6. ALCTPPE. 621 



thighs light ashy fulvous : axillaries and under wiug-coverts huffy 

 white ; quills dull brown below, ashy fulvous along the edge of the 

 inner web ; " bill grey or Hvid horny, the base of the upper mandible 

 and a line along the culmen black ; feet livid fleshy ; claws grey 

 horny ; iris hazel-brown " {ScuUy). Total length 5 inches, culmen 

 0-55, wing 2-4, tail 2-35, tarsus 0-8. 



Hab. Eastern Himalayas, hills of North-eastern Bengal, ranging 

 into Tenasserim. 



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



(Types of species.) 

 c, d. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. Hi Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



e. Ad. sk. Nepal (Hodgson). Gould Collection. 



f, g. Ad. sk. Nepal (Hodgson). India Museum. 

 'h. Ad. sk. Davjiling, Dec. 1873 (Z. Man- Major Biddulph. 



dMi). 



i, k, I. Ad. sk. Darjiling, Dec 1873 (L. Man- Henry Seebohm, Esq. 



deUi). [P'.l. 



7?!. Ad. sk. Dariiling. W. Fotherinorham, Esq. 



rc.]. 



n. (S ad. sk. Dilkoosha, Cachar, May 28, J. Inglis, Esq. rc.]. 



1878. 



o, p. Ad. sk. Khasia bills (Jerdoii). Gould Collection. 



q. Ad. sk. Bootan (Pemberton). India Museum. 



3. Alcippe morrisoniana. 



Alcippe morrisonia, Swinh. Ibis, 1863, p. 296, 1865, p. 107 ; id. 



P. Z. S. 1871, p. 374 ; David ^ Omtalef, Ois. Chine, p. 219 



(1877). 

 Malacopteron momsonia, Gray, Hand-L B. i. p. 317, no. 4736 



(1869). 



Adult. General colour above dark sandy brown, clearer on the 

 lower back and rump, and duller on the mantle and upper back ; 

 wing-coverts like the back, the primary-coverts and greater series 

 dusky brown, margined with the same colour as the back ; quills 

 dusky brown, externally fulvous-brown like the back ; tail-feathers 

 brown, fulvous-brown on the edges ; head and hind neck dark 

 ashy, with slight indications of dusky blackish streaks on the side 

 of the head and nape, scarcely sufficient to form a superciliary 

 streak ; lores dusky grey, whitish at base of feathers ; round the 

 eje a ring of white feathers; ear-coverts and sides of face ashy 

 grey, the base of the cheeks whitish ; throat bufFy whitish, slightly 

 varied with duskj- streaks ; remainder of under sm-face of body 

 fawn-buff, paler and more fulvous on the breast, whiter on the 

 centre of the abdomen, and deepest in colour on the flanks, thighs, 

 and under tail-coverts ; axillaries and under wing-coverts light 

 fawn-buff ; quills dusky brown below, light fawn-colour along the 

 edge of the inner web. Total length 4-6 inches, culmen 0"55, 

 wing 2-5, tail 2*1, tarsus 0-8. 



Hab. Formosa. 



