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a. d" ad. sk. Ponsee, Kakhven hills, 3300 Dr. J. Auderson [C.]. 



feet, March 1868. 



Ohs. Since writing the above account of the female, Capt. Ward- 

 law Ramsay has kindly lent me two females obtained by himself in 

 the Karen hills; I find that these agree with Mr. Hume's description. 



Subsp. n. Ptererythrius cameranoi. 



Pteruthius cameranoi, Salvad. Ann. Mtis. Civic. Genov. xiv. (1879), 

 p. 233 ; WariUaio Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 16. 



Adult male. Differing rom P. ceralatus by the absence of the 

 vinous tinge on the flanks ; it therefore partly resembles P. jluvi- 

 scapis, but has a grey back. 



Female (according to Salvadori) above olive-grey ; underparts 

 ochraceous white, paler on the throat ; wings black, with olive- 

 yellow margins ; tail olive-yellow, blackish towards the tip ; the 

 three outer pairs tipped with yellowish white. Length of wing 

 3 inches, tail 1-8, tarsus 0-92. 



Huh. Mount Singalan, Sumatra. 



3. Ptererythrius rufiventer. 



Pteruthius rufiventer, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xi. p. 183, xii. p. 954; id. 

 Cat. B. 3Ius. As. 6'oc. p. 2B ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 270, pi. 67 ; 

 Gould, B. Asia, pt. ix. ; JBj). C. A. i. p. 362 ; Hoisjiekl >5- Muore, Cat. 

 B. Mils. E.I. Co. i. p. 173 ; Jercl. B. Ind. ii. p. 24.j; Grai/, Hand-l. 

 B. i. p. 314, no. 4(383; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 104. 



Achdt male. General colour above, scapulars, and upper tail-coverts 

 chestnut-brown ; wing-coverts, quills, and tail-feathers shining black, 

 the primaries -with a very narrow whitish margin on the terminal 

 half of the outer web ; the secondaries and tail-feathers with chest- 

 nut-brown tips ; the whole head, cheeks, and hind neck entirely 

 black ; chin, throat, and fore neck pale grey ; sides of the breast 

 light yellowish brown ; centre of breast, abdomen, and under tail- 

 coverts vinous brown, flauks a little darker ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries white, but the outer under wing-coverts dusky grey; 

 under surface of quills dusky grey -with a large whitish margin on 

 the inner edge of the web ; bill black ; feet flesh-coloured in the 

 skin. Total length 7'7 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 3-5, tail 3-6, 

 tarsus 1-2. 



The female has the mantle and back, including the wing-coverts, 

 dark olive-green; primary- coverts black; quills blackish, exter- 

 nally margined with olive-yellow ; the innermost secondaries tipped 

 with chestnut -brown ; upper tail-coverts and rump also chestnut- 

 brown ; head greenish black, except the forehead, which is grey 

 and mottled with black ; sides of head, cheeks, chin, throat, fore 

 neck, and part of the breast grey ; lower part of breast and rest of 

 iinder surface, including the under tail-coverts, thighs, and axiUaries, 

 vinous brown ; sides of upper breast in the adult female as in the 

 male, tinged with light yellowish brown. Total length 7"5 inches, 

 culmen 0*8, wing 3"5, tail 3-o, tarsus 1'2. 



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