of Assam Mammalia and Birds. 457 
into Assam, in which place, however, they are more common.”— 
Me Clelland’s MS. 
Genus LE1oTHRIx, Swains. 
56. Le1oTHRIx LEPIDA. Capite subcristato supra nuchdque cinereis 
in cerulescentem vergentibus ; dorso tectricibusque alarum ex oli- 
vaceo cinnamomeis ; alis cauddque supra ex parte ceruleis ; remi- 
gum pogoniis internis late nigris, apicibus albis ; rectricibus exte- 
rioribus pogoniis internis, omnibus apicibus albis : subtis ex diluto 
cinnamomeo canescens. 
“Gray; bluish on the crown, brownish on the back, and light 
bluish-gray beneath ; wings and tail blue (inclining to black), with 
minute white tips and light blue outer margins. Length five inches.” 
—MeClelland’s MS. 
57. Le1oTHRIX SIGNATA. Olivaceo-fusca abdomine pallidiore ; 
alis, cauddque subcastaneis ; guld obsolete flavicante ; fascid collari 
ex lete-cyaneo nitente. 
“‘ Olive-brown above, lighter beneath ; a Prussian-blue streak on 
each side of the neck ; tail short and square. Length five inches”.— 
McClelland s MS. 
58. LEIOTHRIX ORNATA. Capite colloque supra nigricantibus ; 
subtis tenidque ad latera colli per oculos ad rostrum ductd albis ; 
noteo cinnamomeo, crisso pallidiore ; alis cauddque nigris remigi- 
bus secundariis albo marginatis, primoribus rectricibusque ad apices 
albo limbatis, omnibus nitore cruento inductis. 
“Head black, with a white streak passing over each eye; back 
brown ; wings and tail black, variegated with scarlet and white ; be- 
neath white.”—McClelland’s MS. 
Tribus ConrRosTRES, Cuv. 
Fam. FRINGILLIDz, Vigors. 
Genus MtrarFra, Horsf. 
59. Mirarra AssAmica. Corpore cinereo-brunneo variegato, uro- 
pygio pallidiore ; remigum pogoniis internis caudeque basi rufis ; 
subtis ex rufescente cana, plumis pectoris nigro maculatis ; lunuld 
obsolet? fuscd temporibus. 
This species appears to be intermediate between Mirafra Javanica, 
Horsf., and Mirafra phenicura, Frankl., but its characters are sufli- 
ciently marked to distinguish it from both. 
60. MirAFRA FLAVICOLLIS. Supra olivaceo-brunnea, vertice sa- 
turatiore, tectricibus secundariis albicante marginatis ; subtis 
flava, fasciis paucis obsolete fuscis ; crisso cauddque subtis albi- 
cantibus. 
Length five inches. 
Genus Piocrus, Cuy. 
61. Ploceus Manyar. Fringilla Manyar, Horsf., Trans. Linn. 
Soc., XIII. p. 160. 
Genus Loncuura, Sykes, Proceed. Zool. Soc., 1832, p. 94. 
