250 Lord Waldcii and Major Godwin-Austen on some 



99. Emberiza aureola. Pall. 

 Euspiza aureola, Severtzoft*, p. 61. 



It was observed during summer on the Syr-Darja river. 



100. Plectrophanes nivalis (L.); SevertzoflF, p. 64. 

 Horizontal range. Rare during winter in district III. 

 Vertical range. Rare during winter in district 2. 



[To be continued.] 



XVI. — Descriptions of some supposed new Species of Birds. 

 By Major Godwin-Austen, F.Z.S., and Arthur, Viscount 

 Walden, F.R.S. 



suthora munipurensis, u. sp. 



Desc. Crown of head cinnamon-brown, becoming more oli- 

 vaceous or fulvous green on back ; shoulder of wing greenish 

 umber. Primaries black, the first four edged white, the rest 

 crossed with a bright fulvous bar on the outer webs; the 

 secondaries edged broadly with fulvous, and a few of the last 

 tipped white on inner web. Tail ruddy fulvous at base, pa- 

 ling towards the end, which is dusky and indistinctly barred, 

 a broad supercilium black, lores and naiTow circle round the 

 eye pure white. Ear-coverts and side of neck grey ; chin 

 and throat black, merging into pearly grey and white on the 

 breast ; under tail-coverts pui'e white. 



Length 4*5 inches, wing 1-8, tail 2*4, tarsus -77, bill at 

 front -28. 



Obtained by Mr. William Robert, near Karakhul, Munipur 

 hills. 



Sphenocichla, n. g.* 

 Bill longer than the head, conical, straight, and acute. Cul- 

 men, from region of the nostrils to the forehead, much com- 

 pressed; from nostril to apex swollen and flattened. Nostrils 

 protected by a scale-like cover and shaded by dense nareal 

 tufts. Commissure almost straight. Lower mandible flat- 



* This may be the same genus as that named Hetcrorhynchits by Man- 

 delli ; but if so, tliat title cannot stand, haviii<r been previously employed 

 by Lafresnave. 



