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COSSYPHA GUTTURALIS. 



(WHITE-THROATED ROBIN-CHAT.) 



Cossypha gutturalis, Guerin, Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 162. 



Saxicola albigidaris, Pelz. Sitz. Akad. Wissensch. Wien, xlviii. p. 150 (1863). 



Irania finoti, De Filippi, Viagg. in Persia, p. 347 (1865). 



Bessomis albigularis, Tristram, Ibis, 1867, p. 89. 



Bessonornis gutturalis, Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 265 (1869). 



Irania jiloti, De Filippi, Sclater (laps, cal.), Ibis, 1864, p. 402. 



Figurce notabiles. 

 Ferret et Galinier, Voy. en Abyss. Atlas, Zool. pi. v. ; Tristram, Ibis, 1867, pi. 1. 



6 ad. supra saturate cinereus, tectricibus alarum dorso concoloribus, exterioribus nigricantibus : remigibus 

 nigricanti-brunneis, pallide cinereo marginatis, secundariis latius limbatis, intimis anguste albido 

 apicatis : cauda, nigra, : linea angusta frontali alba postice producta supercibum distinctum formante : 

 loris cum regione infraoculari, genis, mento et gutture utrinque nigris, regione parotica cinereo lavata : 

 gutture medio pure albo, fasciam longitudinalem conspicuam formante : corpore reliquo subtus bete 

 aurantiaco, abdomine imo albicante et subcaudalibus late albo terminatis : tibiis nigricantibus : sub- 

 alaribus aurantiacis : rostro et pedibus nigris : iride brunnea. 



2 a mari diversa : supra chierascenti-fusca, facie et collo lateralibus dorso concoloribus : loris et regione 

 oeulari albicantibus, regione parotica albido striolata : ala caudaque ut in mari coloratis : gutture 

 albo : torque indistincto jugulari sordide cinereo : corpore reliquo subtus albido, pectore superiore et 

 hypocliondriis aurantiaco lavatis : subalaribus Isete aurantiacis. 



Pull, supra, pallide stramineus, plumis anguste brunneo marginatis : tectricibus alarum dorso concoloribus, ad 

 apicem fulvo maculatis : remigibus cinerascenti-brunneis, primariis anguste fulvescente, secundariis 

 latius ocbraceo limbatis : cauda nigra, rectricibus fulvescente terminatis : gutture et pectore superiore 

 pallidissime stamineis, anguste brunneo marginatis : corpore reliquo subtus albo, hypocliondriis paullo 

 brunneo notatis : tibns brunnescentibus. 



Adult Male. Upper parts dark lead-grey ; quills greyish black, indistinctly edged on the outer web with 

 lead-grey ; tail black ; a white superciliary line passing from the base of the bill over and behind the 

 eye ; lores, scapulars, and sides of throat rich glossy black ; a narrow line at the chin, widening as it 

 passes down the throat until on the fore part of the breast it is fully - 35 inch wide, pure white ; breast, 

 and underparts generally, yellowish rufous, paler towards the lower portion of the abdomen, the centre 

 of which is white marked with pale rufous ; thighs lead-grey, tinged with rufous ; under wing-coverts 

 rufous ; under tail-coverts white, pale rufous at the base ; bill and legs black ; bis brown. Total length 

 7 inches, culmen 0*65, wing 3"75, tail 3 - 0, tarsus 1*05. 



Adult Female. Upper parts brownish grey ; wings also same colour ; tail black ; from the nostril to the 

 eye an indistinct light brown mark ; sides of head, neck, and fore part of breast brownish grey ; on the 

 throat a dull white spot corresponding to the pure white on the throat of the male ; lower part of the 



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