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And these seem to be again divisible into the following 

 geographical races : — 



(1) Sasia ochracea ochracea. 



Sasia ochracea Hodgs. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. v. 1836, 

 p. 777 : Nepal. 



White eyebrow ; back strongly suffused with rusty-red 

 or ferruginous ; underparts deep ferruginous ; cap olive- 

 green. 



Wing 52-59 mm. Average of 50 birds, 51"3 mm. 



Habitat.. Nepal, Sikkira, Assam, Cachar, Manipur, and 

 the extremeiiorthoru Chiu and Kachin Hills. 



(2) Sasia ochracea reichenowi. 



Sasia ochracea reighenoiai Hesse, Orn. Monatsb. xix. 

 1911, p. 181 : Burma. 



White eyebrow ; back much paler, ochraceous rather 

 than ferruginous ; below rusty ochraceous instead of deep 

 ferruginous ; cap olive, contrasting more strongly with the 

 back than it does iu true ochracea. 



Wing 50-5G mm. Average of 14 birds, 52*1 mm. 



Habilal. The whole of western and central Burma, from 

 Arrakan and Tenasserim and down the Peninsula as far as 

 Mergui on the west. 



The birds in the British Museum collection from the 

 Khasia Hills are, strange to say, all typically of this form, 

 though surrounded on every side by ochracea. At present I 

 have only three specimens to examine as skins, but I knew 

 the bird well in life in this district and never noticed any 

 difference between it and the adjoining Cachar bird, so 

 under these circumstances merely note the fact for further 

 enquiry. 



Sasia abnormis abiiormis. 



Picumnus abnormis Temm. PI. Ool. iv. 1825, pi. 371. 

 fig. 3 : Java. 



Sasia everetti Hargitt, Cat. Birds B.M. xviii. 1890, p. 559 : 

 Borneo. 



No white eyebrow. Back dusky olive-green, concoloroiis 



