1919] frnm Soufh Am/am and Cochin China. 607 



centre of abdoiiieii white, Hanks pinkish sahnou-bntf ; thighs 

 gre\Msli-buft" ; under tail-coverts greyisli-white. Mantle and 

 back slate, slightly washed with drab ; primaries fuscous 

 edged externally with silver-grey, except the outermost, and 

 narrowly margined with whitish internally ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries white. Tail brownish black edged 

 with grey especially near tbe base, tlie outermost pair of 

 feathers white on the outer web with a large white patch in 

 the extremity of the inner webs ; next two pairs with much 

 smaller areas of white, the third outer dusky on the outer 

 webs. 



" Iris pale lemon, bill black, feet ochreous, claws black." 



Female. Similar to male. 



Immature male and female. Differ from the adult in having 

 the black throat-patch only indicated by dark bases to the 

 feathers and by the absence of the pinkish Hush on the 

 flanks which are pale ochreous-buffy. 



" Iris dull ochreous or ochreous-wiiite, bill black, feet 

 dull ochreous." 



I c? ad., 1 ^ imm., 2 ? ad., 2 ? imm. Dran, 3000 ft., 

 S. An nam. 1 April- 16 May, 1918. 



1 S ad., 1 ? imm. Dalat, 5000 ft., S. Annam. 8 April- 

 3 May, 1918. 



1 ^ ad. Langbian Peaks, 6500 ft,, S. Annam. 6 April, 

 1918. 



1 c^ , 1 $ ad. (types of the species). Langbian Peaks, 

 6500 ft. 17 April, 1918. 



Males. T. L. 114, 112, 115, 115; W. 49, 51, 50, 51^; 

 T. 52-5, 53-5, 55, 53*; Ts. 16, 15, 165, 16-5* mm. 



Females. T. L. 108, 112, 112^ ; W. 50, 50, 52* ; T. 51,51, 

 52* ; Ts. 15-5, 165, 15* mm. 



Found flying about trees in small flocks. 



197. Sylviparus modestus Hurton. 

 P. Z. S. 1835, p. 154. 



4 c? , 3 ? . Langbian Peaks, 6000-7500 ft., S. Annam. 

 17-22 April, 1918. 



* Types of the species. 



