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and of the same colour are the tertiaries, being- margined with light 

 rufous brown. A rather dark streak extends from the lores below the 

 eye; the ear-coverts have a slight rufous tinge; the lower tail-coverts 

 are dark brown, margined with pure white. 



This species inhabits during the summer Tibet and Central Asia and 

 comes in winter to the Sub-Himalayan ranges. The largest specimen^ 

 which was procured at Kotegurh last year in winter, measures 3J 

 inches on the wings, tail 2f and the total length could not have been 

 much under 7 inches, the specimen having thus fully the size of A. 

 n ij) ahn s is, Hod gs. 



182. Accentor strophulus, Hodg*., (II. 287). The general 

 colour above is rather olivaceous brown, with a slight rufous tint on 

 the back, wings and tail are dusky brown ; the white tips on the 

 wing coverts are sometimes scarcely traceable. 



This species is likewise an inhabitant of Central Asia • I do not 

 remember it even from W. Tibet, although it is probably to be found 

 there, for it occasionally comes in winter to Kotegurh and to other 

 Cis-Himalayan parts of the Sutlej valley. 



183. Accentor Huttoni, Moore, (II. 288). The pale line 

 extending downwards from the base of the lower mandible is sometimes 

 very indistinct ; the black on the throat is below occasionally margined 

 with a whitish, pale line. 



Only a winter visitant to the lower ranges of the N. W. Himalayas 

 and common at that season about Simla and Kotegurh. 



184. Accentor rubeculoides, H o dg s. (11.268). The general 

 brown hue above is much paler in summer than in winter, but the 

 ferruginous on the breast is brighter in summer. 



This species is common in W. Tibet, of which it generally is 

 a permanent inhabitant. It seems very rarely to visit the plains of 

 Northern India, and even the lesser ranges of the N. W. Himalayas ■ 

 only one specimen was shot near Kampoor during the winter of 1865- 

 1866. 



I have also procured in W, Tibet one apparently new species of 

 Accentor and another probably belonging to the type of Ace. modularis 

 which has been called Tharrhaleus, but I have not yet succeeded in 

 obtaining them on this side of the Himalayas; they may, therefore, 

 better be treated subsequently with the Tibetan fauna. 



