110 Mr. A. Hume on Six new Species of Indian Birds. 



aud lower portion of abdomen and vent, white ; sides of neck, 

 breast, and upper abdomen pale dingy brownish fulvous. 



This species closely resembles both Siphia tricolor and the 

 female of Siphia leucomelanura, but is decidedly distinct from 

 either. It has no white about the tail, and diflfers from all the 

 Siphice and Erythrosternce which I possess, as well as from 

 Anthipes moniliger. The specimen was shot by Mr. William 

 Masson on Mount Tongloo, in Sikkim. 



6. Drym(epus rufescens. 



Dimensions, male. — Length 7''* 12, expanse 7", tail from vent 

 3"'38 ; wing 3"*63, when closed reaches to within 2"-5 of end 

 of tail ; feet, greatest length 1"'38 ; tarsus 0"-95 ; bill at front 

 0"-5. 



Another male. — Length 6"*75, expanse 7"'Q, tail from vent 

 3"*55, wings when closed reach to within 3" of end of tail. 



Another male. — Length 6"*4, expanse 7"' 6, wings when closed 

 reach to within 2""45 of end of tail. 



Female. — Length 6"-l, expanse 6"'75, tail from vent 2""6, 

 wings when closed reach to within 2" of end of tail. 



Description. — Legs and feet fleshy, or light fleshy brown ; 

 claws dusky ; irides brown, light brown, brownish orange, and 

 deep yellow ; bill blackish or dusky horny, fleshy or greyish at 

 base of lower mandible. Plumage: Whole xipper surface, in- 

 cluding tail and greater and median coverts, tertiaries, and 

 outer webs of primaries and secondaries, rich rufous brown 

 in full plumage, grey-brown more or less tinged or overlaid 

 with rufous in young birds ; tail very distinctly and finely 

 but obsoletely barred, all the feathers except the central ones 

 narrowly tipped with fulvous white, with a more or less dis- 

 tinct penultimate dusky bar; the young birds with a good 

 deal of white on the inner webs of the lateral feathers, which 

 is entirely wanting in adults; lores and a stripe over the eye 

 fulvous white ; ear-coverts, sides of neck and breast, and 

 some of the lesser wing-coverts about the carpal joints a 

 greyish brown, the ear-coverts more or less mottled with 

 fulvous white; lower parts pale fulvous, albescent on the 

 chin and throat and middle of abdomen, tinged on the breast 



