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black, which colour extends to below the eye.. Wing 1*95. 

 Z. austeni, is an allied form of greater dimensions, above 

 olive-green, without a yellow tint, and with only the chin, 

 throat, and under tail-coverts clear yellow. i- 



Colonel TickelFs observations on /ora zeylanica and/, iyphia, 

 which species are both figured on the succeeding plate, do 

 not throw any light on the mystery which envelops their 

 mutations of plumage. He seems to have simply recognized 

 them as constituting two distinct species. /. zeylanica 

 cJ , from Moulmein, is represented with the head and nape 

 changing to black, and the scapulars unmargined black. 

 /. typhia (J, from Hazaribagh, is in typical plumage. lora 

 lafresnayi $ , from a specimen shot by Colonel Tickell at 

 Aseen, near Ye, is fairly depicted ; and he states that it is a 

 rarer bird than the two other species. 



To the Leaf- birds [Phyllornis) four plates are , assigned. 

 On the first P. jerdoni ^ , ex Moulmein, and $ , ex Pyntee, 

 Bengal, are stated to be figured. The occurrence of P. jer- 

 doni in Tenasserim is extremely doubtful, although the figure 

 agrees best with that species. As described, both birds be- 

 long to P. chlorucephalus . The example of P. ytt^;e7^5^*, which 

 Colonel Tickell discovered on the Mooleyit range in 1855 

 (J. A. S. B. xxiv. p. 277), is figured; its Tenasserim habitat has 

 been since confirmed by Mr. Davison, who found it at Ye. 



The plates and accounts given of the species belonging to 

 the genera Yuhina, Oriolus, Irena, and Upvpa, with which 

 the volume closes, offer no matter for remark beyond this, 

 that the figure of Psarolophns trailli, ex Darjeeling, applies 

 better to P. ardens. 



The next two volumes, v. and vi., contain the Dentirostres, 

 vol. V. being restricted to the Laniidse and the Muscicapidae, 

 with thirty-eight plates. 



The Burman Volvocivora avensis, Blyth, is figured from 

 Tenasserim examples under the title of V. fimbriata (T.). 



The particoloured middle pair of rectrices found in certain 

 examples of Pericrocotus speciosus, more especially among 

 those from Assam arid Burma, have been regarded by some 

 as constituting a good specific character, sufficient to dif- 



