136 Lieut. Wardlaw Ramsay's Synopsis 



DiflPers from the last in being smaller and in having the back 

 of a much greener cast and the head more ochraceous, and in 

 wanting the black patch from the bill to the nape ; the white 

 supercilium not being margined above with black, and not 

 extending beyond the ear-coverts ; lores black, ear-coverts 

 dark brown ; the bill very long, tapering, and much curved. 

 Spec, descr. ex Saddya : mus. Godw. Aust. 



Legs and feet horny grey ; bill bright orange-red (G. A.). 



<S . Wing 4-0 in., tail 4-4, tarsus 1-35, bill at front 1*45. 

 ? . Wing 3-25 in., tail 3-9, tarsus 1-20, bill at front 1-15. 



Hab. Assam, near Saddya {Godwin- Austen). 



Colonel Godwin- Austen's type specimen ( ,$ ) has an abnor- 

 mally long and slender bill, whilst two other ( ? ) specimens 

 have the bill much the same as in the succeeding species. 



11. POMATORHINUS OCHRACEICEPS. 



Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps, Walden, Ann. & Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. ser. 4, xii. 1873, p. 487; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 

 1877, p. 465, pi. xiii. 



Allied to P. albigularis and P. stenorhynchus, differing 

 from the latter in having the entire lower surface except the 

 flanks, vent, and lower tail-coverts white, and in the head 

 being of even a brighter ochraceous colour, the supercilium 

 extending to the neck. The bill is not typical, but long, 

 slender, and much curved as in the last species. Spec, descr. 

 mus. W. R., type. 



Iris pale straw-yellow ; bill coral-red, tinged with orange ; 

 legs greenish [W. R.). 



Hab, Karen hills [W. R.), Tenasserim {Limborg). 



12. Pomatorhinus horsfieldi. 



Pomatorhinus horsfieldii, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 89 ; 

 Jerdon, B. of Ind. ii. p. 31 ; Des Murs, Icon. Orn. pi. 22. 



Upper surface of an olive-brown, brighter on the wings and 

 tail, which is faintly barred, the feathers on the crown tipped 

 with black. Lores black, from which springs a broad dark green- 

 ish black cheek-stripe or patch extending below the eye across 

 the ear-coverts and sides of the neck to the sides of the breast 

 and belly, which are pure black ; a broad white supercilium ex- 



