new Species o/Trochalopterou. 167 



from^Munipur, India, from which it dift'ers in its more olive 

 and less grey upper parts, in having a dusky brownish-grey 

 cap to the head instead of black, and in its rufous ear-coverts 

 and white on the cheeks. The underparts in the two species 

 are practically identical. The following is the description : — 



Trochalopteron cinereiceps, sp. n. (Plate VI.) 



Upper parts olive-brown, brighter on the rump, and mer- 

 ging gradually into dusky brownisb grey on the top of the 

 head, the feathers of which are faintly margined with black. 

 Wing-coverts like the back, primary-coverts black, bastard 

 wing lavender-grey. Primaries, outer web lavender-grey, 

 which in the last three fades into olive-brown at the base, 

 inner web blackish. Secondaries and tertiaries olive-brown 

 like the back, inner web blackish, a broad black bar with a 

 narrow white tip terminates each feather. Tail, two central 

 feathers olive-brown like the back, terminated by a black 

 bar with a faintly visible white tip. The remaining rectrices 

 have a broad white tip, a black subterminal bar, then a rather 

 faintly marked lavender bar, more conspicuous in the outer- 

 most, which fades softly into olive-brown. Head below the 

 dusky grey of the vertex is an olive-brown, eyebrow merging 

 into rufous on the ear-coverts. Below the eye is a white 

 patch succeeded by a black moustache. Lores black, above 

 which a small white patch. Under surface, as far as breast, 

 isabelline buff, paler on the throat ; abdomen, flanks, under 

 wing-coverts, and under tail-coverts ochraceous buff. Legs 

 and feet yellowish brown, beak ditto, upper mandible dark. 



Beak, along culmen | inch, to gape 1 inch ; wing 3 1 inches ; 

 tarsus 1^ inch; tail 3f inches. 



The two specimens I procured from a dealer who regularly 

 imports live birds to Hankow from Western China, having 

 an agent at Ichang, who collects them and forwards them 

 thence by steamer down the Yangtse. He said they came 

 from Yunnan. In addition to these there is a specimen in 

 the Shanghai Museum, with no name or history attached, 

 which was probably procured from the same source. All 

 three specimens are identical in appearance, and one is still 

 alive in my aviary in Shanghai. It constantly utters a soft 



