Mr. F. Moore on Birds from Northern India. 67 



Trichastoma Ahbotti, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xvi. p. 462 ; Catal. B. 

 Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 147. Bonap. C. G. Av. p. 259. 



Malacopteron Abbotti, G. R. Gray, Gen. of Birds, iii. App. p. 9. 



Hab. Arracan (No. 919, Hodgs. Catal.). 



Spec. Char. *' Colour above plain olive-brown, tinged with rufous 

 on the rump and tail ; the upper tail-coverts ferruginous brown, 

 under parts paler ; the throat and middle of the belly white ; the ear- 

 coverts, sides of the breast and flanks rufescent ; the lower tail-coverts 

 weak ferruginous ; bill horn-colour, paler beneath. 



"Length, 6 inches ; of wing, 3; tail, 2i; bill to gape, \^', andtarse 

 the same." — Blyth. 



Mr. Blyth states Arracan to be the habitat of this bird. Speci- 

 mens have lately been presented to the Company's Museum by B. H. 

 Hodgson, Esq., from Nepal, and by Capt. R. C. Tytler from Dacca. 



Fam. SYLviADiE, Vigors. 



Subfam. Saxicolina, Vigors. 



Genus Nemura, Hodgson. 



Syn. lanthia, Blyth. 



5. Nemura Hodgsoni, nobis. 



Male : colour of the upper parts purplish blue, brightening to vivid 

 ultramarine on the crown ; forehead, lores and sides of head, wings 

 and tail black, the two latter margined with blue externally ; on the 

 rump some of the feathers are tipped with white ; upper tail-coverts 

 blue ; lower parts yellowish ferruginous ; under wing-coverts, flanks 

 and under tail-coverts white. Female : ferruginous brown, richer on 

 the rump ; wings and tail dusky, margined with ferruginous brown 

 externally ; lores, ear-coverts and under parts pale dusky ferruginous ; 

 under tail-coverts white ; bill black ; legs pale horn colour. 



Length, 3fths of an inch; wing, 3 j ; tail, 1^; bill to front, f ; 

 to gape, ^; tarse, | an inch. 



Hab. Nepal (No. 949, Hodgs. Catal.). 



Subfam. Philomelina, Swains. 

 Genus Tarsiger, Hodgson. 



6. Tarsiger superciliaris, Hodgson. 



Male : above deep cyaneous ; wings brown, margined with cya- 

 neous and rufous on the shoulder, primaries also margined with rufous, 

 secondaries with cyaneous ; tail brown, margined with cyaneous ; a 

 white superciliary streak extending one inch and a half from the nares 

 to the back of the neck ; lores and cheeks black ; beneath rufous ; 

 centre of belly white. Female : olive-brown above ; wings and tail 

 brown, margined with rusty olive ; superciliary streak not so clear as 

 in the male ; beneath pale dull rufous ; centre of belly and shafts of 

 the underside of tail white ; bill black ; legs horn colour. 



Length, 5^ inches ; of wing, 3f ; tail, 2|; bill to gape, |; tarse, 1|. 



Hab. Nepal (No. 924, Hodgs. Catal.). 



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