230 



ad. sk. 

 t^, u^. c? ad. sk. 

 v^, w^, or'. (J ad. sk. 



f. Ad. sk. 



z'-i''. Ad. et juv. sk. 

 k% IK Ad. sk. 

 m'^-q*. Ad. sk. 



r'-i)'. Ad. sk. 



w*,x*. Ad.; y^. Juv. 



sk. 

 z*. Ad. sk. 



«', &'. Ad. sk. 

 c\ Ad. sk. 

 d\ c5' ad. sk. 



e'-k'. Ad. et imm. sk. 

 P, iw'. S ad. sk. 

 n^. Bones of trunk. 



Dhollah, Assam, April to June 



(J. Cockbwrn). 

 Tippook, Assam, April {J. C). 

 Sadhyia, Assam, April, May 



{J. C). 

 Lower HiUs, Bhootan Dooars, 



May (L. 3Iandelli). 

 Sikhiin, March to Nov. (i. M.\ 

 Barjiling. 

 Mongplioo, near Darjiling, 



March, Oct. 

 Native Sikhim, May to J uly, 



Nov. (Z. Mcmdeili). 

 Nepal. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hodg-son Coll. 



Nepal. 



Nepal {B. H. Hodgsmi). 

 Raipur, Central Prov., July. 

 Coonoor Ghat, Nilghiris, April 



{R. G. W. R.). 

 Ceylon, July, Dec. 

 West Ceylon, July, Aug. 

 Nepal. 



Hodgson Coll. 

 (Type of Pseudornis dicruroides.) 



ludia Museum. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale CoU. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Hodgson Coll. 



2. Surniculus muschenbroeki, 



Surniculus muschenbroeki, Meyer in Rowley's Orn. Miscell. iii. 

 p. 164 (1878); Scdvad. Ann. Mtis. Civ. Gen. xiii. p. 4(31 (1878); 

 id. Orn. Papuasia, i. p. 357 (1880). 



" Black, with a greenish-blue metallic gloss on the wings, mantle, 

 and tail. Head, neck, back, uropygium, and underparts black, bnt 

 velvety, not glossy. Underside of the wing-feathers brownish, the 

 white spots on the basal third of the inner webs forming a band. 

 Tail of Drongo-like shape; short outer rectrices spotted and partly 

 banded with white. f3n the thighs a thick plumage of shining 

 white feathers with greenish base. (One white feather on the back 

 of the neck appears not to constitute a specific character.) Bill 

 black, Peet brownish above, light below. Total length 265 mm. 

 wing 140, tail 155, bill 19, tarsus 16." {A. B. Meyer.) 



Hah. Batchian. 



This species is only known by the type, which is in the Dresden 

 Museum, 



3. Surniculus velutinus. 



Surniculus velutinus, Sharpe, Tr. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Zool. i. p. 320 

 (1877) ; Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 823, 1878, p. 945 ; Wardlatv 

 Ramsay, Tweeddale' s Orri. JForAs, App. p. 669 (1881). 



Adult. Very closely allied to 8. luguhris; tail always square, 

 with the exception of the outer pair of feathers, which are much 

 shorter ; it differs in having the head, back, throat, and breast 



