246 Mr. M. Burr — Notes on the Forficularia. 



Hob. Male, "YVatan, Bhamo District, 3rd April ; female 

 (with blue tail-feather), Sinlum-kaba, Bhamo District, 

 27th April ; second female, Mongwai, Bhamo District, 

 12th April. 



I propose calling this beautiful bird after Sir Herbert 

 Thirkell White, Lieutenant-Governor of Burma. 



Urocichla kauriensis, sp. n. 



Adult male. Very like U. reptata (Bingham), but the 

 chest and sides of the breast are of a more rufous-brown, 

 and the middle of breast and belly is distinctly spotted with 

 white. 



Total length about 3"7 inches ; culmen 0*5 ; wing 1*8 ; 

 tail 1-2 ; tarsus 0'75. 



Iris dark red; bill dark horn-colour ; legs light brown. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but with the wings le3S 

 rufous and of a more olive-brown. 



Bab. Watan, Bhamo District, Upper Burma. 



The above-mentioned specimens were a pair and were shot 

 whilst building their nest. 



Urocichla sinlumensis, sp. n. 



Adult male. Easily distinguishable from U- reptata, 

 Bingham, and the above species (U. kauriensis) by having 

 the chin and throat mostly white, slightly mottled with 

 brownish ; the feathers of chest, sides of the breast, and flanks 

 of a more olive colour, conspicuously spotted with white and 

 tipped with black. 



Total length about 4*1 inches; culrnen 0*45 ; wing 19; 

 tail 1*9; tarsus 0*75. 



Iris reddish-brown; bill black ; legs brownish. 



Hab. Sinlum-kaba, Bhamo District, Upper Burma. 



Fairly plentiful in the dense undergrowth near water. 



XXIX. — Notes on the Forficularia. — XIII. A Revision of the 

 Brachylabidse (Isolabida?). By Malcolm Burr, B.A., 

 F.E.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.G.S. 



Dohrn (Stett. ent. Zeit. xxv. p. 292, 1864) proposed this 

 genus for the following species : — mauritanica, Lucas ; mart- 

 tima, Bon. ; angulifera, Gerst. ; chilensis, Blanch. ; and 

 modesta, Gene' — distinguishing it from Forcinella ( = Aniso- 

 labis) by the presence of lateral tubercles on the second and 



