1 . MICE0PU8. 457 



Cypselus leucopvgialis, Cuss. Proc. Ac. Phil. v. p. 58, pi. 13 (1852) ; 

 Scl. Ibis, I860, p. 235 (ident. a^>ii.s). 



Similar to M. affinis, but darker on the head and under tail- 

 coverts, and especially on the tail, which is a little longer and a 

 little more furcated. Wings on the average a little louger. " Iris 

 dark brown ; legs and feet varying a good deal, from fleshy 

 brownish to purplish blackish ; bill black " (Davison). Total length 

 about 5"7 inches, wing 5"1 to 5'6, averaging 5"3 and 5-4, lateral 

 rectrices 2*1 to 2'25. 



Ifab. Replaces the preceding species east of the Bay of Bengal, 

 being recorded from China as far north as Amoy, Cochin China, 

 Sumatra, Java, the Malay Peninsula, Tenasserim, and as far north 

 as Cachar. 



The specimens from Bootan in the Collection belong to J/, affinis, 

 but they are very dark, and without large series to compare may 

 easily be mistaken for 31. .nthfurcati'S. After all M.sxihfurcatus can 

 only be regarded as the Eastern representative of M. affinis. 



13. Micropus andicola. 



Mieropus andicolus, Lafr. et d'Orb. Sijn. p. 70 (1837) ; d^Orb. Vvy. 



p. 358, pi. 42. fisr. 2 (1844) ; Scl. P. Z. S. I860, p. 606; id. J. f. O. 



1867, p. 127 * ; &/. S>- Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 569 (Areqiupa), 1879, 



p. 626 (BoHvia) ; id. Norn. Ai\ Keoti: p. 94 (1873); Tacz. Orn. 



Pcrou,i. p. 232 (1884). 

 Tachornis andecolus, Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 64 (1869). 



Adult. Above dark smoky brown, tail and wing with slight 

 metallic glosp, head and especially the front paler, secondaries 



* Spolt andicola. 



