46 MAJOR H. H. GODWIN-AUSTEN ON NEW [Jan. (), 



Bill pale yellow shaded dark above ; legs fleshy brown ; irides 

 pale ruddy ochre. 



Length 875 inches, wing 3'22, tail 4-0, tarsus 1-25, bill at 

 front 0-68. 



In general coloration this bird approaches T. variegatum, Vigors. 

 Its yellow bill and much smaller weaker legs and feet make it a 

 very marked form of this genus. 



Trochalopteron virgatum, n. sp. 



Description. — Head dark rufous brown, olivaceous on back, paler 

 and greyer on rump ; tail olive-brown, with a slight tinge of rusty on 

 basal half, finely and indistinctly barred ; wing, first three quills grey 

 on outer web, the rest and secondaries pale ferruginous merging into 

 rich chestnut at their base ; coverts of the latter colour, narrowly 

 tipped ochre ; feathers of winglet conspicuously white-centred, and 

 lores chestnut, a white supercilium ; ear-coverts pale rusty ; chin and 

 throat rich dark chestnut; breast and abdomen bright ochraceous ; 

 under tail-coverts darker brown. As viewed from below, the tail is 

 grey brown, each feather faintly tipped with white. 



All the feathers of the head, upper back, flanks, and breast are 

 centred white or pale ochre ; and those of the head and neck are 

 rigid. 



Bill black ; legs pinky grey ; irides pale brown. 



Length 9 inches, wing 3*5, tail 4-85, tarsus 1*3, bill at front - 6. 



Obtained a single specimen near the village of Razami, Naga 

 Hills, under the Kopamedza ridge, 5000 feet. 



This strikingly plumaged species is very close to T. setiferum, 

 Hodgs., with which I compared it ; but differs very materially. T. li- 

 neatum, Vigors, is another allied form. 



Actinodura waldeni, n. sp. (Plate XII.) 



Description. — Head full-crested, extending back for more than an 

 inch, hoary grey, edged pale ; back rich brown with a greenish hue, 

 becoming more rufous on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; base of 

 tail-feathers chestnut, for half their length narrowly barred with 

 black, then black for terminal inch, the three outer tipped white; 

 quills black, outer web chestnut at base, then barred with black, and 

 the narrow terminal portion grey ; primary coverts black, the wing- 

 let-feathers grey, barred black ; ear-coverts hoary ; side of head 

 hair grey ; chin, breast, and abdomen rufous brown, paler on chin 

 and throat, the whole having a streaky appearance, the feathers being 

 centred with a darker shade. 



Bill grey ; legs and feet fleshy brown ; irides pale grey. 



Length 8 inches, wing 3*48, tail 3-45, tarsus 1*2, bill at front 0'62. 



I first shot this bird on the Peak of Japvo, at about 9000 feet, on 

 the Burrail range, Naga Hills. 



This is a small form of A. eyertoni, which occurs in the same 

 locality, every character being repeated in the two forms, yet each 

 distinct ; no better example of a gradual change in size and colora- 

 tion could be shown. 



