124 Letters, Announcements, ^c. 



T. hodgsoni the throat and chin are white^ and the rufous tinge 

 on the flanks is entirely wanting. 



I have had several opportunities of observing this species, 

 and have always found it on hills well covered with forest- 

 trees. The moment the birds are disturbed, they utter a 

 peculiar note, which appears to be taken up by others, should 

 there be any more about. They are not at first difficult to 

 approach, but when fired at become exceedingly wild. The 

 young, while following their mother, extend and keep con- 

 stantly flapping their wings, keeping up all the time an in- 

 cessant calliog ; but the moment they are disturbed by a shot 

 being fired at them, they conceal themselves among the branches 

 and leaves, and are with the greatest difficulty discovered. 



CiCHLOiDES ATRiGULARis (Temm.) ; Jerdon, B. Ind. no. 365. 



1. c? adult., from Barrackpoore. Length 9*5 in», bill from 

 gape 1, wing 5*75, tail 4'125, tarsus ]'5. All the upper 

 surface uniform greyish-brown, with light edgings to the quill- 

 feathers, and a few dusky streaks on the head ; chin, throat, 

 and breast very dark blackish-brown, the feathers on the latter 

 with light edges ; abdomen and under tail-coverts white ; flanks 

 shaded with dusky; under wing-coverts chestnut; bill and feet 

 yellowish-brown, upper mandible darker than the lower. This 

 specimen I consider a very fair type of the species in its fully 

 adult phase of plumage. 



2. 6 adult., but younger than the last, from Umballa. 

 Length 9*5 in., bill from gape "875, wing5'5, tail 3*5, tarsus 

 1'125. All the upper surface lighter brown tlian in No. 1 ; the 

 wing-feathers margined with a lighter hue, and the upper tail- 

 coverts with light edges, of which No. 1 shows no trace. The 

 head distinctly marked with dark streaks ; chin whitish, with 

 black streaks ; breast dark blackish-brown, the feathers with 

 light edges. Abdomen and under tail-coverts as in No. 1. 



3. S, younger than No. 2, from Umballa. Dimensions 

 and colouring above the same as in No. 2. Chin, throat, and 

 breast whitish, with black streaks, the white on the abdomen 

 shaded with dusky brown. 



4. S , younger than No. 3, but of the same dimensions. 



