C. auritum. 



In the young bird, which I imagine to be between ten 

 days and a fortnight old, the upper plumage is dull black 

 changing to dark ashy-grey on the rump and upper tail- 

 coverts; the shoulders and wings are vermiculated with 

 reddish bars and the wing-coverts have broad reddish-fulvous 

 shaft-streaks. The distribution of white on the head is the 

 same as in the adult and the long ear-tufts are partially 

 developed, but the white does not extend down the throat. 

 The upper breast and flanks have the feathers black with 

 the centres and terminal edges fulvous ; the lower breast and 

 abdomen are dirty white, the vent and under tail-coverts 

 dull ashy-grey with white tips, and the tail-feathers blue- 

 black, more or less glossed with blue. 



The specimens exhibited were obtained by Captain F. M. 

 Bailey in the Mishmi-Abor Hills, at elevations between 

 10,000 and 12,000 feet, at which latter height the birds were 

 breeding. 



Captain Bailey gives the following notes on the colour of 

 the soft parts : — 



" Adult male. Iris orange-brown ; bill light reddish-brown ; 

 legs scarlet." 



