94 



/. 2 ad. sk. 



ff. 2 ad. sii. 



h-l. Ad. etjuv. 



sk. 

 m. 5 ad. sk. 

 71, 0. Ad. sk. 

 p. Ad. sk. 

 q. Ad. sk. 

 ?•. (^ ad. sk. 



s. 5 ad. sk. 



f, it. 5 ad. sk. 



y, w. (S ad. sk. 

 .(■, y. Ad. sk. 

 ::. Ad. sk. 

 n. (J ad. sk. 



//. J ad. sk. 

 (/. 5 ad. sk. 

 d',e'. (S 5ad.sk, 



Chekianp^ Province, May 187.5 

 ( W. B. Pryer). 



Ningpo. 



Amoy, May, April, Oct. {R. 



Stcinhoe). 

 Amoy {G. Schlegel). 

 Fokien. 

 Canton. 



Canton, April 18G0 {R. Stoinhoe). 

 Whampoa, April 17, 1860 {R. 



Swhihoe). 

 Macao, March 15, 1866 (R. 



SwinJioe). 

 Naochow Island, Feb. 1868 (R. 



Swinhoe). 

 Hainan, Feb. 1868 (R. Sxvinhoe). 

 S.W. Fonnosa (R. Sioinhoe). 

 Takow, Nov. 186-5 {R. Swinhoe). 

 Szechuen, W. China, May 22 {R. 



Su-iiikoe). 

 Luzon, April 1872 (A. B. Meyer). 

 Luzon, Jan. 1872 (.4. B. Meyer). 

 San Mateo, Luzon, Feb. 1872 



{A. Everett). 



Tweeddale Coll. 



J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



8. Acridotheres albocinctus. 



Acridotheres albocinctus, Godwin-Austen ^ JVald. Ibis, 1875, p. 251 

 Godioin-Austen, J. A. S. Beng. xlv. pt. 2, p. 200, pi. 5 (1876) 

 Hume, Sir. F. 1876, p. 217 ; id. Str. F. 1879, p. 106 ; Oates, B. 

 Brit. Burm. i. p. 382 (1883) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov 

 (2) i V. p. 604 (1887) ; Oates, Ibis, 1888, p. 72, pi. i. ; Hume, Str. F. 

 xi. p. 262 (1888). 



Adult male. General colour black, with a greenish-grey gloss ; 

 wings also black, but the greater coverts and secondaries inclining 

 to deep bronzy brown, edged with black : primary-coverts tipped 

 with black ; primaries also conspicuously white at the base ; tail- 

 feathers black, all but the centre ones tipped with white ; on the 

 sides of the neck a large patch of creamy buff, deepening to fawn- 

 colour behind the ear-coverts, forming a collar which is interrupted 

 on the hind neck, where the feathers are black with creamy-white 

 centres ; head much crested, the nasal plumes erect and somewhat 

 recurved ; under surface of body greyish black, the under tail- 

 coverts tipped with white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 blackish, the latter with a white tip ; quills black below, white at 

 the base of the inner web : " bill pale wax-yellow, orange just at base 

 of lower mandible ; legs and feet deep wax-yellow ; claws very pale 

 horny brown ; iris yellowish white *' {A. 0. Hume, MSS.). Total 

 length 10 inches, culmen l-l, wing .5-2, tail 2'3, tarsus 1"5. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 9 inches, cul- 

 men 1, wing 4-9, tail 3-1, tarsus 0"85. 



There is scarcely any variation in plumage in the series of Manipur 

 skins presented by Mr. Hume. Some specimens have a slight indi- 



