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Show 476 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON SYRNIUM MAINGAYI. [May 17, g . Ad. sk. Native Sikhim, July 1874 Hume Collection. (L. Mandelli). Wing 13*9 inches. Decidedly ochreous buff underneath, with the chest narrowly barred across like the rest of the under surface. Face dark, without any ochreous tinge. h'. Ad. sk. Native Sikhim, July 1874 Hume Collection. (L. Mandelli). Wing 15*5 inches. Chest nearly uniform brown. Face very dark, with not a tinge of ochreous. i'. Juv. sk. Native Sikhim, July 1874 Hume Collection. (L. Mandelli). k'. Juv. sk. Native Sikhim, Aug. 1875 Hume Collection. (L. Mandelli). V. Ad. sk. Native Sikhim, Nov. 1874 Hume Collection. (L. Mandelli). Wing 14 inches. Underneath decidedly ochreous, and having also a strong reddish tinge on the face. No tendency to uniform brown on the chest. m . Ad. sk. Sikhim, Dec. 1874 Hume Collection. (L. Mandelli). Wing 14-8 inches. Rather pale, with barred chest and face and no ochreous colour on the latter. n . Ad. sk. Sikhim, Dec. 1873 Hume Collection. (L. Mandelli). Wing 13*9 inches. Rather dark, with a strong ochreous tinge on the face and underparts, the barring being very distinct on the breast and not strongly pronounced on the face. There is a great similarity between this specimen and the Coonoor bird alluded to below, and it is even less strongly barred on the face than that specimen. o'. 2 ad. sk. Darjiling. Hume Collection. Wing 15*75 inches. Very pale-coloured, quite as light as the birds from the North-west Himalayas. Face very dark, and not tinged with rufous. p . Ad. sk. Darjiling, Sept. 1872. Hume Collection. Wing 14'4 inches. The palest specimen examined, the under surface quite white, with dark brown bars everywhere; the scapular markings also white and very conspicuous ; the face white, with dark cross bars. q'. 3 ad. sk. Darjiling. Hume Collection. Wing 14*5 inches. Entire aspect very light, with the whole of the breast barred like the abdomen; face also light and strongly barred, without any rufous tinge. r'. Juv. sk. Darjiling (Pearson). India Museum. *'. c?ad. sk. Shillong, Assam, Aug. 17, 1877 Hume Collection. (J. Cockburn). Wing 14 inches. Very ochreous underneath, with the sides, but |