Mr. M. Burr — Notes on the Forficularla. 



Hah. Male, V/atan, Bhaino District, 3rd April ; female 

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

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

 12th April. 



I propose callinoj 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 

 cliest 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 less 

 rufous and of a more olive-brown. 



Bah. Watan, Bhamo District, Upper Burma. 



The above-mentioned specimens were a pair and were shot 

 whilst building their nest. 



Urocichla siidumensis, 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 ; culmen 0*45 ; wing 1"9 ; 

 tail 1*9; tarsus 0'75. 



Iris reddish-brown; bill black ; legs brownish. 



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



Fairly plentiful in the dense undergrowth near water. 



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

 Brachylabida3 (Isolabida^). By MALCOLM BuEK, 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 followirig species : — mauritaiiica, Lucas ; mari- 

 tima, Bon. ; ajiguii/era, Gerst. ; cldlen.Hs, Blanch. ; and 

 mcdesta, Gen^ — distinguishing it from Fvrcinella { = An'iso- 

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



