. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 6. HEJiixus. 49 b". Back brownish grey; crown blackish brown hihhhratuUi, p. 50. b'. Back warm brown; crown rich warm brown davisoni, p. 51. c'. Back chestnut, as also the ear-coverts; crown blackish brown castanonotus, p. 51. No brig-ht yellow on the wings, which are scarcely' lighter than the back. d'. No white streaks on tlie under surface .... cinereus, p. 52. e'. Under surface of body streaked with white. c". Chin, throat, and breast ashy, obscurely streaked with white inalaccensis, p. 52. d". Throat whitish, washed with olive
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 6. HEJiixus. 49 b". Back brownish grey; crown blackish brown hihhhratuUi, p. 50. b'. Back warm brown; crown rich warm brown davisoni, p. 51. c'. Back chestnut, as also the ear-coverts; crown blackish brown castanonotus, p. 51. No brig-ht yellow on the wings, which are scarcely' lighter than the back. d'. No white streaks on tlie under surface .... cinereus, p. 52. e'. Under surface of body streaked with white. c". Chin, throat, and breast ashy, obscurely streaked with white inalaccensis, p. 52. d". Throat whitish, washed with olive- yellow ; fore neck and breast olive-green, broadly streaked with white virescens, p. 53. 1. Hemixus flavala. Hemixus flavala, Hodgs. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus., Passeres, ,191. fig. 2; id. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 38; id. J. A. S. Bemj. xiv. p. 572 ; Gray, Cut. Mamm. i^-c. Nepalpres. Hodys., App. '^. 154; Bli/fh, Cat. B. Aliis. As. Soc. p. 207; Bp. Consp. i. p. 2(51; Horsf. i^- 3Ioore, Cat. B. Mus. Co. i. p. 250 ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 80 • Blyth, Ibis, 18G7, p. 7 ; Bi(li/er, Ibis, 1869, p. 165; , J. A. S. B. xxxix. p. 106; ' Blyfh, B. Burin, p. 1-33; Hume, Str. F. 1877, p. Ill; Anders. Zool. Exped. Yun-nan, p. 657; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 98 ; Scully, torn. cit. p. 295. Hemipus flavula, Gray, Cat. Mamm. ^-c. Nepalpres. Hodgs. p. 90. Pycnonotus flavulus, Gray ^- Mitch. Gen. B. i. p. 237, pi. 59. Pycnonotus flavala, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. Head of Hemixus flavala, to show the pointed form of crest-plumes and the nuchal hairs. Adult. General colour slaty grey, the feathers with a concealed subtcrminal shade of brown (generally in worn specimens) ; lesser, median, and inner greater wing-coverts grey like the back, but a little darker ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts and quills dark brown, the outer greater coverts and the secondaries externally olive-yellow, forming a longitudinal band down the wing, the pri- maries only slightly edged with dull yell
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