Mr. A. Hume on Indian Ornitliology. 31 



(jaladudes modified by the effects of climate. I should recom- 

 mend you to consider your species as belonging to this latter, 

 noticing, however, the peculiarity of coloration, because certain 

 specimens which I have received from India exhibited the rich 

 rufous colouring characteristic oi A. galactodes." Here, again, it 

 is necessary to note that, though M. Verreaux appears to have been 

 aware of the fact, no English ornithologist had noticed the occur- 

 rence of this species in India until I noted it in the pages of 

 'The Ibis.' 



t 513 ter. Lusciola akahige, Temm., Bon. Consp. vol. i. 

 p. 295; PI. Col. 571, &c. 



With regard to a young bird which I procured not far from 

 Nyneetal, in Kumaon, on the 10th September 1866, which Dr. 

 Jerdon thought might be the young of some species of Niltava, 

 and which I was inclined to refer to Cyornis, M. Verreaux re- 

 marks, " After careful comparison, I am compelled to refer this 

 young bird to Rubicula akahige; and this is not an isolated in- 

 stance of Japanese species occasionally occurring in India.'' It 

 is to be presumed that M. Verreaux's identification is correct, in 

 which case this species also must be added to our avifauna. 



ft 517 bis. ACROCEPHALUS MACRORHYNCHUS*, Sp. nov. 



In 'The Ibis' for 1869, p. 357, I provisionally classed this bird 



* Acrocephalus macrorhynchns, sp. nov. 



Dimensions. — Length o-O. "Wing 2'3, first primary excessively minute, 

 fourtli primary the longest, third 005, second 0-12, first 0-4 shorter than 

 the fourth. Tail 2'2, much rounded; exterior tail-feathers 0'48 shorter 

 than central ones ; all the tail-feathers much pointed. Tarsus 0-85 ; mid toe 

 and claw Owo ; hind toe and claw 0-53, of which the claw is 0-29. Bill, at 

 front, 0-55, from gape OwB, width at gape 0-25, length of gonys 0'4, height 

 at front 0-08. The hill is much depressed, the culmen-ridge well marked. 



Description. — Bill, upper mandible dark brown. Legs and feet 

 slightly olivaceous brown ; claws, which are moderately curved and 

 much compressed, pale bro%vn. Plumage :— Whole upper surface (except 

 quills and tail-feathers, which are hair-brown) rich olive-brown ; cheeks 

 and ear-coverts mingled buffy white and olive-brown ; chin, throat, 

 middle of abdomen creamy or dingy yellowish white ; the rest of the 

 lower parts more decidedly tinged with pale dingy mifescent brown, the 

 tarsal plumes being very rufous; the wing-lining nearly pure white, 

 .slightly tinged yellowish towards the edge of the wing. 



