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B.

Supercilium obsolete or entirely absent.

d.

Crown and upper plumage orange-brown.

c'.

Ear-coverts slaty grey, breast fulvous ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

S. p. feæ, p. 111.

d'.

Ear-coverts brown, breast orange-fulvous ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

S. gularis craddocki, p. 111.

e.

Crown chestnut-brown, back olive-brown ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

S. webbiana brunnea, p. 112.

f.

Centre of crown fulvous, back olive-yellow ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

S. fulvifrons, p. 113.

g.

Crown bright chestnut, back rufous-brown.

e'.

No supercilium at all ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

S. ruficeps ruficeps, p. 114.

f'.

A short black supercilium directly over eye ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

S. r. atrisuperciliaris, p. 114.

 

(92) Suthora unicolor.

The Brown Suthora.

Heteromorpha unicolor Hodgs., Ind. Rev., ii, p. 32 (1838) (Nepal).

Suthora unicolor. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 64.

Vernacular names. Lho-ramnio-pho (Lepcha).

Description. Forehead and crest brown tinged with rufous: lores and supercilia reaching to the nape black; chin and sides of

Fig. 23.—Head of S. unicolor.

the head vinous brown; throat and sides of the neck greyish brown; upper plumage oUve-brown, strongly tinged with rufous on the tail and visible portions of wings; breast and lower plumage dull fulvous.

Colours of soft parts. Iris hoary grey to brown (? juv.); bill fleshy yellow to orange-yellow; legs and feet pale slaty tinged with grey or green.

Measurements. Total length about 200mm.; wing 80 to 85 mm.; tail about 102 to 107 mm.; culmen 10 mm.; tarsus about 30mm.