1 91 9'] from South Annam and Cochin China. 575 



of the wing and tail-feathers washed with same colour. 

 Axillaries, under wing-coverts, and inner side of wing dusky, 

 thighs dusky brown, lower tail-coverts ochraceous grey, 

 under surface of tail black, the quills whitish. 



Ti/pes. c? ? . Dsilat, 5000 ft., S. Annam. 2-4< May, 

 1918. 



Male. T. L. 295 ; W. 127 ; T. 129 ; tarsus 42-5 : bill 

 from gape 33 mm. 



Female. T. L. 290; W. 124; T. 129; tarsus 41 ; bill 

 from gape 31 mm. 



" Iris crimson ; edge of eyelid black ; bare orbital skin 

 bluish white ; bill black ; feet blackish ; tarsi plumbeous 

 black." 



7 (? . 3 ? . Dalat, 5000 ft., S. Annam. 7 April-4 May, 

 1918. 



4 cJ, 1 ? . Dran, 3000 ft., S. Annam. 11 May. 



Males. T. L. 295, 290, 285, 298, 285, 295, 297, 285, 285, 

 300, 282 ; W. 127, 131, 124, 122, 127, 130, 137, 122, 126, 

 134, 127 mm. 



Females. T. L. 290, 295, 282 ; W. 124, 135, 125 mm. 



[This striking species is named in honour of Monsieur 

 F. Millet, Officer in charge of the forests of Langbian 

 Province and a big-game hunter, to whom I owe thanks for 

 much assistance, information, and hospitality during my 

 visit to the Langbian Plateau. — C. B. K.] 



129. Trochalopteron yersini, sp. nov. (Plate XIII. fig. 2.) 

 Sides of head below the eyes, including ear-coverts and 

 areas behind eyes, silvery with black shafts to the feathers ; 

 entire remaining parts of head black, sharply margined on 

 nape and sides of neck, rather less sharply margined on the 

 fore-neck, where the black extends further down. Posterior 

 nape and upper mantle, sides of neck, breast, and abdomen 

 fulvous, between deep " Mars-yellow " and light " amber- 

 brown " ; lower mantle, scapulars, back, upper tail-coverts, 

 flanks, vent, and tail-coverts deep neutral grey, tinged with 

 olive on mantle, lower tail-coverts, and lower parts ; thighs 

 fuscous brown. Tail above olivaceous bronze, the outer 



