66 CAMPOPHAGLDJE. 



/, m. Ad., «. Juv. sk. N.W. Ilimalavas. Capt. Stacklaouse IMnwill 



o. 2 imni. sk. Murree. Capt. J. Biddulph [C.]. 



p, g. Ad. sk. Murree. Capt. C.H. T.Marshall [P.]. 



r, s. Ad. St. Nepal. B. IT. Hodgson, Esq. | P.I. 



t, u. Ad. St. Behar. B. H. Ilodgsou, Esq. [P.]. 



7. Campophaga intermedia. 



Volvocivora intermedia, Hume, Sti: F. 1877, p. 205 ; id. ^- Davison, 



Str. F. 1878, p. 210. 

 Volvocivora melaschistus, Walde7i in Bh/tKs B. JBtirm. p. 123 ; Hume, 



Str. F. 1874, p. 474. 



" It is very close to Volvocivora melaschistus, and, as such, I origi- 

 nally identified it ; but with twenty-four specimens before me I find 

 that, sex being ascertained, no specimen of it can be mistaken for a 

 specimen of the corresponding sex of V. melaschistus ; but it is much 

 the same size, and the old males are as nearly as possible the same 

 colour as the females of V. melaschistus. Except as regards colour, 

 I can point at present to no unfailing and absolute diagnosis between 

 it andF. melaschistus. Bi;t, as a rule, the exterior lateral tail-feather 

 is longer. In no specimen is this latter more than 1-2 inch shorter 

 than the middle one, and, as a rule, it is only about 1 inch shorter. 

 Usually there is a great deal more white upon the taU, the white 

 tippings being conspicuously broader. As to size of bill, I can say 

 nothing ; for in both this race and the true V. melaschistus the bill 

 varies extraordinarily in dimensions. AYiug of males varying from 

 4-55-4-S4, of females from 4-4-4-7." {A. 0. Hume.) 



Hah. Hills of Teuasserim, extendmg in the cold weather to the 

 sea-board and plains of Pegu. 



8. Campophaga saturata. 



Volvocivora saturata, SwiiJwe, /?>«, 1870, p. 242; id. P. Z. S. 1871, 

 p. 378 ; David ^- Oustal. Ois. Cidne, p. 103. 



Adult male (Hainan, Feb. 1868 ; tj^je of species). General 

 colour above very dark slaty grey, the upjjer taU-coverts with obsolete 

 whitish margins ; wings black, with a slight greenish gloss, the 

 quills narrowly margined with ochraceous or buffy white ; tail- 

 feathers greenish black, tipped with white, the white ends becoming 

 broader towards the outermost ; the middle tail-feathers shaded with 

 grey towards the base ; sides of face dark slaty grey, the feathers in 

 front of the eye blackish ; under surface of body dark slaty grey, 

 paler on the under tail-coverts, the longest of which are tipped with 

 white; under wing-coverts and axillaries like the breast, those on 

 the edge of the wing margined with lighter grey ; quills blackish 

 below, with an obscure white patch about halfway down the quills, 

 formed by a broad white edging to the middle portion of the inner 

 webs of the primaries. Total length 7'6 inches, culmen 0*7, wing 

 4-45, tail 4-1, tarsus 0-85. {Mus. H. Seebohn.) 



Adult femde. Similar to the male; but the back more shaded 



