414 ON NE"W SPECIES OE BIEDS EEOM BUEMA. [1875. 



iExnOPTGA SAXGUI-VIPECTCS, n. sp. 



Above as in M saturata (Hodgs.), the yellow hand on the rump being somewhat more 

 developed. Underneath, all the chin, throat, and two streaks diverging from the throat and 

 descending to the breast metallic violet-blue ; upper part of breast velvety black ; remainder of 

 under surface pale yellow, many of the lower breast-feathers bemg centred and streaked with 

 blood-red. A representative form of jE. saturata. 



Bill 0-G5 inch, wing 2-12, middle pair of rectrices 3-25. 

 A. yi. X. H. Described from six examples discovered and obtained by Lieutenant Wardlaw Eamsay on 



6cr.4orol.xv. ^^g xonghoo and Karen-nee hills* at an elevation of 3000 feet. 



Dictum olivaceum, n. sp. 



Above olive-green, the occipital feathers centred with pale brown, and those of the uropygium 

 a few shades brighter green ; rectrices black ; beloAv and lores cinereous, with a pale yellowish 

 tinge, and the flanks with pale olive-green ; quills brown, edged externally with olive-green of a 

 rather brighter shade than that of the upper plumage. 



AVing 1-75 inch, tail 1-7, tarsus 0-43, bill from forehead O'SS. 



Described from four examples obtained by Lieutenant Wardlaw Eamsay on the Tonghoo and 

 Karen hills. It only differs from D. p//gvm'inn ( 2 ) by having the uropygium and upper tail- 

 coverts brighter yellowish green, and the under tail-coverts a purer yellow ; from I>. virescens by 

 wanting an albescent or pale grey throat and breast and the yellow abdomen. 



IXUS ANXECTEXS, n. sp. 



Forehead, crown, and nape cinereous brown, each feather edged with golden olive-green, 

 imparting an almost golden olive-green hue to those parts; interscapular region and back 

 cinereous brown, tinged with olive-green, which colour is more intense on the rump ; upper tail- 

 coverts golden olive ; primaries brown, edged with bright golden olive ; major and minor coverts 

 and secondaries dull olive-green ; shoulder-edge, under shoulder-coverts, thigh-coverts, ventral 

 re<Tion, and under tail-coverts bright yellow ; chin and throat cinereous brown, most of the 

 feathers with golden-yellow centres, imparting a streaked appearance, a few descending to the 

 upper breast ; flanks and remainder of lower surface cinereous brown ; ear-coverts brown. 



"Length 7-7 inches, tarsus 0-75, wing 3-3, tail o'l, bill 0-85. Iris pale yellow; bill dark 

 horny ; legs leaden brown " (Wardhno Eamsay). 



Described from an individual obtained by Lieutenant Wardlaw Ramsay at Rangoon. His 

 dimensions were taken from the fresh specimen. It is nearly allied to, though perfectly distinct 

 from, I.finlaysoni. 



Dkymocataphus fulvtjs, n. sp. 



Above fulvous brown ; feathers of head, nape, and back pale-shafted ; lores, chin, throat, 

 A. il. N. H. breast, thigh-coverts, sides of neck, and under tail-coverts pale rusty fulvous ; rectrices, outer 

 ^^'^'^343^^' *^'%^"S °f primaries and secondaries, and all the tertiary quills pale liver-brown. 



Wing 2-50 inches, tail 2-12, tarsus 1, bill from forehead 0G5; bill and legs, in dried skin, 

 and claws pale fulvous. A typical form. 



Karen-nee, at an elevation of 2500 feet [Wardlaw Eamsay). 



* [" Tonghoo hills (Karen-hee)", errore in orig. — Ed.] 



