630 TIMELIIDJE. 



8. MOUPINIA. 



Type. _ 



Moupinia, David S,- Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 219 (1877) M. poecilotis. 



Range. Western China. 



1. Moupinia poecilotis. 



Alcippe pcecilotis, J. Verr. N. Arch. Mus. vi. p. 35 (1870), vii. Bull. 



p. 37 (1871), viii. pi. 2. fig. 4 (1872). 

 Moupinia poecilotis, Darid 8j- Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 219. 



Crown of head, nape, and upper part of the back chestnut-brown ; 

 lower back and rump rufotis ; throat, middle of the chest and of 

 the belly pure white ; sides of the chest very light rufous ; flanks 

 and under tail-coverts darker rufous ; an eyebrow of silky grey, 

 ending in black, starting from the lores and extending beyond the 

 eyes ; on each side of the head a moustache of alternate grey 

 and black feathers ; several slightly developed black silky bristles 

 at the sides of the biU ; tail chestnut-rufous ; quills brown above 

 and rosy below, with an edging of chestnut-rufous on the outer 

 webs, and a salmon-coloured border on the inner web. " Iris 

 red ; biU brown on the upper mandible and whitish on the lower 

 one ; feet and claws grey." Total length ow inches, tail 2-95, 

 wing 2*5, tarsus 0'9, bill from rictus 0-45. 



The female is similar to the male in size and coloration. 



Hab. Moupin. 



9. DENDROBIASTES. 



Type. 

 Dendrobiastes, Sharpe, Tr. Linn. Soc, new series, Zool. 



vol. i. p. 332 (1876) U. basilanica. 



Range. Philippine Islands. 



1. Dendrobiastes basilanica, 



Dendrobiastes basilanica, Sha)-pe, Tr. Linn. Soc, new series, Zool. 

 i. p, 332, pi. liii. fig. 1 (1876). 



Adult female (type of species). General colour above rufous- 

 brown ; the wing-coverts coloured like the back ; bastard wing and 

 primary-coverts sepia-brown or blackish, only washed with fulvous- 

 brown near the base of the outer web ; quills dark broAvn, externally 

 edged with rufous, the upper tail-coverts deep chestnut, the lower 

 rump also washed with this colour ; tail-feathers dark brown, washed 

 with rufous on the outer web ; head rather more ashy brown than 

 the back, washed with fulvous-brown ; lores and an indistinct eye- 

 brow huffy whitish ; round the eye a ring of fulvous feathers ; rest 

 of the sides of the face fulvous-brown, narrowly streaked along the 

 shafts with whitish ; throat huffy white, rest of under surface of 

 body white ; the breast fulvous-browu, as well as the sides of the 

 body, the latter slightly inclining to olive-brown ; thighs fulvous- 

 brown ; bill blackish brown, the under mandible paler; feet pale, 

 yellowish (ia skin) ; iris hazel. Total length 4-2 inches, culmcn 

 0-55, wing 2-4, tail 1-6, tarsus 0-8. (Coll. J. B. Sfeere.) 



Hah. Island of Basilan, Philijipinr archipelago. 



