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Described from six examples discovered and obtained b 
Lieutenant Wardlaw Ramsay on the Tonghoo hills (Karen- 
hee) at an elevation of 3000 feet. 
Diceum 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 : below and lores cinereous, with a pale 
yellow ‘ish tinge, and the flanks with pale olive- green ; quills 
brown, edged externally with olive-green of a rather brighter 
shade than that of the oe plumage e: 
Wing 1°75 inch, tail 1°7, tarsus 0°43, bill from forehead 0°38. 
Described from four earns pineal by Lieutenant 
Wardlaw Ramsay on the Tonghoo and Karen hills. It only 
differs from D. pygmaum ( ? ) by having the uropygium and 
upper tail-coverts brighter yellowish green, and the under 
tail-coverts a purer yellow; from D. virescens by wanting 
the albescent or pale grey throat and breast and the yellow 
abdomen. 
Ixus annectens, 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 region, and under tail- 
coverts bright yellow : - chin and throat cinereous brown, most 
of the feathers with golden-yellow centres, imparting a str caked 
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 3°1, bill 0°85. 
Iris pale yellow ; bill dark horny ; legs leaden brown” ( Ward- 
law Ramsay). 
Described from an individual obtained by Lieutenant Ward- 
law Ramsay at Rangoon. His dimensions were taken from 
the fresh specimen. It is nearly allied to, though perfectly 
distinct from, J. Finlaysonii. 
Drymocataphus fulvus, n. sp. 
Above fulvous brown ; feathers of head, nape, and back pale- 
shafted ; lores, chin, throat, breast, thigh- coverts, sides of neck, 
