071 neio Birds from Upper Burma. 



recorderl from Burma. Amongst tliese are two apparenth, 

 new subspecies of Wren {Urocichla) ; a Stachyrhidopsis, 

 which differs from the Chinese form S. sinensis (Grant) in 

 having a longer stouter bill ; and an apparently new 

 Flycatcher [Gyornis). 



My thanks are due to Dr. Bowdler Sharpe and Mr. W. 

 Ogilvie-Granf, who have kindly assisted me in the identifi- 

 cation of my specimens, and to the latter for assisting me in 

 describing the following species, the types of which I have 

 presented to the British Museum (Natural History). 



StacJnjrhidopsis hhamoensis, sp. n. 



Adult male. Hesembles 8. sinensis, Grant, in having the 

 light chestnut on the head confined to the crown and not 

 extending over the nape, but may be easily recognized by 

 its much larger and more massive bill. It differs in having 

 faint black shaft-streaks to the feathers of the forehead, the 

 throat less yellow, much the same colour as the breast, 

 which is a dull greyish-olive, and the sides of tlie head and 

 neck grey instead of yellowish. 



Total length about 4*6 inches ; exposed part of culmen 0*5 ; 

 wing 2-1 ; tail 2-2 ; tarsus 0*8. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. 



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



Fairly common ; ten specimens were procured. 



Cyornis whitei, sp. n. 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to C. tickellice (Blyth), but 

 the general colour of the upperparts, including the wings and 

 tail, is more of a turquoise-grey-blue, and the feathers forming 

 ilie band across the torehead and the superciliary stripes, as 

 well as the least wing-coverts, are pale turquoise-blue ; the 

 cheeks and sides of the face are slaty black, without any trace 

 of the blue wash which is so conspicuous in 6". tickellice. 



Total length about 5*2 inches ; culmen O'-lo ; wing 2'^ ; 

 tail 2"4 ; tarsus 0"7. 



Female (?). Two females, presumably of this species, 

 resemble those of C. ruheculoides (Vigors). One, however, 

 differs in having the right-hand middle tail-feather pale 

 turquoise- blue, like that of the male : there can be no 

 doubt that the sex of this bird was correctly ascertained, 

 for it was cai)tured on its nest and, owing to its blue tail- 

 feather, carefully examined. 



Total length about 5*1 inches; culmen 0"-i5 ; wing 2*7; 

 tail 2-4 ; tardus 0-65. 



