132 MR. R. SWINHOE ON NEW CHINESE BriRDS. [Mar. 10, 
magnirostris, Less., of Malacca and Sumatra. I have much plea- 
sure in dedicating this novelty to our President, Viscount Walden. 
2. ABRORNIS FULVIFACIES, Sp. nov. 
Forehead and face orange-buff. Upper parts olive-green. The 
feathers of the crown and occiput long and broad, with broad median 
blackish-brown streaks. Wings light hair-brown, broadly margined 
with olive-green. Rump primrose-yellow, greenish on upper tail- 
coverts. Tail pale olive-brown, broadly margined, especially on the 
basal half, with olive-green. Under parts dull white, yellowish on the 
chin, with a large patch of blackish mottling on the throat. A slight 
band crossing the breast, tibial feathers, and vent greenish yellow. 
Axillaries yellowish, with yellow carpal edge. Under edges of quills 
primrose-white. Sexes similar. 
Bill brownish ochre, brown on culmen and tip of lower mandible, 
with black rictal bristles two-thirds the length of the bill. Iris rich 
brown. Legs and claws brownish ochre. 
Length 3°3; wing 1:95; tail 1°7, of ten nearly equal feathers ; bill 
in front *24, its breadth at base ‘12; tarse -55; fore toes small, with 
small claws ; hind toe large and long in proportion, with strong claw. 
Wing: first quill -82, second ‘4, third ‘15 shorter than fourth 
to seventh, which are nearly equal and longest. 
This bird is nearly related to Abrornis albogularis, Hodgs., and 
A. castaneiceps, Hodgs., of Nepal and Sikhim. Both my speci- 
mens have only ten feathers in the tail. Jerdon does not speak of 
the number of rectrices in the two Himalayan species. 
In the bamboo-groyes that lined the mountainous sides of the 
river in Szechuen, about Chungchow and above, I often noticed 
this diminutive bird. The male utters a long-drawn plaintive whistle, 
and they chase one another with short chattering notes. On the 
10th of May I watched a couple of them in an open copse in front 
of a cottage; they were picking up and carrying about small bits of 
straw, no doubt to build their nest with. They were so tame that 
they allowed me to come within a yard of them. I had not the 
heart to shoot them. 
3. ZOSTEROPS SUBROSEUS, Sp. Nov. 
Close to Z. simplex of South China in general colour and appear- 
ance. Has a shorter and straighter bill; a yellow forehead ; a black 
line from above the rictus to the fore angle of the eye, encroaching on 
the white ring. Its wing is edged with darker green. Its axillaries 
white, with less yellow on the carpal edge. Its under parts greyish 
white, bluer grey on the sides of the breast, and dingier on the flanks. 
But the great mark of difference is in its having its belly and the 
sides thereof washed with a pretty rose-colour. 
Bill indigo-black on upper mandible and apical third of lower, 
basal two-thirds pale indigo-grey. Irides light reddish brown, with 
whitish outer ring. Legs light lavender-leaden, with dingy yellowish 
soles and under surface of claws. 
Length of male about 4 inches; wing 2°25; tail 1°7; bill *35; 
tarse °6. 
