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PARADOXORNIS GULARIS, Hortf. 



Grey-crowned Paradoxornis. 



Paradoxornis gularis, Horsf. MSS— Gray and Mitch. Gen. of Birds, vol. ii. p. 389, Paradoxornis, sp. 3. pi. xciv. fig. 2. 



— Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. p. 500, Paradoxornis, sp. 2. — Moore, Cat. Birds Mus. East India Comp. 

 Paradoxornis (HeieromorphaT) caniceps, Blyth, J. A. S. vol. xviii. p. 810. 

 Heteromorpha ? (Paradoxornis^ caniceps, Blyth, Cat. of Birds in Mus. Asiat. Soc. p. 102. 



A single example of this rare species of Paradoxornis has been sent to the Museum of the Honourable 

 East India Company by Mr. Pemberton, from Bhotan. I find Dr. Horsfield's MS. name of gularis attached 

 to this specimen, and under that appellation it has been published by Messrs. Gray and Mitchell in their 

 " Genera of Birds" above quoted. I believe the specimen referred to is the only one in this country; the 

 bird appears to be known to Mr. Blyth, and to have received from him the appropriate name of caniceps, 

 which, however, cannot be retained, in consequence of its not having been published until after that of 

 gularis had been assigned it by Dr. Horsfield. 



In his Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Mr. Blyth questions whether 

 this bird belongs to the genus Paradoxornis or to Heteromorpha; the latter term, however, having been 

 given to a species which I can see no sufficient reason for separating from the true Paradoxorni, I apprehend 

 that if the present bird and the P. ruficeps are to be separated, they must receive an entirely new generic 

 appellation ; for the present therefore I prefer to retain them in the genus Paradoxornis. 



Forehead, a line passing over each eye to the occiput, and a mark down the centre of the throat black ; 

 crown of the head and cheeks grey ; upper surface and wings pale reddish brown; primaries dark brown, 

 edged with pale reddish brown ; tail light brown ; circle round the eye, lower part of the cheeks and under 

 surface cream-white, tinged with buff on the flanks ; bill orange-yellow; feet greenish. 



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