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W. T. Blanford — On Birds from Sikkim. 
[No. 2, 
has a crimson rump. On the whole the present form approaches rhodopeplus 
more than any of the other species, but besides the differences already noted 
the forehead in rhodopeplus is not brighter in colour than the crown of the 
head. 
The bird figured as the female of P. ilium by Mr. Moore in the Pro- 
ceedings of the Zool. Soe. of London for 1855, Aves, PI. cxiv, does not be- 
long to that species. It may perhaps be the young male of this bird but its 
general coloration appears too rufous. The colour differs greatly from that 
of the female of P. saturatus. 
At this time it is surprising to find that so beautiful a bird as , this has 
hitherto been overlooked in the Sikkim Himalayas. Mr. Mandelli informs 
me that the specimens were shot on Tonglu, about 10,000 feet high near 
Darjiling. 
Amongst other interesting birds sent by Mr. Mandelli are Xiphoram- 
phus superciliaris, Sui/a criniger, Neornis flavolivacea, Pteruthius erytlirop- 
terns, Accentor strophiatus, JEmberiza pusilla and Chrysomitris spinoides. 
