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207. Lioptila castanoptera. Fea's 



Malacias castanoptorus, Suloudori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) vii, 

 p. 363 (1889). 



Coloration. Resembles L. melanoleuca, and differs merely in 

 having the greater portion of the tertiaries and greater wing- 

 coverts chestnut. 



Bill and legs black. 



Length about 9; tail 4*3; wing 3*7; tarsus 1-1; bill from 

 gape -9. 



Distribution. Mr. Eea procured this species in the Karen hills 

 east of Toungngoo in Burma, and I have recently examined a 

 specimen which was obtained at Port Stedmau in the Shan States 

 by Dr. Manders. 



208. Lioptila annectens. BlytKs Sibia. 



Leioptila annectans, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi, p. 450 (1847) : id. Cat. 



p. 337; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 248; Godw.-Aust. J. A. 8. B. xxxix, 



pt. ii, p. 109 ; Hume, Cut. no. 613 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 80 ; 



Hume, S. F. xi, p. 246. 

 Lioptila saturata, Wald. Ibis, 1875, p. 352, note ; Wardlaw-Ramsay, 



IK*, 1877, p. 464. 



The Slender-billed Shrike-Tit, Jerd. ; Rabnun-pho, Lepch. 



Coloration. Forehead, lores, crown, nape, ear-coverts, and round 

 the eye black; hind neck black, streaked with white; sides of the back 

 black ; scapulars pale rufous ; middle of the back, the rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts deep chestnut, the latter with a few black streaks ; 

 lesser and median wing-coverts black, edged with ashy ; greater 

 coverts black, tipped with chestnut ; primaries black, edged on the 

 outer web with bluish white, except the last two or three, which are 

 plain ; secondaries similarly edged, except at the bases ; tertiaries 

 more broadly edged and tipped with white, and with some chestnut 

 on the outer web near the base ; tail black, edged with deeper black 

 on the basal half, and tipped white, more broadly on the outer 

 leathers, and more narrowly towards the middle ; lower plumage 

 white, except the vent, under tail-coverts, and flanks, which are 

 pale chestnut. 



Legs and feet wax-yellow ; claws brownish ; bill black ; gape 

 and more or less of basal portion of lower mandible yellow ; iris 

 chocolate, brownish chocolate, brownish maroon, claret-red, greyish 

 chocolate-brown (Hume). 



Length about 7*5 ; tail 3-4 ; wing 3-1 ; tarsus -95 ; bill from 

 gape *7">. 



L. saturata, Walden, is so close to this species that I cannot 

 separate it. On the other hand, L. davisoni, Hume, from Tenas- 

 serim, is a markedly distinct bird. I have examined the types of 

 both species. 



Distribution. Sikhim ; the Klutsi and Naga hills ; North Cachar; 

 Manipur ; Karennee. This specis is found at 4000 feet and 

 upwards. 



