108 Mr.A. Humewi Six neiv Species of Indian Birds. 



distinct from the European bird; but I have not a sufficient 

 series of the latter to be absolutely certain of this point. 



2. DUMETICOLA CYANOCARPA. 



Dimensions. — Length 7", wing 2"-85, tail 3"'4, tarsus 1"-15 

 bill at front 0"-45. 



Description. — Bill, legs, and feet brown, the former dusky on 

 the upper mandible. Plumage : The whole upper surface a very 

 rich olive-brown, more or less tinged with ruddy, especially on the 

 rump and upper tail-coverts ; the tail-feathers a somewhat rufous 

 brown, slightly more rufous at the margins ; quills hair-brown, 

 margined exteriorly with a ruddy olivaceous tinge ; median and 

 larger coverts olivaceous; lesser coverts and carpal joint of the 

 wing more or less pure cyaneous ; lower parts, including wing- 

 lining, a sort of fulvous buff, shaded with dusky olive on the 

 sides of the neck and throat and on the sides and flanks; 

 centre of abdomen and vent nearly pure white ; lower tail- 

 coverts fulvous, mingled with olive-brown ; lores and chin, and 

 an indistinct supercilium, dull fulvous. 



Although a considerably larger bird than any of the other 

 known species, this is unquestionably structurally a true Dume- 

 ticola, corresponding in shape of wing, tail, bill, and feet with 

 Dumeticola affinis, with a large series of which Mr. Brooks and 

 I carefully compared it. The dull blue patch on the carpal 

 joint would naturally awaken the suspicion that it was a female 

 Myiomela or Brachypteryoc ; but it is unquestionably a Dume- 

 ticola. It was obtained in one of the low valleys in the interior 

 of Sikkim by one of the Shikarees employed for me by Capt. 

 Masson. 



3. HORORNIS ERYTHROGENYS. 



Dimensions. — Length 5 ", wing 2"-25, tail 2", tarsus 0"'68, 

 mid toe and claw 0"'7, bill at front 0-"42. 



Description. — Bill brown above, fleshy at gape and base 

 of lower mandible ; legs and feet pale fleshy, dusky at joints. 

 Plumage : The whole upper surface, including wings and 

 tail, a rich rufescent brown ; lores, cheeks, ear-coverts, and a 

 narrow line over the eye rich chestnut rufous ; centre of chin 



