'S. MINLA. 



4. Minla brunneicauda. 



609 



^/'^o^'L?*^°®^''^P^ ^"""^ ^o<r/«.), Waid. in BlytlisB. Burm p 110 

 ^ i«l; /n1 '^i^«"'««''' *■''•• ^- JS^B, vol. i. p. 372; Hume, Str. 

 J". 18h0, p. 104; Oates, B. Brit. Burm. i. p. 146 (1883). 



Similar io M. castanekeps, but distinguished by its olive-brown 

 tan. ihe wing is much duller in eolonr, being externally orange- 

 brown like the wing-coverts, without the brilliant orange aspect of 

 the above-named species ; " legs, feet, and claws pale greenish brown ; 

 bill dark brown, base of lower mandible plumbeous ; irides deep 

 biwn {Davison). Total length 4-5 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 'A 

 tail 1-7, tarsus 0-9. 



Hah Replaces the foregoing species in the Khasia hills, i.robably 

 extending into Tenasserim. 



a. Ad. sk. Khasia hills {Jerdori). Gould Collection. 



^. Minla cinerea. 



Minla cinerea, ^^/''/^J-. A. S. Beng. xvi. p. 449 (1847) ; Je,-d. B. Ind- 



II. p. 2o.5 (1863) ; mime, Sir. F. 1879, p. 104 

 Le.othnx cinerea, Bb,th, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 100 (1849) ; Moore, 



p. 36/ (1854) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 313, no. 4678 (1869). 

 Adult. General colour above dark ashy grey, streaked with black 

 on the mantle and upper back ; wing-coverts and quills brown the 

 primaries with paler brown margins ; tail-feathers brown • head and 

 nape ashy brown, with black edges to the feathers, produciuo- a 

 mottled appearance ; a distinct streak of yellowish white runnhi- 

 from the base of the bill to the sides of the occiput and succeeded bv 

 a black streak above the ear-coverts ; the latter ashy brown, streaked 

 with white ; round the eye a ring of whitish feathers ; in front of 

 the eye a dusky black spot ; cheeks white, slightly mottled with 

 black tips to the feathers ; throat and under surface of body yellowish 

 white, the sides of the body ashy brown, with a large tuft of white 

 on the flanks: thighs brown externaUy, white on their inner aspect • 

 under tail-coverts dull white, with dusky centres ; under wino--coverts 

 and axillaries white : quills dusky brown below, whitish alon- their 

 inner web ; '' bUl dusky ; legs fleshy yellow ; iris brown " (J^don). 

 lotal length 3-/ inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2, tail 1-45. tarsus 0-85 

 roung. k little more yellow below than the adults, the eyebrow 

 also tinged with light yellow. 



Hah Eastern Himalayas, extending into the hills of North-eastern 

 Bengal. 



a. Ad. ; b. Juv. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. fP 1 



S ^ J > T , ^^V^^ {Hodgson). Gould Collection. ^ '^^ 



d e. Ad ; /, g. .Tuv. sk. Nepal [Hodgson). India Museum. 



^' '• -^d- ^^- Siklnm (MandeJIi). H. Seebohm, Esq. [P ] 



