of Assam Mammalia and Birds. 45*] 



into Assam, in which place, however, they are more common." — 

 McClelland 's MS. 



Genus Leiothrix, Swains. 



56. Leiothrix'lepida. Capite subcristato supra nuchdque cinereis 



in coerulescentem vergentibus ; dorso tectricibusque alarum ex oli- 



vaceo cinnamomeis ; alls cauddque supra ex parte coeruleis ; remi- 



gum pogoniis internis late nigris, apicibus albis ; rectricibus exte- 



rioribus pogoniis internis, omnibus apicibus albis : sub tits ex diluto 



cinnamomeo canescens. 



" Gray ; bluish on the crown, brownish on the back, and light 



bluish-gray beneath ; wings and tail blue (inclining to black), with 



minute white tips and light blue outer margins. Length five inches." 



—McClelland's MS. 



51. Leiothrix signata. Olivaceo-fusca abdomine pallidiore ; 



alis, cauddque subcastaneis ; guld obsolete flavicante ;fascid collari 



ex Icefe-cyaneo nitente. 



" Olive-brown above, lighter beneath ; a Prussian-blue streak on 



each side of the neck ; tail short and square. Length five inches".— 



McClelland s MS. 



58. Leiothrix ornata. Capite colloque suprci nigricantibus ; 

 subtits t&nidque ad later a colli per oculos ad rostrum ductd albis ; 

 notaeo cinnamomeo, crisso pallidiore ; alis cauddque nigris remigi- 

 bus secundariis albo marginatis , primoribus rectricibusque ad apices 

 albo limbatis, omnibus nitore cruento inductis. 



" Head black, with a white streak passing over each eye ; back 

 brown ; wings and tail black, variegated with scarlet and white ; be- 

 neath white."— McClelland's MS. 



Tribus Conirostres, Cuv. 



Fam. Fringillid^e, Vigors. 



Genus Mirafra, Horsf. 



59. Mirafra Assamica. Corpore cinereo-brunneo variegato, uro- 

 pygio pallidiore ; remigum pogoniis internis caudceque basi rufis ; 

 subtus ex rufescente cana, plumis pectoris nigro maculatis ; lunuld 

 obsolete fused temporibus. 



This species appears to be intermediate between Mirafra Javanica, 

 Horsf., and Mirafra phamicura, Frankl., but its characters are suffi- 

 ciently marked to distinguish it from both. 



60. Mirafra flavicollis. Suprci olivaceo-brunnea, vertice sa- 

 turation, tectricibus secundariis albicante marginatis; subtils 

 flava, fasciis paucis obsolete fuscis ; crisso cauddque subtus albi- 



cantibus. 

 Length five inches. 



Genus Ploceus, Cuv. 



61. Ploceus Manyar. Fringilla Manyar, Horsf., Trans. Linn. 

 Soc, XIII. p. 160. 



Genus Lonciiura, Sykes, Proceed. Zool. Soc, 1832, p. 94. 



