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side of the head ; a semi-circle of white also surrounds the dusky 

 ear-coverts ; wings dusky, margined with dark ferruginous, and an 

 albescent spot at the tip of each covert ; tail brownish, with dull 

 rufous outer margins ; throat white, with a few dusky spots, forming 

 a line descending from each angle of the lower mandible ; breast 

 deep ferruginous ; abdomen and lower tail-coverts with dusky 

 brown streaks. 



Bill black ; legs reddish brown ; irides dark brown. Length 

 5^ inches ; wing 2f ; tail 2£ ; bill at front § ; tarsus §. 



This Accentor has been found both in Nepal and Sikhim. It 

 was the only species I obtained when at Darjeeling, and that in 

 winter. 



655. Accentor Huttoni, Moore. 



A. atrogularis, Hutton, apud Blyth, J. A. S. XVIII. 811 — 

 Blytti, Cat. 727 — Horsf., Cat. 577 — Gould, Birds of Asia, pt. 

 X. pi. 13. 



The Black-throated Accentor. 



Descr. — Above brown, the feathers centered dusky, rufescent on 

 the back, but greyish on the nape, rump, and upper tail-coverts ; 

 the crown darker brown ; a broad line above the white superciliary 

 streak, with the ear-coverts and throat, dusky black, the latter 

 divided from the ear-coverts by a pale line proceeding from the 

 base of the lower mandible, and this, with the entire supercilium 

 and the breast, of an uniform light rufescent sandy hue ; belly 

 whitish, the flanks streaked with dusky ; wing-coverts tipped 

 albescent, forming slight cross-bands. 



Bill dusky, yellowish towards the gape ; feet pale ; irides 

 brown. Length 6 inches ; wing 2| ; tail 2% ; bill at front ^ ; 

 tarsus f . 



The Black-throated Accentor has been found in the North- 

 west Himalayas, near Simla, in the Punjaub Salt range, and 

 also in Afghanistan. Moore considers it distinct from atrigularis 

 of Brandt. 



656. Accentor rubeculoides, Hodgson. 



Moore, P. Z. S. 1854— Horsf., Cat. 578.— Gould, Birds of 

 Asia, pt. VII. pi. 6. 



