276 PRIONOPID.E. 



2. Tephrodornis affinis. 



Teplirodomis affinis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 473; id. Cat. B. Mus. 



A. S. B. p. 15''. ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 358 ; Gray, Hcind-l. B. i. p. 394} 



Hume, Str. F. 1873, p. 434. 

 Tephrodornis pondiceriana, Soldsw. P. Z. S. 187-, p. 437. 



Achtlt [malel. Above slaty grej-, with only a slight trace of a 

 paler eyebrow ; wing-coverts grey like the back, the greater series 

 ashy brown like the quills, which are externally washed with grey ; 

 lower rump white ; upper tail-coverts black ; tail-feathers blackish 

 brown, the two outermost white, with blackish bases and a black 

 spot at the tip of the feather; nasal bristles and lores greyish brown, 

 the feathers above and below the eye and the ear-coverts deeper 

 black ; cheeks and chin white ; rest of under surface ashy, with a 

 pinkish shade, gradually becoming white on the abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts cinereous, the edge of the wing 

 white ; " bill dusky ; feet dusky lead-colour ; iris dull yellow " 

 (Holdsworth). Total length 6-4 inches, culmen OS, wing 3-35, 

 tail 2-45, tarsus 0'6o. 



Adult female (Colombo : Leyge). Similar to the supposed male 

 above described, but duller in colour, browner above, and below 

 washed with ashy brown, extending well onto the throat ; the eye- 

 brow rather whiter and more distinct. Total length 6 inches, cul- 

 men 0-75, wing 3"3, tail 2-5, tarsus 0-65. 



Ohs. Mr. Holdsworth says that, after comparing Ceylonese spe- 

 cimens with a series of Indian ones, he cannot separate them ; but 

 ray experience is directly the opposite, and I consider that T. affinis 

 is quite distinct, and approaches T. gularis of Malacca. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Ceylon. E. L. Layard, Esq. [C.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Ceylon. ' T. Thwaites, Esq. [C.]. 



<7,e. Ad.,/, juy.sk. Near Newara Elia. Mr. E. Boate [C.]. 



g. $ ad. sk. Colombo, Jan. I, 18G9. Capt. Vincent Legge [P.]. 



3. Tephrodornis pelvicus. 



Tentheca pelvica, Hodgs. Ind. Revieiu, i. p. 447. 



Tentheca petrica, Gray, List Gen. B. 1841, p. 48. 



Tephrodornis pelvica, Gray, Cat. Matmn. l^x. Nepal, Hod(/s. p. 99 ; 

 Blyth, J. A. S. B. XV. p. 304 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 290; Bhjth, Cat. 

 B. Mus. A.S.B. p. 153; i^p. Consp. i. p 357 ; Horsf. ^ Moore, 

 Cat. B. 3Im. E.I. Co. i. p. 171 ; Jerd. B. Bid. i. p. 409; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 394; Sicinh. F. Z. S. 1871, p. 377; Godwin-Auk. 

 J. A. S. B. xxxix. p. 99 ; Hume, Str. F. 1874, p. 474, 1875, pp. 13, 

 92 ; Blyth ^- Wald. B. Bnrm. p. 122. 



Adult. General colour above pale ashy brown, the head cinereous 

 grey, occupying also the nape and hind neck, the forehead slightly 

 whitish ; feathers of rump greyish white at base, barred with brown 

 near the tip, upper tail-coverts white, the long ones brown like the 

 tail-feathers, which have light-brownish shafts and narrow white 

 tips; wings pale brown, the coverts narrowly margined with whity 



