252 Descriptions of some supposed new Species of Birds. 



Pnoepyga roberti, n. sp. 



Above olive-brown, each feather pale-centred and fringed 

 or tipped with dark brown. Lores albescent. Between the 

 eyes and the rictus black. A well-defined streak extending 

 from above the eye down each side of the head, fulvous. Ear- 

 coverts cinereous at base, brown towards the tips. Chin and 

 throat pure white, each throat-feather being terminated by a 

 small black triangular drop ; as the tips of the feathers over- 

 lap, these drops form continuous black lines, the two principal 

 ones descending from the angles of the under mandible. 

 Cheeks ferruginous, each feather with a black terminal drop. 

 Pectoral and abdominal feathers pale brown, with broad pure 

 white or fulvous-white centres. Under tail-coverts bright 

 ferruginous yellow. Plumage on the rump loose, soft, and 

 dense, completely concealing the short tail, and being of an 

 almost uniform ferruginous brown colour. Wings, when 

 closed, dark chocolate-brown, most intense on the secondaries. 

 Most of the wing -coverts distinctly tipped with almost pure 

 white, so also the inner tertiary quills. Rectrices chocolate- 

 brown. Mandibles dark brown. Legs pale horn-brown. 



Bill from nostril 37 inch, wing 2'15, tarsus '75, tail 1-15. 



Described from specimens obtained at Chakha, in the Mu- 

 nipur hills, and also at Asalu. 



In general appearance this bird closely resembles Turdinus 

 brevicaudatus . The upper plumage of the two is almost 

 identical. By its much smaller dimensions and diminutive 

 tail, however, it can be readily distinguished. It is the Pnoe- 

 pyga caudata, Blyth, apud Godwin- Austen (J. A. S. B. 1870, 

 p. 101. no. 331). 



Pnoepyga chocolatina, n. sp. 



Above olive-brown, each feather fringed with a somcAvhat 

 fainter tint, thus imparting a subdued scaly aspect to the 

 back. Wings and tail chocolate-brown. Upper and under 

 tail-coverts ferruginous brown, brightest on the under coverts. 

 Lower surface generally ferruginous brown, many of the 

 abdominal feathers being largely centred with white or ful- 

 vous white. Pectoral feathers with minute terminal white 



