1866.] VISCOUNT WALDEN ON BIRDS FROM TENASSERIM. 551 



28. Prinia beavani, sp. nov. 



Nos. 35, 36, ^ . Schouay Goon, Salween River. 



" Irides reddish yellow ; legs fleshy ; beak black, horny. Shot 

 in low jungle." 



The two specimens sent belong to a species unknown to me ; nor 

 do they agree with the descriptions of any of the Wren Warblers 

 inhabiting India given by Dr. Jerdon. And I have failed in find- 

 ing exactly similar specimens in the British Museum and other 

 London collections. It is a well-marked form, having the head and 

 nape dull cinereous brown, contrasting distinctly with the slightly 

 ruddy brown of the dorsal plumage. The upper surface of the wings 

 and tail is of a similar colour, the outer edges of the primaries being 

 edged with ferruginous. From the nostril, and extending over and 

 a little beyond the eye, a bold pure-white band. The chin, throat, 

 cheeks, breast, and belly pure white. The under wing-coverts, under 

 tail-coverts, thigh-coverts, and flanks fulvous. The rectrices, which 

 in the specimens sent are comparatively short, are tipped with dirty 

 white, which edges a dark brown terminal spot, showing through to 

 the upper surface. The remaining under surface of the rectrices is 

 pale brown, similar in hue to the under surface of the quills, the 

 inner edges of these latter being pale ferruginous. The tail consists 

 of ten feathers, which are graduated ; the first primary is about two- 

 thirds the length of the second, which is considerably shorter than 

 the third ; the fourth is longer than the third, and but slightly shorter 

 than the fifth, which and the sixth are equal and longest ; the seventh 

 is equal to the fourth. 



Wing 1-f-J inch; tail 1-|; bill from forehead |-, from nostril -^; 

 tarsus -I ; hallux -§ ; middle toe -^. 



This species appears to be most closely allied to P. cinereo-capilla, 

 Hodgs. 



29. Corydalla rufula, (Vieill.). 



Anthus rufulus, Vieill. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 1818, xxvi. p. 494. 



No. 71, 2- Moulmein. 



The specimen sent is not distinguishable from Central Indian ex- 

 amples. Anthus malayensis, Eyton, is a somewhat smaller bird ; but 

 although regarded as distinct from C. rufula by Messrs. Horsfield 

 and Moore, I find a difficulty in detecting the specific differences. 



30. Melanochlora sultanea, (Hodgs.). 



Parus sultaneus, Hodgs. Ind. Rev. 1836, p. 31. 



No. 21, c? . Kyodan, Salween River. 



" In small flocks, rather noisy, in dense tree-jungles. Irides dark 

 brown ; bill greenish black." A young male in immature plumage, 

 the yellow crest hardly extending beyond the nape, and the dark 

 portion of the plumage being of a dull greenish brown. Specimens 

 from Penaug and Darjeeling do not differ, and the geographically- 

 intermediate Tenasserim race seems to be identical with them. I 

 give Mr. Hodgson's designation precedence over that of Lafresnaye, 



