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Assam, Eastern Bengal, Assam, Burma as far south as Tennasserim, Shan States, 

 Yunnan, and Northern Siam. 



(2) Chibia hotientotta brevirostris. 



Trichomeiopus brevirostris Cab., Mus. Heiti. L p. 112 (1851). 



Type Locality. China. 



About the same in size as C. h. hottentoita ; wing average, 168- 6 mm., and 

 running from 160 to 180 mm., but with a distinctly smaller bill, measuring on 

 an average only 25-3, and never exceeding 26 mm. 



Habitat. South China. 



