588 Messrs. Robinson and Kloss on Birds [Ibis, 



Females. T. L. 172, 170, 172, 172, — , 160, 175, 163* ; 

 W. 65, 61, m, 66, 63, 63, 62, 65*; T. 77* ; Ts. 23* ; 

 B. f. g. 19 * mm. 



152. Herpornis xantholeuca sordida, subsp. nov. 

 IJerpornis xantholeuca Kloss, Ibis, 1918, p. 209. 



Duller and more greyish above than other continental 

 races, especially on the head : topotypes of H. x. interposita 

 Hartert (Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, xxxviii. 1917, p. 20) com- 

 pared. In Siamese specimens the difference is scarcely so 

 marked. 



Types, c? ? • Daban, 650 ft., S. Annam. 14-21 March, 

 1918. 



"Iris dark; maxilla horny brown, mandible fleshy; feet 

 fleshy.^' 



3 cT, 1 ?• Daban, 650 ft., S. Annam. 14-21 March, 

 1918. 



2 c^ . Dran, 3000 ft., S. Annam. 11-14 May, 1918. 



Males. T. L. 122*, 120, 120, — , 122; W. 67*, Q6, 67, 

 67, 65 ; T. 50 * ; Ts. 17 * ; B. f. g. 155 * mm. 



Female. T. L. J 18 * ; W. 61 * ; T. 46 * ; Ts. 17 * ; B. f. g. 

 15"5 * mm. 



153. Cutia nipalensis legalleni, subsp, nov. (Plate XV.) 

 Male. Differs from both tlie other forms of the genus in 



having the whole of the under surface except the throat, 

 but including the under tail-coverts, white barred with 

 black, the bars narrower than iu the other forms. Primaries 

 and secondaries without the fine white tips present in the 

 other races. Crissum and under tail-coverts slightly washed 

 with buff". Crown with fine black shaft-stripes. 



Total length 190; wing 87 ; tail 70 ; tarsus 25 ; bill 

 from gape 24 mm. 



Female. Differs from the females of the other races in 

 having the cap and nape dark brown, slightly washed with 

 grey, not markedly distinct from the ear-coverts. Ground- 

 colour of the mantle light brownish-olive {^Ridgway) , much 

 duller with no rufous tinge. 



* Types of the subspi-^cies. 



