402 TIMKLIlDJi. 



Adult. General colour above slaty grey, the wing-covert8 like the 

 back : the greater scries inclining to slaty black ; quills black, the 

 primaries narrowly edged with grej', four of the secondaries exter- 

 nally white in the middle, forming a wing-patch ; tail-feathers 

 blackish brown with broad grey ends ; lores blackish ; sides of face 

 and under surface of body light slaty grey, inclining to greyish 

 white on the centre of the abdomen ; under wing-coverts and axil- 

 laries slaty grey ; quills ashy brown below, whitish along the 

 margin of the inner web ; " bill horny black ; feet greyish dusky, 

 claws horny black ; iris scarlet" (Scully). Total length 13'5 inches, 

 culmen 1, wing 4-9, tail 8-5, tarsus 1-1. 



Bah. Eastern Himalnyas, extending into the hills of Assam, 

 Burmah, and Tenasserim. 



a, b. Ad. St. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P, 



c, d, e. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P, 



(Types of species.) 

 /, [/. Ad. sk. Nepal (£. H. Hodf/son). India Museum. 



h,i. Ad.sk. Darjiling- (i'cc/es). F. D. Godmau and 0. Sal 



vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 k. Ad. sk. Darjiling (Mandelli). H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



/, m. Ad. sk. Bootan (Pemberton) . India Museum. 



2. Sibia simillima. 



Heterophasia simillima, Scdvud. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xiv. p. 232 

 (1879). 



Adult. General colour above dull slaty grey, slightly washed with 

 brown on the rump, the head rather more dusky than the back ; 

 least and median coverts like the back, the greater series and pri- 

 mary-coverts brown edged with slat}' brown ; quills dark brown, 

 with a white spot on four of the inner secondaries, slightly shaded 

 with ashy near the base, and forming a wing-patch ; tail-feathers 

 brown, broadly tipped with light ashy ; lores, feather's in front of 

 eye, and base of cheeks blackish ; rest of cheeks and ear-coverts dull 

 slaty grey ; throat and breast light slaty grey ; centre of abdomen 

 and under tail-covcrts dull white shaded with ashy ; sides of body, 

 flanks, and thighs brown, as also the axillaries and under wing- 

 coverts, the latter shaded with ashy grey ; quills dark brown below, 

 yellowish white along the basal margin of the inner web. Total 

 length l]-5 inches, culmen 0-9, wing 4'6, tail 6'75, tarsus 1"15. 

 Hah. Mountains of Sumatra. 



a. Ad. sk. Sumatra {C. Bock). Capt. K. G. Wardlaw Ramsay. 



