212 DR. O. FINSCH ON BIRDS FROM NORTH-EASTERN 
. Kokai. August 9 (no. 1262). 
. Kokai. August 9 (no. 1642). 
. Kokai. August 9 (no. 890). 
. Kokai. August 9 (no. 1566). 
. Kokai. August 9 (no. 1227). 
Long. al. Caud. Culm. Rost. rict. Tars. Dig. int. 
ee QS 
+t 4 40 Q GD 
Bo ar ge ger om ge ger. yn 1B 
5 9 4 2 = = ee — 4 * « 8, m00 1388, 
5 10 4 4 _ as ae SS) eo Bye, 1768, 
6 1 4 8 ses a an = y y a Oy no. 1B. 
6 1 4 6 = = _ BS: ce gy. otha: FUR: 
6 4 4 8 _ 13 8 va. . . d, no, 1262. 
6 0 4 5 = == _ — 4 a » By mo. 162. 
6 1 4 4 = = 73 7 . . « Q, no, 1566. 
6 2 4 8 an = = SS fey Bye 27, 
6 4 45 sss = 8 8 . . . ¥,n0, 890. 
Male.—All the upper parts, the sides of the head and neck, the throat, and breast of 
of a greyish brown ground-colour, washed with a faint tint of rufous, which is some- 
times more decided, and gives a reddish appearance ; all the feathers speckled very 
minutely with dark brown; on the head some blank shaft-stripes, on the shoulders 
some larger patches, the end of the outer web of the same colour; the upper quill- 
coverts with some yellowish fulvous apical spots; the quills dark brown, the first and 
fourth with a large white patch on the inner web, the second and third with a broad 
white cross band on both webs, the remaining quills with five yellowish rufous cross 
bands, which are broader on the inner web, and more or less variegated with darker 
colour; the point of the quills variegated with pale brown; an ochre-yellow gular 
patch, undulated with dark brown; on the throat and breast some pale fulvous spots, 
the same as on the neck behind; rest of the under parts and under quill-coverts ochre- 
yellow, with narrow dark cross lines (sometimes wanting on the under tail-coverts) ; 
tail-feathers dark greenish brown, variegated with ochre-yellow and seven or eight 
narrow black cross bands; the two outer tail-feathers white on the apical half of 
both webs. 
The female is similar to the male, but wants the white end of the two outer tail- 
feathers, and the white patches on the primaries, which have from four to six rufous 
cross bands on the outer web, and three to five on the inner web of the same colour, the 
one nearest to the apex being very extended; the two outer tail-feathers are crossed with 
from eight to eleven dark and ochre-yellow bands, and have a broad ochre-yellow end, 
speckled more or less with dark brown. 
‘The specimens in the fine series collected by Mr. Jesse exhibit considerable variety. 
The ground-colour is more or less dark, in one specimen decidedly greyish brown; the 
ochre-yellow spots on the quill-coverts, the breast, and hind neck are in some specimens 
