580 Lt.-Col. C. T. Bingham on the 



4 (41). Machlolophus spilonotus (Blyth). 

 Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 5L 



Loi Un,Loi Salii range, 5000 to 7000 ft., 7.1.01. Numerous 

 specimens. 



5 (52). Paradoxornis gcttaticollis A. David. 

 Loi Moheng, 7000 ft., 26.1.02. 



Ordinarily this bird is found in high grass and reeds, but 

 Mr. Craddock notes that the specimen sent was shot in 

 dense evergreen jungle. 



*6. Suthora thompsoni. (Plate XT. fig. 2.) 



Suthora thompsoni Bingham, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. G3 

 (1903). 



" $ . Resembles S. davidiana Slater, from Fohkicn, but is 

 distinctly smaller and differs in the points noted below. 

 Forehead, crown, sides of the head, and nape chestnut, of a 

 much deeper colour than in S. davidiana, and not, as in that 

 species, extending to the upper back, the chestnut colour 

 being somewhat paler along the posterior margin of the nape ; 

 back, rump, and wing-coverts clear, rather dark, ashy grey ; 

 wings brown, primaries and secondaries with narrow outer 

 margins of light chestnut ; upper tail-coverts and outer webs 

 of the tail-feathers chestnut, of a lighter shade than the colour 

 of the head, inner webs of tail-feathers brown ; chin and throat 

 uniform deep black, without the white spots so conspicuous 

 in S. davidiana ; upper breast albescent ; lower tail-coverts 

 and tail beneath ochraceous. Bill (in the skin) yellow, (in 

 the flesh) ' fleshy pink ; irides reddish brown ; legs and feet 

 fleshy yellow ' (Craddock). 



"Length, ?, 3'7"-3-8", wing 2-1", tail 1*45", bill from 

 gape 0-3", tarsus 0-65"." 



Kyatpyin, Paunglaung, 2500 ft., Loilong State, 18.3.02. 



*7. Suthora craddocki. (Plate XL fig. 1.) 

 Suthora craddocki Bingham, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 54 

 (1903). 



" $ . Forehead, crown, nape, back, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts orange-brow r n, shaded on the nape and back with 

 Olive-brown; wings brown, the primaries edged externally 



