400 MUSciCAriD-U. 



the centre ; Lrcast, sides of body, and under tail-coverts light ochra- 

 ceous brown, washed with olive on the sides of the upper breast, 

 the centre of the abdomen whitish : thighs brown ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries light ochraceous buff ; quills sepia-brown below , 

 mfeseent along the edge of the inner web. Total length 4*5 inches, 

 cirlnien 0*4, wing 2*35, tail 2, tarsus 0'7. 

 Hah. Himalaya Mountains. 



a. S ad. sir. Sikbim, Jan. 1874. L. Mandelli, Esq. [P.l. 



b. $ ad. sk. Sikhim, Oct. 1873. L. Mandelli, Esq. [P.]. 

 c,d. (S ?ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



e. (S ad. sk. Himalayas. Capt. Stackhouse FinwiU [P.]. 



/. 5 ad. sk. Himalayas. Purchased. 



'2. Digenea cerviniventris. 



SipMa tricolor, Godw.-Aust. J. A. >S. B. 1872, p. 142 (nee Hodr/s.). 

 Siphia leucomelauura, Godic.-Aust. J. A. S. B. 1878, p. \h(necBlyth). 



Similar to D. Icucomclanura, but deep fawn-coloured underneath 

 instead of white. Total length 4 inches, culmen 0-35, wing 2-2, 

 tail 1-9, tarsus 0-7. 



Hab. Khasia and neighbouring ranges of hills. 



a. (5 ad. sk. Munipur hiUs. Colonel Godwin-Austen [P.]. 



Obs. The specimen presented by Colonel Godwin-Austen seems to 

 be so different from all the Himalayan skins, that it appears to be 

 a distinct species. 



3. Digenea monilig-er. (Plate XIY. fig. 1.) 



Dimorpha? moniliger, Hodf/s. P. Z. S. 1845, p. 26. 



Anthipes gularis, B/i/fh, J. A. S. B. s-xi. p. 122 ; id. Ibis, 1805, p. 44. 



Anthipes moniliger, Bbjth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 172 ; Bj). Cunsp. 



i. p. 319 ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 477 ; BhjtJi &f Wald. B. Biirm. p. 103 ; 



Hume, Str. F. 1877, p. 11-3. 

 Kiltava moniliger, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 326, no. 4902, 



Adult. General colour above olive-brown, slightly fulvescent and 

 rather inclining to rufous on the rump ; least wing-coverts olive- 

 brown like the back, remainder of wing-coverts and quills ferru- 

 ginous, the latter sepia-brown on the inner web, the primaries 

 externally paler rufous ; primary-coverts dusky brown, contrasting 

 with the rufous of the wing ; upper tail-coverts and tail ferruginous, 

 the tail-feathers browner on the inner web ; lores and an iudistinct 

 eyebrow fulvous ; car-coverts and sides of face olive-brown, the 

 former with whitish shaft-lines ; throat white, margined all rorrnd 

 by a line of black feathers ; rest of under surface of body light 

 fulvous-brown, white in the centre of the abdomen, the lower flanks 

 and thighs somewhat tinged with rufous ; under wing-coverts ful- 

 vous, the lower ones whiter ; quills dull brown below, light rufous- 

 buff along the inner web ; " bill black ; legs and claws pale fleshy ; 

 iris dark brown " (Jerdon). Total length 4-2 inches, culmen 0-4 

 wing 2-35, tail 1-75, tarsus 0-8. 



