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  outer 
  secondaries 
  are 
  uniformly 
  dark, 
  save 
  for 
  a 
  narrow, 
  mottled 
  shaft-streak 
  and 
  an 
  

   outer 
  margin 
  of 
  grey. 
  The 
  primaries 
  have 
  a 
  whitish 
  tip 
  and 
  a 
  pale 
  buff 
  outer 
  web. 
  

  

  The 
  tail-feathers 
  are 
  like 
  macrolopha, 
  but 
  with 
  much 
  more 
  black 
  lining 
  and 
  mottling 
  

   on 
  the 
  central 
  rectrices 
  and 
  upper 
  coverts. 
  The 
  lateral 
  feathers 
  are 
  rich 
  rufous, 
  especially 
  

   on 
  the 
  outer 
  web, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  broad, 
  subterminal 
  black 
  band 
  and 
  a 
  generous 
  white 
  tip. 
  

   The 
  under 
  tail-coverts 
  are 
  black 
  and 
  rufous, 
  with 
  very 
  wide 
  white 
  tips. 
  

  

  The 
  male 
  type, 
  which 
  was 
  loaned 
  to 
  me 
  by 
  the 
  Hungarian 
  National 
  Museum, 
  

   measures: 
  bill 
  from 
  nostril, 
  15 
  mm. 
  ; 
  wing, 
  233; 
  tail, 
  223; 
  tarsus, 
  68; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  

   claw, 
  53. 
  The 
  left 
  spur 
  is 
  14 
  mm. 
  in 
  length, 
  while 
  the 
  right 
  is 
  short. 
  

  

  Adult 
  Female. 
  — 
  Like 
  xanthospila, 
  except 
  for 
  much 
  more 
  rufous 
  tinge 
  on 
  the 
  

   mantle 
  and 
  breast, 
  and 
  the 
  rufous 
  lateral 
  rectrices, 
  which 
  are 
  like 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  male. 
  

   Bill 
  from 
  nostril, 
  15 
  mm. 
  ; 
  wing, 
  218; 
  tail, 
  168; 
  tarsus, 
  64; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw, 
  58. 
  

  

  SYNONYMY 
  

  

  Pucrasia 
  meyeri 
  Madarasz, 
  Ibis 
  1886, 
  p. 
  145 
  ; 
  Oustalet, 
  Ann. 
  de 
  Sci. 
  Nat, 
  XII. 
  1891, 
  p. 
  316; 
  Grant, 
  Cat. 
  

   Game-birds 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  XXII. 
  1893, 
  p. 
  315; 
  Grant, 
  Hand-book 
  Game-birds, 
  I. 
  1895, 
  p. 
  285; 
  Sharpe, 
  Hand-list 
  

   Birds, 
  I. 
  1899, 
  p. 
  36; 
  Dresser, 
  Manual 
  Palae. 
  Birds., 
  pt. 
  II. 
  1903, 
  p. 
  671 
  ; 
  Finn, 
  Game-birds 
  India 
  and 
  Asia, 
  191 
  1, 
  

   p. 
  66; 
  Baker, 
  Jour. 
  Bombay 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Soc, 
  XXV. 
  1918, 
  p. 
  540. 
  

  

  Pucrasia 
  darwinii 
  Oustalet 
  (nee 
  Swinhoe), 
  Le 
  Naturaliste, 
  1886, 
  p. 
  276. 
  

  

  Pucrasia 
  xanthospila 
  meyeri 
  Beebe, 
  Zoologica, 
  I., 
  No. 
  15, 
  1914, 
  p. 
  278. 
  

  

  