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a little more ashy along the inner edge. Total length 9*6 

 inches, culmen 0*95, wing 5'2, tail 4*2, tarsus 1"45. 



Female (not quite adult). Browner than the male, and 

 having the chestnut underparts rather duller. Some pale 

 centres to the wing-coverts make it aj)pear that the specimen 

 is not quite fuU-plumaged, and the primaries have ashy mar- 

 gins. Total length 9*5 inches, culmen 0'95, wing 4'7, tail 4, 

 tarsus 1"35. 



Nos. 1923, 1961. " Met with from 8000 to 12,000 feet. 

 More common about 9000 feet amongst the stunted and 

 weather-beaten trees.'' 



"This species is very similar to M.javanica, but is black 

 where the latter is brown. I wish it to be named after Mr. 

 Seebohm^ who is interested in Thrushes.'' 



7. Cettia oreophila, sp. n. 



Adult male. General colour above dark olive-brown, the 

 wing-coverts like the back, the greater coverts and quills a 

 trifle more russet-brown ; tail-feathers brown, externally 

 lighter brown, like the back ; crown of head like the back ; 

 lores dusky, surmounted by a narrow eyebrow of yellowish 

 buff; eyelid yellowish buff; sides of face and ear-coverts 

 dark olive-brown, washed with ashy ; cheeks and under sur- 

 face of body pale ashy grey, the fore neck and sides of chest 

 washed with brown ; abdomen a little whiter ; sides of body 

 and flanks ochreous olive-brown, with silky white bases to 

 some of the flank-feathers ; thighs more reddish brown ; under 

 tail-coverts like the flauks ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 white, with a tinge of olive-yellow along the bend of the 

 wing ; quills below dusky, ashy whitish along the inner edge : 

 " upper mandible dark brown, the lower one yellow at base ; 

 legs pale brown ; iris dark brown" (/. IV.). Total length 

 4*8 inches, culmen 0*5, wing 2*05, tail 2*2, tarsus 0'95. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, with the grey of the 

 throat very strongly mottled and overspreading the entire 

 breast. Total length 4*8 inches, culmen 0*55, wing 1*9, tail 

 2, tarsus 0'9. 



Nos. 1937, 1967. "Met with from 7000 to 12,000 feet.'^ 



