254 A SECOND LIST OF THE BIRDS 



452 dec.—Iole viridescens, Bly. 



" Very rare here. — J. I. ,J 



Specimens from Dilkhushah and the foot of the Cherra 

 Poorjjee Hills. 



457 quat— Brachypodius cinereiventris, Bly. 



" Extremely common. — J. I." 



A typical specimen of this somewhat doubtful species (c. f. 

 S. F., VI., 319) killed at Dilkhushah, 11th November 1879. 



477. — Myiomela leucura, Hodgs. 



" Somewhat rare. — J. I." 



A young male, obtained at Dilkhushah, 9th February 1879, in 

 almost perfect adult plumage, but showing, on the coverts of one 

 wing, a single oval orange buff spot, the last trace of the 

 nestling plumage. 



481.— Pratincola caprata, Lin. 



u Rather rare, and seen only during the cold weather. — J. I." 

 A pair from Dilkhushah. 



487.— Oreicola jerdoni, Bly. 



(i This bird is often seen on the top of reeds along road sides ; 

 it is extremely shy and difficult to procure. — J. I." 



One specimen only is sent, an adult male of this species, 

 ■which is an extremely rare one even in Indian collections. 

 Jerdon himself only described the male in his el Birds of India;" 

 but he appears to have presented specimens of both sexes to 

 the British museum, and Mr. Sharpe has described the female, 

 I think for the first time, in the fourth volume of the British 

 Museum Catalogue. 



The followiug are the measurements and description of a fine 

 female obtained by the late Mr. Mandelli from Cachar : — 



Length, about 5*5; wing, 2 - 5 ; tail, from insertion of feathers, 

 24; tarsus, 08 ; bill, at front from frontal bone, 062. 



Bill blackish horny, paler on base of lower mandible ; legs 

 and feet brown. 



The forehead, crown, occiput, sides, and back of the head and 

 neck, and interscapulary region a uniform faintly rufescent 

 olive brown, which, in the lower back and rump, has a ferru- 

 ginous tinge, and on the lower tail-coverts becomes pure ferru- 

 ginous ; the tail feathers dull hair brown, slightly paler along 

 the margins ; the wings hair brown ; the median and greater 

 coverts and tertiaries margined with pale ferruginous; the 

 primaries and secondaries just perceptibly yellowish white on 



