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172 of neck fishy streaked with black ; breast deep ferruginous ; middle of abdomen whitish ; remainder of lower plumage reddish brown streaked with black.

Many birds have the breast streaked with black ; they are probably birds of the first winter.

Bill black ; legs reddish brown ; iris dark brown (Jerdon).

Length about 5'5 ; tail 2-3 ; wing 2-7 ; tarsus -8 ; bill from gape *55.

Distribution. Sikhim and Nepal, extending west along the Himalayas to Kotgarh. This species appears to be a constant resident in the higher portions of the Himalayas and to breed both in Nepal and Sikhim. It is found throughout Tibet and Western China.

Habits, fyc. According to Hodgson this species makes a cup-shaped nest of grass-roots and moss, lined with wool and hair, in tufts of grass, and lays three or four eggs, which measure about 74 by -54.

719. Tharrhaleus jerdoni. Jer don's Accentor.

Accentor jerdoni, Brooks, J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 327 (1872) ; Hume, N. $ E. p. 408 ; id. 8. F. iv, p. 491 ; id. Cat. no. 654 bis ; Biddulph, Ibis, 1881, p. 75 ; 1882, p. 281 ; Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 569 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 660.

Accentor strophiatus, Hodgs., Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. ii, p. 53 ; Hume fy Senders. Lah. to Yark. p. 234.

Tharrhaleus jerdoni (Brooks), Oates in Hume's N. fy E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 314.

Coloration. Eesembles T. strophiatus. Differs in having the whole upper plumage greyish brown, with only the back streaked, the few traces of streaks visible on the crown being obscure or obsolete ; the lateral black bands on the crown are broader and more massive ; the hinder part of the supercilium and the breast are pale rufous, not deep ferruginous.

Iris dark brown ; base of bill, legs, and feet fleshy white ; upper mandible and base of lower dull black ; rest of lower mandible and claws pale brown (Hume).

Length 5'5 ; tail 2-2 ; wing 2-7 ; tarsus -8 ; bill from gape -55.

Distribution. The Himalayas from Gilgit to Mussooree. This species appears to be a summer visitor to Gilgit, where it breeds at 10,000 feet and upwards, and a winter visitor to the lower portions of the mountains.

Habits, Sfc. Captain Cock found the nest of this bird at Sonamarg in Kashmir in June, a cup of pine-needles and grass placed in a low bough of a pine-tree. The eggs measure about -75 by 55.