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Another Consignment of Rake Iindian Birds: Mr. 

 W. Fro.sit, who has been away in India for .some months 

 ooilejcting birds i'or our nicnibcr Major B. R. Hoisl)ru,gh, 

 arrived with a lar^^e cuusiyiinient (.mostly soft-ljills) of rare 

 species, some of wliich are new to aviculture; the whole of the 

 birds, though some of them (are somewhat travel -worn, are 

 in very good condition, and should do well when distributed 

 among our members and other English aviculturists. Unfor- 

 tunately details have only come to hand just as we are going* 

 (to press, and we can only give a bare list in this issue, 



Hed-headed Tit (^K(jithuliHcus eri/ihrorerhalas). 



Crested Black Tit (Lopliopfuuies melaiiolophux). 



Yellow cheeked Tit {Macfilolophns u-a/il/ioije>i//s). 



Green-backed Tit (Parun inonticola). 



Indian (xrey Tit {P.atrirepsK 



Rufous-necked Laughing Thrush {Dri/nmstcK riijiroUia). 



Ked-thruated Laughing Thrush ((uurula.r rnficallis). 



Kusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler ( I'diuaturli'nniii tnjlliroijeiiysj. 



Golden-eyed Babbler {I'yrtorhh sinensis). 



Black-throated Babbler {iStarhi/rhis )iigrirepg). 



Yellow-breasted Babbler {Mixornis rubricapillus). 



Pied-billed Babbler {Stachyrliidopsis pyrrl(.ij)i^). 



Jungle Babbler {Ci-atenipus canorit^). 

 *Black-chinned Yuhina{l'«/j<«a nigri/neiitum). 



Yellow-naped Ixulus [IjcuIus flavicollis). 



Indian White-eye (Zosterops palpebrusa). 



Hardwick's Green Fruitsucker (Chloni^ .sv's Jim-dirichii) 



Gold-fronted Green Fruitsucker (C'. aurlfni/in). 



Silver-eared AJesia {Mesia avgentuuris). 



Blue-winged Siva [Sivu cyanuroptera). 



Brown-eared Bulbuls {Hexlintis flavala). 



Rufous-bellied Bulbuls (//. macdellandi). 

 *Velvet-fronted Nuthatch {Sittafrnutalis). 



Cinnamon-bellied Nuthatch (S. ciimatnoiKc/rr/itrix). 

 *Large Indian Minivet (Pericrucot/is xpeciosiiaj. 



Short-billed Minivet (F. brerirostrix). 

 ♦Rosy Minivet (P. ruaeus). 



Small Minivet (P. peregrhtus,). 



Ruby-throat (Calliope camtscliatkenms). 



Verditer Flycatcher (67'<;jaro/a melanops). 



Orange-gorgeted Flycatcher (Siphia strophiafa). 

 *White-browed Blue Flycatcher )Cyonils sxperrillarls). 



Rufous-bellied Niltava (Xiltara sioidara). 



White-capped Redstart ( Chiiiiarrhornit< leucoccphtdus). 



Blue-fronted Redstart ( Jiuticllla frontalis), 



Indian Redstart {li. ruficentris) 



