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34. H. cuculopsis, Nobis. Length 12^ to 13 inches, of wing from bend 

 4|- inches, and middle tail-feathers 1\ to 8 inches, the outermost 4f inches 

 shorter, and all the rest graduating ; bill to forehead J inch, and to gape 1 \ 

 inch ; tarse 1 inch. General colour greyish-fuscous on the upper parts, 

 beneath dark ashy, becoming paler on the belly ; medial third of the outer 

 webs of four of the secondaries white, forming a moderately large wing- 

 spot ; the rest of the wing, and the tail feathers, dusky, all the latter 

 having broad whitish-grey tips : forehead and lores black. Bill and feet 

 blackish. Some (females ?) have a brownish cast of general colouring, 

 which is not observable in others. At a first glance, this bird is apt to 

 be mistaken for Cuculidous ; an appearance to which its large and length- 

 ened graduated tail, each feather tipped with whitish, its incurved bill, 

 and the general hue of its colouring, alike contribute. From Darjeeling. 



35. Accentor Himalayanus ? Allied to A. Alpinus, but little larger 

 than A. modularis. Length 6 inches, wing 3f to 3^ inches, tail 2£ 

 inches, bill to forehead \ inch, and tarse nearly |- inch; scapularies 

 and interscapularies rufous-brown, mottled with large black terminal 

 spots on the middle of each feather, more or less developed in different 

 specimens : forehead, crown, occiput, neck, shoulders of the wings, and 

 rump, nearly uniform dingy grey-brown, with an inconspicuous lighter 

 greyish eye - streak ; throat and fore-neck white, with small round 

 black spots disposed as in A. Alpinus ; ear-coverts streaked with fulves- 

 cent, and small loral and infra-orbital feathers tipped with fulvous-white . 

 gorget brown, more or less tinged with rufous, which latter brightens 

 on the lower breast, flanks, and sides of the belly, the feathers being 

 laterally edged with white, and some having dark streaks on the flanks 

 posteriorly : lower tail-coverts white, with lanceolate central dusky 

 spots : wings intricately mottled, having the anterior range of coverts 

 dusky-black with white tips, the next or great range fulvescent-grey 

 exteriorly at base, and dusky-black for the remainder with slight whit- 

 ish tips : primaries edged with grey, secondaries with brown, and tertia- 

 ries with fulvous : tail dusky, having a large white spot at the tip of the 

 outer web of each feather. Bill black, and legs reddish brown. This is 

 a typical Accentor, and the first which to my knowledge has been obtained 

 on the Himalaya range, though A. Alpinus is included in M. Tem- 

 minck's list of European birds inhabiting Japan. A. modularis has been 

 killed near Smyrna in winter (P. Z. S., 1836, 98), where stated to be 



