40G Tl.MELIID.i:. 



the ear-coverta slightly browner ; entire under surface of body pure 

 white, excepting a small black chin-spot; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries also white, the edge of the wing mixed with black ; quills 

 dusky blackish below, white at the base of the inner web; "bill 

 black ; legs, feet, and claws very dark horny brown ; iris lake " 

 ( W. Davison). Total length 8 inches, culmen U*75, wing 3'35, tail 

 3'95. tarsus 1"15. {Mus. H. G. Wardlaw Ramsay.) 

 Hah. Hills of Tenasserim. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Mooleyit, 5000 feet, Jan 29, A. 0. ITume, Esq. 



1877 ( W. Davison). 



4. Malacias desgodinsi. 



Sibia desgodinsii, Oust. 4' David, Bull. Sac. Philom. Pan's (7) i. 

 p. 139 (1877) ; David ^ Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 550 (1877). 



Adult. Head and nape deep black, with blue reflections, this tint 

 descending on the cheeks as far as the chin and stopping abruptlj' 

 on the sides of the throat ; back grey slightly washed with rufous ; 

 rump and upper tail-coverts of a clearer grey ; primary and secon- 

 dary quiUs of nearly the same shade as the head, with the inner webs 

 whitish at the base ; a little white spot on the carpal joint : median 

 tail-feathers black with blue or greenish reflections, and broadly 

 bordered with ashy grey at the tips ; lateral tail-feathers blackish 

 brown, with clearer and broader borders than those of the centre 

 tail-feathers, the grey traversing the greater part of the outer 

 feathers ; chin and under tail-coverts pure white ; lower parts 

 white slightly washed with reddish, washed with grey on the 

 flanks. Total length 8 inches, wing 3*95, tail 3-35, tarsus 1*25, 

 bill from forehead 0-7. (David tf- Oustalet.) 



Hal. China : Yer-ka-lo, on the Me-Kong river, 29"' 2' 30" N. lat. 



5. Malacias gracilis. 



Hypsipetes gracilis, McClell. P. Z. 8. 1839, p. 159. 



Actinodura gracilis, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xii. p. 958 (1843). 



Sibia gracilis, Blyth, J. A. S. Beruj. xvi. p. 449 (1847), xx. p. 521 



(1851) ; id. Cat. B. Mus. As. .S'oc, A2)p. p. viii (1849) ; Gray, Gen. 



B. i. p. 238 (1847) ; Horsf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. 



p. 216 (1854) ; Jerd. B. liid. ii. p. 5G (1863) ; Gray, Hafid-l. B. i. 



p. 273, no. 4008 (18G9) ; Godioin- Austen, J. A. S. Beng. xxxix. 



p. 105 (1870) ; Hume, Sir. F. 1875, p. 413. 

 Alcopus gracilis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 260 (1850). 

 Malacias gracihs, Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 97. 



Adult. General colour above slaty brown, the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts ashy grey ; lesser and median wing-coverts black, the 

 greater series slaty grey, edged with black at the tip, the basal 

 portion whitish, forming a conspicuous band across the upper part 

 of the wing ; the outer greater coverts black, with only a small 

 basal part whitish ; primar3--coverts black ; quills black, the pri- 

 maries margined with hoary grey ; the innermost secondaries ashy 



