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XXIX. — Descriptions of three new Species of Asiatic Birds. 



By Arthur, Viscount Walden, P.Z.S. 



PhyUornis chlorocephalus^ n. sp. 



The Burman representative of the Sumatran and ]\Iah\ccan 

 PhyUornis icterocephalus^ Temm. ap. Bonap., has not been 

 hitherto discriminated. It chiefly differs from that species by 

 possessing a much longer bill, by having the crown of the head 

 green and not yellow, and by wanting the intense golden colour 

 of the nape. The frontal plumes are bright yellow. The female 

 (perhaps the young male) has the forehead as well as the 

 crown bright green. Bill from nostril full half an inch ; other 

 dimensions as in Malaccan examples (four in number) of P/^ 

 icterocephalus, Temm. Described from three adult males and 

 one female, obtained near Tongoo. 



The nest two species were discovered by Dr. Jerdon, Avho 

 has kindly asked me to describe them. 



Turdinus striatus^ n. sp. 



Feathers of the head, nape, and back cinereous browm, nar- 

 rowly edged with a rich ruddy brown, changing to dark 

 brown on the margins. Wings and tail pale brown, tinged 

 with rufous. The long and lax upper tail-coverts brown, 

 tipped with ferruginous ; under tail-coverts bright rust- 

 coloui*. Chin, throat, and upper breast-feathers white at the 

 base and on the edges, with brown centres. Abdominal 

 region and flanks pale brown, tinged with rufous. Lores, 

 cheeks, and ear-coverts pale brown. Upper mandible horn- 

 brown; lower paler, inclining to yellow. Legs yellowish 

 brown. Bill from forehead f of an inch, wing 2f , tail 2 

 inches, tarsus f . 



Khassia hills, near Cherripoongi. 



This interesting species is a diminutive member of the Indo- 

 Malayan genus Turdinus. It closely resembles, in its general 

 aspect, Turdinus macrodactylus (Strickl.), but is a great deal 

 smaller, and has the throat striated and not pure wdiite. 



Cisticola ruficollis^ n. sp. 

 Stripe over the eye, ear-coverts, thigh-coverts, flanks, under 



" Scatella lencostoma, marine rejectamenta. 



" cestiiaiv;, among Fiici. 



" despccta, sea-coast and sandy places. 



" TeicJiomyza fusca, on chalk clife a little above higli-water mark ; 

 swarms also occur in urinatories in London and other towms. Yon 

 Heyden, in the ' Entomologische Zeitung, Stettin,' mentions C'cenia halo- 

 phila as a sea-side insect. I believe that no European Stratiomi/s has 

 been discovered to live as a larva in sea-brine." 



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