ij. ALcippE. 625 



fulvous-brown, as also the under tail-covcrts ; thighs rufescent ; axil- 

 laries and under wing-coverts fulvous, edge of wing paler ; quills 

 light brown below, riifeseent along the edge of the inner web ; " bill 

 black ; feet yellowish grey ; claws whitish ; iris chestnut " (David). 

 Total length 4-5 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 2-25, tail 1-8, tarsus 0-9. 

 Hah. Formosa and in China in Kiangsi and Fokien. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Formosa. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Formosa, March 1866 (It. Henry Seebohm, Esq. [P.], 



Sicinhoe). 



8. Alcippe atriceps. 



Brachypteryx atriceps, Jerd. Madr. Jouni. x. p. 250 (1839). 



Macronus atriceps, Grai/, Gen. B. i. p. 210 (1846). 



Alcippe atriceps, Bh)th, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 148 (1849) ; Bp. 

 Consp. i. p. 260 (1850) ; Jerd. B. Bid. ii. p. 19 (1863) ; Ilmne^ 

 Str. F. 1879, p. 95 ; Butler, Sir. F. 1880, p. 399. 



Malacopteron atriceps, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 317, no. 473-5 (1869). 



Adult. General colour above dark sandy brown, the lesser and 

 median wing-coverts like the back ; greater coverts and quills sepia- 

 brown, externally fulvous-brown, a little brighter than the back ; 

 tail-feathers brown, with very indistinct bars under certain lights ; 

 head and nape black, including the feathers round the eye and ear- 

 coverts ; lores whitish : cheeks and under surface of body white, 

 streaked with ashy on the breast, the flanks washed with fulvous, the 

 under tail-coverts fulvous-brown ; thighs fulvous-brown, internally 

 ashy ; axillaries and under wing-coverts pale tawn}' buff; quills 

 brown below, fulvescent along the inner web ; " bill horny brown ; 

 legs plumbeous; iris pale orange or buff" (Jerdon). Total length 

 4-7 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 2-15, tail 1'9, tarsus 0*9. 



Hah. Hills of Southern India. 



a. Ad. sk. Malab.ar. Purchased. 



b. Ad. sk. Coorg. India Museum. 



9. Alcippe nigrifrons. 



Alcippe nigrifrons, Bhjth, J. A. S. Bcng. xviii. p. 815 (1849) ; id. 

 Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 340 (1849) ; Kelaart, Prod. Cat. p. 122 

 (1852) ; Layard, Ami. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. xii. p. 269 (1853) ; Blyth, 

 Ibis, 1867, p. 302 ; Holdsio. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 446 ; Le(/ye, Ibis, 

 1874, p. 18; id. Str. F. 1875, p. 367 ; Hume, Str. F. 1878, vol. ii. 

 p. 383 ; id. Str. F. 1879, p. 95 ; Legge, Birds of Ceylon, p. 507, 

 pi. xxvii. figs. 2, 3 (1879). 



Malacopteron nigrifrons, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 317, uo. 4734 (1869). 



Adult. General colour above fulvous-brown, the lower back and 

 rump slightly brighter ; wing-coverts like the back ; quills dusky 

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

 with dusky cross bars under certain lights, and margined with ful- 

 vous-brown ; crown of head like the back, the forehead black with 

 stiffened glossy shafts to the feathers ; lores, feathers round the eye, 



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