^9" 9-] from Sottfh Annum and Cochin China. 599 



above form. The tail, however, seems to he somewhat long-. 

 We have com[)ared our specimen with the type of Tribura 

 thoracica, from which it differs in having the throat with 

 fewer markings. It most nearly agrees with the bird de- 

 scribed by Brooks as Dameticola mandelli (' Stray Feathers,' 

 iii. 1875, p. 281) in regard to the scanty throat-spots and 

 dark mandibles ; but we have followed Hartert (J.c.s.) in 

 regarding this as synonymous with L. luteiventris. 



177. Lusciniola tacsanowskia (Swinh.). 

 Hartert, Vog. paliiarkt. Faun. i. 1910, p. 542. 



Tribura intermedia Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. 1889, 

 p. 363. 



1 c? . Dalat, 5000 ft., S. Annam. 5 May, 1918. 



"Iris 'dark; maxilla blackish, mandible fleshy; feet pale 

 fleshy.'^ 



T.L. 140; W. 55 ; T. 58 mm. 



178. Franklinia rufescens BIyth. 



Franklinia rufescens poliocephala Gyldenstolpe (nee H. 

 Anderson), Kuiigl. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. Ivi, no. 2, 1916, 

 p. 44. 



2 c?,2 ?. Daban, 650 ft., S. Annam. 25-26 March, 

 1918. 



1 S ^<1.> 1 c? iium., 3 ? . Dran, 3000 ft., S. Annam. 

 16-18 May, 1918. 



"Iris crimson, yellow or ochre-brown; l)ill black; feet 

 fleshy." 



Males. T. L. 125, 127, 116 ; W. 45, 45, 49 mm. 



Females. T.L. 114, 106, 110, 113, 115; W. 44, 42, 41, 

 43, 43 mm. 



All the adult specimens are in breeding-plumage, with a 

 blackish tail and practically no trace of yellowish on the 

 under surface. The young male is slightly yellow beneath, 

 and has a marked cinereous band across the breast, no white 

 superciliary stripe, and but little rufous on the wings and 

 back. It has a double-ringed iris of yellow and hazel, and 

 the feet are brownish ochreous instead of fleshy. 



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