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ORNITHOLOGY OF NEPAL. 



3d Species, new ; Ruficollis, rusty naped, nobis. 



Formless typical, the bill being shorter and straighter than in either of 

 the foregone, obviously leading towards Timalia. Colour and size, olive 

 green, paler and shaded with white on the breast and belly, and merging in 

 pure white on the chin and throat : a broad rust}^ band round the back of the 

 neck : lores and ear coverts confluently blackish : a superciliary white line 

 from the brows to the nape : no transverse rays on the unbowed tail : bill, 

 sub-orange with a blackish base : legs plumbeous : iris variable, sanguine, 

 brown, or hoary : size small : 8;^ by 9^ inches, and 1 oz. : bill 1 : tarsus 1^ ; 

 central toe f : hind toe ^ : sexes alike, but female rather less. 



Sub-genus, Timalia. 4th Species, new ; Nipalensis, nobis. Nipalese 

 Timalia, nobis. 



Form. Bill assimilating closely with the last named species, but 

 stronger and straighter ; equal merely to the head in length, subarcuated 

 only, but distinctly so, and perfectly entire. Culmen rather more carinated 

 between the nares, the tect of which is less hard and less arched than in 

 the typical Pomatorhini. Rictus more strongly bristled. Shafts of the 

 head and neck-plumes, spinous, as in Cinclosoma setafer (nobis). Legs 

 stronger with more distinct scales ; another approximation to Cinclosoma. 

 Tail equal to the whole body and bill, consisting of 12 broad, and straight, 

 but frayed, feathers, the extreme laterals of which are gradated by half the 

 entire length of the tail, or doubly as much as in the foregone species. 



Colour and Size. Above, with the flanks, thighs and under tail coverts, 

 brown ; paler and more olive beneath than superiorly. Below, from chin 

 to breast, rufescent ; from breast to vent, albescent ; and both shaded with 

 a tinge of the colour above. Entire cheeks, pure white : iris, hoary blue : 

 bill and legs, dull dark plumbeous : the whole plumage black shafted : 

 the outer vanes of the prime quills paled : sexes alike: size 10 inches by 

 10, and 2i oz : bill 1 : tail 5 : tarsus lyV : central toe ^4 : hind ^V- 

 bth Species ; Pellotis, brown ear, nobis. 



Characters, extremely similar to those of the last, but returning 

 towards the typical Pomatorhini by its shorter and rayed tail. 



