. Birds. Birds. HrPOTyENIBIA. 161 Hypotaenidw striata, Burm, N. ^ K p. C06 ; Hume ^ Oates, S. F. ^ii> Pj, ^ ' ^'•™s'»"0"^. *• F- iv, p. .349: Oates, 8. P. v, p. 165 : Wardl-Rams. Ibis, 1877, p. 471; Hume 8f Dav. S. I', vi, p. 468; ^deis. Yunnan Exped., Abbs, p. 692 ; Aeffffe, Birds Ceyl. p. 775; Hume, Cat. no. ; Hume 4- Marsh. Game B. ii, p. 245, pi.: iii, p. 435, pi u fegg) ; Vidal, S. F. ix, p. 87 ; Butler, ibid. p. 432 : Damson, S. , p. 415; Ternj, ibid. p. 480; , B. B. ii, p. 369; td. m Hume's N. ijr E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 399; Hume. S. F. xi, p. 3J9; Barnes, Birds B
. Birds. Birds. HrPOTyENIBIA. 161 Hypotaenidw striata, Burm, N. ^ K p. C06 ; Hume ^ Oates, S. F. ^ii> Pj, ^ ' ^'•™s'»"0"^. *• F- iv, p. .349: Oates, 8. P. v, p. 165 : Wardl-Rams. Ibis, 1877, p. 471; Hume 8f Dav. S. I', vi, p. 468; ^deis. Yunnan Exped., Abbs, p. 692 ; Aeffffe, Birds Ceyl. p. 775; Hume, Cat. no. ; Hume 4- Marsh. Game B. ii, p. 245, pi.: iii, p. 435, pi u fegg) ; Vidal, S. F. ix, p. 87 ; Butler, ibid. p. 432 : Damson, S. , p. 415; Ternj, ibid. p. 480; , B. B. ii, p. 369; td. m Hume's N. ijr E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 399; Hume. S. F. xi, p. 3J9; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 372 : %d. Jour. Bom. N. H. SocM, p. 141, pi. hg. 013 (egg); Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xxiii, p. 33. Kana-koli, Tarn.; Wade-koli, Tel.; Yay-gyet, Fig. 33.—Head of H. striata. \. Coloration. Crown, nape, and sides of neck chestnut, more or less streaked with dark brown, that disappears in old birds; upper parts, including the wing and tail-feathers, dark brown with narrow broken white cross-bars, forming spots rather than bars, on the back, all the feathers except the quills with lighter olive- brown edges; chin and middle of throat white; sides of head below eyes, whole fore neck and breast ashy grey; abdomen, flanks, ahd under wing- and tail-soverts blackish, barred with white. Females are rather duller, especially on the crown and nape ; middle of abdomen sullied white. Young birds have the crown and nape brown, not rufous, and no white cross-bars on the back. Colours of soft parts very variable: upper mandible and tip of lower brown, basal portion of lower mandible and basal commissure of upper various shades of red ; irides light yellowish brown to Indian-red; legs and feet olive-green to leaden grey or fleshy grey. Length 10-5; tail 1'9 ; wing 4-75; tarsus 1-5; bill from gape 1'6. Distribution. Probably the greater part of India, Burma, and Ceylon in marshy places; a resident species. This Bail has not been recorded from North-western India north of 20° N.
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