250 Mr. F. Nicholson on a second 



53. Heterophasia simillima, Salvad. t. c. p. 232. 



No. 403, ? . Foot of volcano of Kaba at 3000 feet, 

 Sept. 15, 1881. Irides mahogany-red; bill, legs, and feet 

 black. Feeds on fruits. 



This species, recently described by Count Salvadori, seems 

 to be distinct from the Himalayan H. jncaoides, although the 

 points of difference are but slight. 



54. SuYA albigularis, Hume. (Plate X. fig. 1.) 



No. 385, $ . Near the village of Paoe, at the foot of 

 Mount Dempo, 3000 feet. May 13, 1881. Irides greenish 

 grey ; upper mandible greyish black ; legs and feet pale flesh- 

 colour ; line over eye white. Flits about on low herbage, 

 ferns, and tall grass, keeping up a constant chirp answered 

 by its companions. 



This species was discovered by Mr. Davison in Acheen, 

 and described by Mr. Hume (Str. F. 1873, p. 459). The 

 latter gentleman, however, has recently come to the con- 

 clusion that the Sumatran species is the same as the Bur- 

 mese Suya superciliaris of Anderson. Along with Mr. 

 Sharpe I compared the above-mentioned bird from Sumatra 

 with a specimen of S. superciliaris in the British Museum, 

 and we decided that they are not identical, as the Sumatran 

 species has a dark ashy head, while S. superciliaris has a 

 brown head. Both are probably the non -breeding plumage 

 of some black-breasted species, but I believe that they 

 will be found to be specifically distinct. 



55. MixoRNis GULARis (Rafil.) ; Salvad. /. c. p. 223. 



No. 388 b, ^ . At Goenoeng Meraksa, on the river Lin- 

 tang, 2000 feet, June 10, 1881. Irides dark grey; upper 

 mandible black, lower sooty blue; legs and feet greyish 

 green. In low forest on '^Na Dah'^ {Erythrina) trees. 



56. Brachypteryx umbratilis (Strickl.) ; Salvad. Ucc. 

 Born. p. 220. 



Brachypteryx umbratilis, Tweedd. Ibis, 1877, p. 308, pi. vi. 

 fig. 2. 



