^919-] fi'<Jni Sorith Annam and Cochin China. 583 



Underparts less strongly washed with fulvous. A narrow 

 whitish eye-ring is present, but is not conspicuous. 



Types. S ? . Dalat, 5000 ft., S. Annam. 5 April- 

 4 May, 1918. 



"Iris crimson, in the female hazel; bill greyish horn; 

 feet pale fleshy brown." 



3 c?, 2 ?. Dran, 3000 ft., S. Annam. 29 March- 

 1 April, 1918. 



3 c?, 3 ? . Dalat, 5000 ft., S. Annam. 5 April-5 May, 

 1918. 



1 c?. Langbian Peaks, 5500-6500 ft., S. Annam. 

 27 April, 1918. 



Males. T.L. 148, 147, 1^8, 140, 153, 15G*, 150 ; W. 64, 

 63, 60, 63, 63, 64 *, 61 ; T. 74 * ; Ts. 22 * ; B. f. g. 15* mm. 



Females. T.L. 150, 147, 146, 150, 147*; W. 59 (worn), 

 58, 60, 59, 60 * ; T. 68 * ; Ts. 22 * ; B. f. g. 14 * mm. 



Nest of the type female uniform with the description of 

 Mr. Gammie in Gates & Hume's 'Nests & Eggs of Indian 

 Birds,' i. 1889, p. 105. The eggs were two in number ; 

 somewhat pointed-oval; ground-colour almost white, richly 

 blotched with dull brownish crimson, much more thickly at 

 the larger end. Dimensions 19 x 4-2 mm. 



143. Pseudominla atriceps, sp. nov. (Plate XIV. fig. 1.) 



Nearest to P. caslaneiceps and P. c. soror from the Malay 

 Peninsula. Differs from the latter in having the cap sooty 

 black with broad white shaft-stripes, not deep chestnut with 

 narrow pale shaft-stripes. From the former it differs 

 further in its larger size. Colour above olivaceous, the outer 

 webs of the primaries rufous ochraceous, not chestnut. 

 Inner primary coverts rufous olivaceous, not black like the 

 wing-edging ; sides of breast and flanks less heavily washed 

 with a dull ochraceous. Sexes similar. 



Types. (5^ & ? from Langbian Peaks, 5500-7500 ft.. 

 S. Annam. 16 April, 1918. 



Male. T. L. 123 ; VV. 57 ; T. 53 ; Ts. 21 ; bill from gape 

 15 mm. 



* Types of the subspecies. 



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