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PARADOXORNITHIDÆ.
B.
Supercilium obsolete or entirely absent.
d.
Crown and upper plumage orange-brown.
c'.
Ear-coverts slaty grey, breast fulvous
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S. p. feæ, p. 111.
d'.
Ear-coverts brown, breast orange-fulvous
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S. gularis craddocki, p. 111.
e.
Crown chestnut-brown, back olive-brown
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S. webbiana brunnea, p. 112.
f.
Centre of crown fulvous, back olive-yellow
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S. fulvifrons, p. 113.
g.
Crown bright chestnut, back rufous-brown.
e'.
No supercilium at all
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S. ruficeps ruficeps, p. 114.
f'.
A short black supercilium directly over eye
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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.