598 timelitdjE. 



6". Forehead and sinciput rufous, not extending 

 to the occiput ; under surface light fulves- 



cent brown tinged with yellow rufifrons, p. 599. 



h' . Under surface of body grey, with a pale olive- 

 brown band across the breast ; sides of face 



gi'ey poliugaster, p. 599. 



b. No rufous on forehead. 



c'. Lores and chin black pyrrhops, p. 600. 



d'. No black on chin, the latter yellow \ ■ ■;■ „ nrv-i 



' •' ( assimilis, p. b02. 



1. Stachyi-idopsis ruficeps. 



Stachyris ruticeps, Blyth, J. A. 8. Beny. xvi. p. 452 (1847) ; id. Cat. 



B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 150 (1849); Bp. Consp. i. p. 2.32 (1850) ; 



Moore, P. Z. 8. 1854, p. 141 ; Horsf. ^ Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. 



Mus. i. p. 409 (1854) ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepal pres. Hodys. 



p. 45 (1863, e.v Hodys. Icon. ined. Ajip. pi. 89, no. 92-3) ; Hume 



(^ Davis. 8tr. F. 1878, vol. i. p. 265 ; Hmne, Str. F. 1879, p. 95. 

 Timalia ruficeps. Gray, Gen. B. iii. Apj). p. 10 (1849); id. Hand-l. 



B. i. p. 315, no. 4710 (1869). 

 Stachyris prsecognitus, Sivinh. Ibis, 1866, p. 310 ; id. P. Z. 8. 1871, 



p. 373; Gould, B. Asia, part xxv. (1873); David i^ Oust. Ois. 



Chine, p. 224 (1877). 

 Timalia prfccoguitus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 315, no. 4712 (1869). 



Adult. General colour above olive-brown, the wing-coverts like 

 the back ; greater coverts, quills, and tail-feathers brown, washed 

 with olive on the outer webs ; crown of head bright rufous, the 

 nape also slightly tinged with a rufescent shade ; frontal feathers 

 with slightly indicated black shaft-lines ; lores and an indistinct 

 eyebrow light yellow ; ear-coverts olive-brown ; sides of face and 

 under surface of body light yeUow, the sides of body, thighs, and 

 under tail-coverts olive-brown ; on the throat and fore neck there 

 are slight indications of blackish shaft-lines ; under wing-coverts and 

 asillaries white slightly tinged with yeUow ; quiUs brown below, 

 white along the edge of the inner web ; " bill plumbeous brown, 

 reddish beneath ; legs pale yellow-brown ; irides light brown " (Jerclon). 

 Total length 4'7 inches, culmen 0'65, wing 2*1, tail 2"1, tarsus 0"85. 

 Some specimens are browner than others, while some are more 

 distinctly olive on the upper surface. 



After comparison of specimens, I have come to the conclusion that 

 S. pTcecognitus of Swinhoe cannot be distinguished specifically from 

 S. ruficeps. Mr. Swinhoe, when he described the species, compared 

 it to S. chryscea, to which it presents very little resemblance. 



Hah. Nepal, throughout the Eastern Himalayas and the Khasia 

 hills : thence it probably ranges throughout Southern China (as it 

 has been found by Abbe David in Szechuen and Kiangsi) to the 

 island of Formosa. 



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



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



ff, h. Ad. sk. Nepal (Ilodyson). India Museum. 



i. Ad. sk. Sikhim, Xuv. 1872 Major J. Biddulph. 



{Mandelli). 



