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the eastern Himalayas from Nepal, Assam^ north of the 

 Brahmapootra, and the whole of Burma north of the 

 Peninsula, Shan States and north and west Siam, 



Streaks on throat of the same colour as the breast. Size 

 medium; wing about 121 mm. 



The name rufinolus h a synonym of gularis. The speci- 

 men said to be the type is marked as having i^een taken by 

 M'Clelland in Assam ; in the B.M. Catalogue it is said to 

 come from Bengal, l)ut the bird itself is a typical gnlaris 

 from southern India. 



(4j Micropternus brachyurus humei. 



Kloss, Ibisj 1918, p. lU9 : Uohilkund {vide supra, p. 180). 



Habitat. North-western Himalayas. There are specimens 

 from Kumaon, Dehra Doou, Nainital, and Buxa in the 

 Natural History Museum. 



A very large bird, \\ ith a wing averaging 132'0 mm. 



(5) Micropternus brachyurus mesos. 



Kloss, Ibis, 1918, p. 109 : Kuttak, Orissa [vide supra, 

 p. 181). 



Habitat. Bengal, Behar and Assam, south of the Brahma- 

 pootra river to Tippera, but not to Arrukan. 



A small bird, with a wing of 118 mm. 



Here again Kloss'sname must stand, though his diagnosis 

 cannot be fully confirmed. Also it is unfortunate that he 

 should first give a new name to a bird from Bengal and then 

 state on the same page that the type locality for typical 

 phaioceps is also Bengal. 1 have already shown, however, 

 how this very pardonable mistake arose. 



(6) Micropternus brachyurus gularis. 



Picas {micropternus) yuiaris Jerdon, Madr. Journ. xiii. 

 1844-, p. 139 : Southern India. 



Habitat. South India, from Orissa on the east and Bombay 

 on the west, but excluding southern Travancore. 



Chin- and throat -feathers squamated, not streaked. 

 Larger ; wing about 122 mm. 



