ALCIPPE. 275 
Distribution. The extreme South of Tenasserim and through- 
out the Malay Peninsula. 
Nidification and Habits asin the other subspecies. Eggs sent 
me by Mr. W. A. T. Kellow measure about 17*1 x 12-7 mm. 
The name Motacilla gularis Raftles, Trans. L.S., xii, p. 312, 1820, 
which is the oldest name for this species, cannot be used as it is 
preoccupied by Motacilla gularis Gmelin (1788). 
Genus ALCIPPE Blyth, 1844. 
In this genus the bill is stout and slightly curved and is over- 
hung by long hairs; the nostril is protected by a membrane; the 
wing is short and rounded, the first four primaries being eraduated ; 
the tail is about equal in length to the wing, the feathers being 
slightly graduated. 
The genus contains but two species within our limits but these 
form numerous well-marked geographical races. The two species 
are very similar in colour but in habits differ considerably. 
Key to Species and Subspecies. 
A. Bill small; a conspicuous ring of white 
feathers round the eye. 
a. Chin and throat white, flanks tinged [p. 275. 
A. nepalensis nepalensis, 
GUVACEOUS., . 0. 5 os nar geste cs es 
6. Chin and throat ochraceous like abdo- 
THOM SC eo late ee ero ees te A, n. fratercula, p. 277. 
B. Bill large; no ring of white feathers 
round eye 
c. Head not striped or only obso etely so. | cephala, p. 277. 
a’. Lower back and rump tinged rufous. A. povorcephala _ poror- 
b’. Lower back and rump erey like back. 
a’. Under parts tinged rufous ...... A, p. phayret, p. 278. 
''b, No rufous on under parts. 
a''', Grey of head well defined from 
LRRYCIE, aE omnes esotcre A, p. davisoni, p. 279. 
b’'. Grey of head blending into 
Colour of back =. .0/5. 0 532%. A, p. brucei, p. 278. 
d. Head and neck conspiculously striped. 
c’. Stripes sooty-brown ....--.-. ..... Aap. magnirostris, p. 280. 
d', Stripes deep black ........+--45- A, p. haringtonie, p. 280. 
(286) Alcippe nepalensis nepalensis. 
Tur Nepat BapBier. 
Siva nepalensis Hodgs., Ind. Rev., 1888, p. 89 (Nepal). 
Alcippe nepalensis. Blanf. & Oates, iy p. Lor. 
Vernacular names. Duo-péré-kashiba (Cachar'). 
Description. A conspicuous ring of white feathers round the 
eye; head, neck and upper back ashy-brown with a vinaceous 
tinge; a dark sooty-brown stripe on either side of the crown ex- 
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