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Bill light horny ; legs pale brown ; irides brown. Length 9 

 inches ; wing 3§ ; tail 5 ; bill at front f ; tarsus 1. 



The rufous Bar-wing is found from Nepal, to the hill ranges of 

 Assam and Sylhet. It is very common near Darjeeling, from 

 3,000 to 6,000 feet or so, associates in small flocks, wandering 

 from tree to tree, and carefully examining the foliage and branches, 

 never descending to the ground, and feeding both on fruit and 

 (especially) on insects. 



Horsfield gives Afghanistan as a locality, but I have no doubt 

 that Griffith's specimens were from the Khasia hills, where I found 

 it far from rare. 



428. Actinodura nipalensis, Hodgson. 



Cinclosoma, apud Hodgson, As. Res. XIX., subsequently Ixops, — 

 Bltth, Cat. 502 — Horsf., Cat. 308 — Mamnio-pho, Lepch. 



The Hoary Bar-wing. 



Descr. — Plumage above rufescent brown, with an olivaceous 

 tinge ; head and nape, with the full soft crest, pure brown, the 

 centre of each feather, hoary ; ear-coverts and cheeks dark grey ; 

 a black moustache from the lower mandible, bounding the ear- 

 coverts beneath ; the greater coverts black ; the wings castaneous, 

 with numerous cross bars of black, and the quills externally and 

 at tip black ; tail also castaneous, with numerous black bands, 

 except the two middle tail-feathers ; the inner web quite black, and 

 the tip white, broadly ended with pure black ; beneath, rufescent 

 ashy with a yellow tint ; the flanks, thighs, vent, and under tail- 

 coverts, of the same color as the back. 



Bill dusky horny ; legs pale fleshy brown ; irides brown. Length 

 8 inches ; extent 10 ; wing of ; tail 3-^ ; bill at front f- ; tarsus 1 T %. 



The Hoary Bar-wing replaces the last species at higher elevations, 

 being found from about 7,000 to 10,000 feet and upwards. It has 

 only been procured in the S. E. Himalayas, in Nepal, Sikhim, and 

 Bootan. It may be said to be still more arboreal than the last, 

 for it is frequently seen perched on the very tops of moderate-sized 

 trees. It feeds chiefly on insects, and I found it, on Mt. Tongloo, 

 feeding on the various insects that infest the flowers of the 



