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like the back. This is apparently a sign of immaturity, probably 

 the dress of the j'oung bird after its first moult, as Col. Godwiu- 

 Austen has specimens of both sexes correctly determined, and the 

 hen bird shows scarcely any difierence in plumage, the head being 

 yellow hke the male. 



YoiuKj. Differs from the adult in its nearly uniform dull colora- 

 tion. The upper surface is olive-brown with a greenish tinge ; 

 the ear-coverts like the back, with a light olive-greenish streak 

 separating them from the crown ; under surface of body lighter 

 olive-green. 



Hab. Eastern Himalayas and hills of ^''orth-eastern Bengal. 



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



(Types of species.) 

 c,(l,e,f. Ad. ; ff k,i. Nepal. B. H" Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



Juv. sk. 

 k, I. m. Ad. sk. Nepal {Hodgson). India Museum. 



n, o,p. Ad. sk. Sikhim {Mandelli). W. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Oligura superciliaris. 



Myiothera leptura, Kuhl. 



Micrura superciliaris, S. Mull, in Mus. Lugd., undh Bp. Consp. i. p. 258 



(1850). 

 ]\Iicrocercus superciliaris, Ftiz. Sitz. k. Akud. TVien, xlvi. p. 215 



(1863). 

 Brachypteryx lepturus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 312, no. 4669 (1869). 

 Tesia superciliaris, Blyfh, Ibis, 1870, p. 167. 



Adult male. General colour above oUve-brown, with a slight 

 greenish tinge on the back ; wing-coverts like the back ; quills ashy 

 brown, externally edged with the same colour as the back, much 

 ligher on the edge of the primaries ; tail-feathers like the back ; 

 crown of head black ; a streak of ashy grey from the base of the 

 bill to the sides of the nape, forming a bro id eyebrow ; lores, 

 feathers below the eye, and a streak along the upper ear-coverts 

 black ; sides of face and ear-coverts ashj' grey ; throat dull ashy 

 brown, slightly mottled with whitish bases to the feathers, the 

 markings nearly obsolete ; chest ashy brown ; abdomen white ; 

 sides of body olive-greenish, more dusky on the thighs ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries ashy grey, with a slight olive tinge ; quills 

 dark brown below, lighter brown along the edge of the inner web. 

 Total length 3-4 inches, culmen Oo-j, wing 1"95, tail 0"75, larsus 1. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but a trifle smaller. Total 

 length 3"4 inches, culmen 0"6, wing 1-S5, tail 0'6, tarsus 0-9. 



Hab. Java. 



a,b. S 9. ad. sk. West Java, A. E. Wallace, Esq. [P.]. 



c. Ad. St. Java. Leyden Museum. 



