228 Mr. E. Hargitt 07i the 



f, g, h. Ad. sk. Nepal {B. H. Hodgson). 



i, k. ($ ^ ad. sk. Nepal {B. H. Hodgson). India Museum. 



E. Mus. E. Hargitt. 



a. $ juv. Native Sikliim, July 1874 (L. Mandelli). 



b, c, d. ^ ad. e. ? ad. Darjeeling {L. Mandelli). 

 f. $ ad. g. c? juv. Assam. Purchased. 



2. ViviA CHiNENsis, sp. n. (Plate VII.) 



Male. Above, including the rump and upper tail-coverts, 

 uniform yellowish olive ; wing-coverts from olive-brown in 

 the lesser series to yellowish olive in the greater; quills 

 dusky brown, edged externally with yellowish olive, the 

 inner webs margined with greyish white ; the apical half of 

 the outer webs of a few of the outermost primaries greyish 

 brown ; edge of the wing and the basal three fourths of the 

 outer web of the bastard primary white; shafts of the quills 

 black ; tail black, the inner webs of the central pair of fea- 

 thers white, the dwarf feather having a large portion of the 

 outer web white ; the two penultimate have the apical por- 

 tion of the outer webs, and the extreme tip of the inner 

 webs white, the outer margined with blackish at the tip ; 

 the fourth outer feather has the margin of tbe outer web 

 whitish at the tip; the one next to the central pair is 

 entirely black ; shafts of the central pair white, of the re- 

 mainder black ; but where the webs are white, so is that 

 part of the shaft ; the crown light brownish rufous ; the fea- 

 thers of the forehead are crossed with a dark, blackish bar 

 and tipped with orange ; but the latter is not very distinct ; 

 lores, a stripe over and under the eye and down the neck, 

 white ; ear-coverts and sides of the neck, between the white 

 stripes, chestnut, darker than the crown ; moustachial stripe 

 black, with a mixture of brown and white upon the upper 

 webs and tips of the feathers ; chin and throat white with a 

 yellow tinge; breast and entire under surface of the body 

 white with a tinge of yellow ; the breast and abdomen 

 covered with large spots of black, the fiauks barred with the 

 same ; under tail-coverts yellowish white, the feathers having 

 at their tips a spot of black upon each web, but they appear 



