NAUMANN'8 THUV8H. 39 



By the great kindness of Mr. Swinhoe I have had the opportunity 

 of examining a series of this bird obtained in China, and from these 

 I give the following descriptions: — • 



Adult male, killed at Shangai in February, 1873. Upper parts 

 olive, mottled here and there, especially on the rump and sides, 

 with rufous. Primaries olive brown, with the outer web narrow and 

 bordered with white. The bastard wing feathers almost obsolete. 

 The second true remige the longest; the second and third notched 

 about an inch from the tip, the fourth more slightly. The edges of 

 the lesser wing coverts creamy white, forming a distinct band across 

 the upper part of the wing. Rump inclining to be rufous. Upper 

 tail feathers olive, the rest rufous on their inner webs. Sides of 

 head olive brown, with a creamy streak over the eye. Throat reddish 

 white, with two rows of more or less confluent black spots running 

 down as far as the carpus of the wing when closed, and enclosing 

 three or four rows of spots, smaller and not confluent. Breast and 

 upper abdomen rufous, with creamy borders to the feathers. Abdomen 

 and under tail coverts dirty white, more or less mottled with rufous. 

 Axillary feathers rufous, the rest of under wing olive grey. Lower 

 mandible has the basal half yellow, rest dark brown. Length eight 

 inches and a half; wing, from carpus to tip, five inches; tail three 

 inches and a half; tarsus one inch and two fifths; beak one inch. 



An adult female, marked "Shangai, March, 1869." Differs from 

 the male described above in having the rufous markings less pro- 

 nounced on the under parts, and the gular dark spots less, and not 

 confluent. The wing band is also more obscure. Length seven inches 

 and four fifths; carpus to tip five inches and one fifth. 



A young male bird, marked "Mingpo, Jan. 15th. ^ 18T3." Has no 

 rufous on the olive green back, and very little on the chest and 

 abdomen. Throat and neck rich cream-colour, with rows of dark 

 spots longitudinally on each side and on the throat. Superciliary 

 streak slight. Lower mandible like the upper, black. Length nine 

 inches; carpus to tip five inches; tail three inches and a half; tarsus 

 one inch and one fifth. 



The upper of my two figures represents the male first described, 

 the lower one the female. 



