of Birds from N. W. Fohkien. 1 71 



but this at its brightest is nothing like the vivid green-yellow 

 which P. affinis wears all the year round. 



-Y 3. Cettia russula, u. sp. 



This bird, of which I have been favoured with three 

 examples to examine, belongs to that section of the genus 

 Cettia in which the crown of the head is uniform in tint 

 with the rest of the upper parts. In many respects it is 

 like C. pallidipes, Blauf., of Assam, but differs from it in 

 having no trace of olivaceous in the colour of the upper 

 parts. No white /)05^-orbital eyebrow. Moreover, the ear- 

 coverts are of exactly the same shade as the rest of the head, 

 whereas in C. pallidipes they are deep umber-brown, and 

 match the equally dark lores in front of the eye. 



Description. — General colour of upper parts dull russet- 

 brown ; lores and ear-coverts of precisely the same shade ; 

 eye-stripe huffish white, indistinct, and not extending behind 

 the eye ; wings and tail rather darker brown, edged with the 

 same shade as the back ; underparts brown-buff, becoming 

 white on the throat, centre of breast and of belly ; axillaries 

 pale buff, under tail-coverts darker buff. Bastard primary half 

 the length of the second, which is about equal to the 10th; 

 3rd, 4th, and 5th the longest (the 4th having the advantage by 

 a mere shade) ; from the 5th the others decrease evenly to the 

 secondaries : tail, 0*2 to 0'3 in,, considerably longer than the 

 wing; central feathers fully 0*6 in. longer than the external 

 pair : bill brown, lower mandible paler ; legs and feet very 

 pale brown, possibly yellowish when fresh. Length of wing 

 1-9 to 2 inches, tail 2*1 to 2*4, culmen 0-4, tarsus 0-73. 



There are two birds in the British Museum Collection 

 (placed among C. pallidipes) which Colonel Godwin- 

 Austen^s collector obtained at ]\Iiri, on the Assam frontier. 

 They may possibly be of this species, which they resemble 

 rather than C. pallidipes , but their poor condition makes it 

 difficult to pronounce definitely. 



The three specimens of Cettia russula that I have examined 

 were shot at Kuatun on 18th May, 27th May, and 6th June, 

 1896, respectively. 



