1817.] New or Little Known Species of Birds. 435 



3. A. similis : Agrodoma similis, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. No. XXVI, 

 35. This fine species equals the largest specimens of A. Richardi in 

 size, but has the shorter tarse of the individual last described, and also 

 a shorter and much more curved hind-claw. It is further readily dis- 

 tinguished by the strong ferruginous tinge of the pale portion of its 

 plumage, as especially the under-parts and margins of all the wing- 

 feathers ; and the upper-parts are less streaky than in A. Richardi, 

 with a prevailing dusky hue and slight admixture of ashy on the lighter 

 edgings of the dorsal feathers. Tail having its outermost feather dark, 

 obliquely tipped for its terminal third with ruddy-whitish, which extends 

 up the whole narrow outer web ; and the penultimate feather is tipped, 

 for about a quarter of an inch only, with the same. Length of wing 

 three inches and seven-eighths ; of tail three and one-eighth ; tarse an 

 inch ; and hind-claw (straight from base to tip) but three-eighths. 

 From southern India ; and Lord Arthur Hay lately obtained a specimen 

 in Jummoo, in the N. "W. Himalaya. 



4. A. montana, Jerdon, MS. : A. rufescens apud Jerdon, Catal. 

 This also is a strongly marked species, deeply tinged with fulvous, 

 with strongly contrasting broad blackish central streaks to the feathers 

 of the upper-parts. Bill short, and tolerably strong ; the tarse short, 

 and hind-claw moderately curved. The tail has its outer feather dull 

 isabella-white for the terminal two-thirds, obliquely separated as usual 

 from the dark base ; the penultimate has the terminal third of the same 

 hue ; and both, with the antepenultimate, have their extreme tips pure 

 white. Wing three inches and one-eighth ; tail two and three-quarters ; 

 bill to gape eleven-sixteenths ; tarse seven-eighths ; and hind-claw 

 (straight from base to tip) half an inch. Inhabits the grassy hills of 

 the Neilgherries, where tolerably common. Mr. Jerdon has occasion- 

 ally observed it to perch. 



5. A. striolatus, nobis, n. s. Allied in appearance to the last, but 

 distinguished by its longer bill and tarse, straighter hind-claw, and the 

 much purer white of the outer tail-feathers, though these are a little 

 creamy on their exterior webs only. The general cast of colour is also 

 less brightly fulvous, and the dark central streaks are less deep and con- 

 trasting ; presenting a general difference which is obvious to the eye, 



Sydney; and excepting that its toes and claws are still shorter, it agrees most closely 

 with the single specimen above described, shot on the upper Hoogly. 



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