PARADOXORNIS GULARIS, Horsf.
Grey-crowned Paradoxornis.
Paradoxomis gularis, Horsf. MSS.—Gray and Mitch. Gen. o f Birds, vol. ii. p. 389, Paradoxornis, sp. 3. pi. xciv. fig. 2.
Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. p. 500, Paradoxomis, sp. 2.—Moore, Cat. Birds Mus. East India Comp.
Paradoxomis (Heteromorpha ?) caniceps, Blyth, J. A. S. vol. xviii. p. 810.
Heteromorpha ? (Paradoxomis?') caniceps, Blyth, Cat. o f Birds in Mus. Asiat. Soc. p. 102.
A s in g l e example of this rare species of Paradoxornis has been sent to the Museum of the Honourable
East India Company by M r. Pemberton, from Bhotan. I find Dr. Horsfield’s MS. name o f gularis attached
to this specimen, and under that appellation it has been published by Messrs. Gray and Mitchell in their
“ Genera o f Birds ” above quoted. I believe the specimen referred to is the only one in this country; the
bird appears to be known to Mr. Blyth, and to have received from him the appropriate name of caniceps,
which, however, cannot be retained, in consequence of its not having been published until after that of
gularis had been assigned it by Dr. Horsfield.
In his Catalogue o f the B irds in the Museum o f the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Mr. Blyth questions whether
this bird belongs to the genus Paradoxornis or to Heteromorpha; the latter term, however, having been
given to a species which I can see no sufficient reason for separating from the true Paradoxorni, I apprehend
that if the present bird and the P . ruficeps are to be separated, they must receive an entirely new generic
appellation ; for the present therefore I prefer to retain them in the genus Paradoxornis.
Forehead, a line passing over each eye to the occiput, and a mark down the centre of the throat black;
crown of the head and cheeks g re y ; upper surface and wings pale reddish brown; primaries dark brown,
edged with pale reddish brown ; tail light brown; circle round the eye, lower part o f the cheeks and under
surface cream-white, tinged with buff on the flanks ; bill orange-yellow; feet greenish.
The figures are o f the natural size.