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descriptions of his C. Asiaticus, var. A, found in 
Persia, and of his Collared Courier*, cannot be re- 
conciled with any of the above. 
The short specific character of this species already 
given, will, with the following additions, sufficiently 
discriminate it. The front, and all the upper part 
of the head is uniform rufous ; there is a broad 
band of the same, but rather brighter across the 
middle of the body, which blends into the fawn- 
colour of the breast, throat, and upper part of the 
plumage ; the rufous of the body ends in a deep 
black, central, and rather lengthened spot; the 
belly, flanks, and under tail-covers are pure white ; 
the greater quills are deep black, the lesser rather 
browner, the six last being obliquely tipt with 
white; the chin and lores are white; there is a 
double nuchal collar, the upper is of white but the 
lower is of black, under the eyes, and in some spe- 
cimens there seems to he a narrow line of black 
bordering the upper part of the white hand ; the tail 
is even, the two middle feathers of the same colour 
as the back, and without any spots whatever ; the 
rest have a spot of white at the tip, with a black 
hand before it ; the outermost feather alone has the 
outer web entirely white, with the black spot almost 
obsolete. 
Total length about 7j inches; bill, from the 
front, ; gape, 1 ; wings, 5 ; tail, base, 2 ; tarsus, 
H ; middle toe and claw, T 8 S ; naked space above 
the tarsus, T %. 
* General History of Birds, ix. 354. 
