586 Messrs, Roljinson and Kloss on Birds [Ibis, 



Males. T. L. 308, 330 ; W. 158, 175 ram. 

 Female. T. L. 315 ; W. 173 mm. 



Tliese birds seem perfectly typical ; tbere is no white on 

 the feathers of the anj^le of the wings and the body-feathers 

 are black to their bases. There is some variation in tlie tint 

 of blue, one bird being rather brighter than the other two. 



148. Brachypteryx carolinae La Touclie. 



La Touche, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, viii. 1898, p. ix ; Ibis, 

 1899, pp. 198-200. 



1 c?, 1 ?. Arbre Broye, 5400 ft., S. Annam. 13-14 

 May, 1918. 



2 (^ , 1 ?. Langbian Peaks, 55-7500 ft., S. Annam. 

 15-27 April, 1918. 



" Iris dark, bill bhiekisli brown, feet brownish grey." 



Males. T. L. 110, 122, 125 ; W. 62, 58, 59 mm. 



Females. T. L. 116, 120; W. 58, 57 mm. 



We have referred the above series to this species with 

 some hesitation. The birds, however, agree fairly well, 

 especially the females, with Mr. La Touche's description, 

 while his male, and possibly ours also, does not appear to 

 have been fully adult. 



149. Brachypteryx nipalensis nipalensis (Hodgs.). 



1 ? . Arbre Broye, 5400 ft., S. Annam. 13 May, 1918. 



T.L. 120; W. 01 mm. 



We have for the present identified this single female with 

 the above race : it is more rufous, less russet, both above 

 and below, than the other two females obtained (antea). 

 It differs from a topotypical series of B. n. wiayi O. -Grant, 

 Bull. B. O. C. xix. 1906, p. 10, in being more ochraceous, 

 less rusty rufous above. 



150. Malacias desgodinsi (Oust. & David). 



Sibia desgodinsi Oust. & David, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, 

 (7) i. 1877, p. 139. 



Malacian desgodinsi Oust. Nouv. Arch, du Mus. (3) vi. 

 1894, p. 279; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 589 ; Ingram, Nov. Zool. 

 xix. 1912, p. 289. 



