. Birds .. . r quite distinct birds in which thematerial at present available shows no intergradiiig. These aretwo rutous-breasted birds, one striped and one unstriped, athird striped grey bird and a fourth with a grey breast withbrown centres. There seems, however, to be no intervening areain which a lialf-way form occurs. At the same time no two oftliese forms are found breeding in the same area and, therefore,for the present, I keep them as geographical races, or subspecies,only. Ixops uipaleusis. Key to Suhsjyecies. A. Ohin, throat and bisast not striped; [p. 307. lieiid with pale slreaks
. Birds .. . r quite distinct birds in which thematerial at present available shows no intergradiiig. These aretwo rutous-breasted birds, one striped and one unstriped, athird striped grey bird and a fourth with a grey breast withbrown centres. There seems, however, to be no intervening areain which a lialf-way form occurs. At the same time no two oftliese forms are found breeding in the same area and, therefore,for the present, I keep them as geographical races, or subspecies,only. Ixops uipaleusis. Key to Suhsjyecies. A. Ohin, throat and bisast not striped; [p. 307. lieiid with pale slreaks Lvops nipalensis nipalensis, B. Ohin, throat and breast streaked; feathers of head with ])ale Ohin, throat and breast rufous withdarker Upper parts rufous; ear-coverts sil- ^ very-grey Lvops n. loaldeni, p. 308. b. Upper parts deep rufous or maroon-brown ; ear-coverts darlc grey .... Ixops n. poliotis, p. Ohin, throat and breast grey with brown centres Ixops n. daflaensis, p. . Fig. 5G.—Head of 7. n. nipalensis. (3ii6) Ixops nipalensis nipalensis. Tub Hoaby Bae-vvino. Cinclosoma nipalensis Ilodgs., As. Kes., jiix, p. 145 (1830) (Nepal).lxoj>s nepaleiisis. Ijlanf. & Gates, i, p. 203. Vernacular names, liamnio-ylio (Lepcha).Description. Forehead and crest coffee-brown, with long i)ale x2 308 TIMALIIDJ3. rufous shaft-streaks; sides of neck, mantle, back and lesser wing-coverts brown, with indistinct pale shaft-lines; rumpand upper tail-coverts more rufous and unstreaked ; primary-coverts black ; greater coverts rufous tipped with hoary; quillschestnut, barred with black on the outer webs; innermostnifescent and barred on both webs; the outer webs of the firstfew primaries more or less ashy ; basal portion of tail castaneous,barred with black, the chestnut decreasing in extent on the outerfeathers, the other portions black, tipped witli white; ear-covertsand lores pale grey; cheeks black, the black continuing backbelow the ear-covert
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