602 TIMELIID^. 



3000 to 5000 feet, and extends into the hills of Arrakan and the 

 Khasia hills. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



[P.]. (Types of species.) 

 c, c?. Ad. ; c,/. Juv. sk. Nepal. B. II. Hodgson, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 g,h. Ad. ; i,k. Juv. sk. Nepal {B. H. Hodgson). India Museum. 

 I, m, n, 0. Ad. sk. Sikhim {Mandelli). H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



6. Stachyridopsis assimilis. 



Stachyris assimilis, Wald. in BlytJis B. Burm. p. 116 (1875) ; Hume, 

 Str. F. 1877, pp. 57, 113; Hume i^ Davis. Str. F. 1878, vol. i. 

 p. 265 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 95 ; Ramsay, in Tiveedd. Orn. 

 Works, ^. mi (1881). 



Stachyris bocagii, Salvad. Ann. Mus.Civic. Genov. xiv. p. 223 (1879)*; 

 Hume, Str. F. 1880, p. 117. 



Adult female (Karen-nee ; R. G. Wardlaw Ramsay : type of 

 species). Above ashy greenish olive, a little yellower on the rump ; 

 wing-coverts ashy brown, narrowly margined with the same colour 

 as the back ; quills dusky brown, externally margined with olive- 

 yellow, brighter on the primaries ; tail-feathers light ashy brown, 

 edged with olive-greenish ; head pale golden yellow, brighter on the 

 forehead and lores ; the crown and nape streaked with dusky down 

 the centres of the feathers ; sides of face dusky yellowish, ashy on the 

 ear-coverts, which have indistinct streaks ; cheeks, throat, and 

 under surface of body light golden yellow, a little greener on the 

 sides of the breast and flanks ; under wing-coverts white or yellowish 

 white, brighter on the edge of the wing ; quills dusky below, 

 yellowish white along the edge of the inner web ; " iris brown ; 

 bill dark plumbeous, pinkish at base of lower mandible ; legs light 

 greenish brown" {R. G. W. R.) ; "legs and feet fleshy yellow ; 

 upper mandible brown, lower mandible pale plumbeous, fleshy at 

 base ; iris deep red-brown " ( W. Bavison). Total length 4-1 inches, 

 culmen 0-5, wing 1-9, tail I'Go, tarsus 0'7. {Miis. R. G. Wardlaw 

 Ramsay.) 



Adidt male (Karen-nee ; R. G. W. R.). Similar in plumage to the 

 female Total length 4-3 inches, culmen 0-(>5, wing 1-9, tail 1-65, 

 tarsus 0*7. (Mus. R. G. Wardlaw Ramsay.) 



* The following is a translation of Count Salvadori's description of 8. 

 bocagii : — 



Above greenish olive ; head yellowish, the crown streaked with dusty ; lores 

 dusky ; under surface of body yellow, the throat brighter ; the sides tinged with 

 green ; wings and tail dusky ashy grey, the outer margius of the feathers 

 greenish oli^e ; bill and feet dusky ; iris chestnut. Total length 4-3 inches, 

 bill 045, wing 2, tail 1-75, tarsus 0-65. (Salvadori.) 



Inhabits the mountains of Sumatra. It is described by Count Salvadori as 

 being allied to <S'. chri/saa, from which it differs in the greener shade of the 

 upper surface, the dusky streaks on the crown being less pronounced, the colour 

 of tlie head greenish, less verging towards golden yellow, the lores dusky instead 

 of black, the less brilliant yellow of the belly, which is slightly greenish, and by 

 the tail being longer and duller in colour. 



