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tlieir outer edges ; cbin and throat white, with a creamy tiDge ; 

 breast, abdomen, vent, and lower tail-coverts pale fulvous. 



This bird strongly recalls the female of Pratincola (or Orei- 

 cola) ferrea, but our present bird is smaller ; the interscapulary 

 region and middle back is uniform, whereas in ferrea it is dis- 

 tinctly striated, as is also generally the head, and in this present 

 species, the breast and abdomen are pale fulvous, while in ferrea 

 the breast and sides of the abdomen are pale earthy brown. 



I forgot to mention that in the present species there is a 

 faint albescent streak from the nostril over the lores and above 

 the eye : but this is not nearly so conspicuous as the correspond- 

 ing streak in ferrea. Inferred the ear-coverts are picked out, 

 as it were, by a distinct rufous tinge ; in the present species they 

 are uniform with the rest of the upper parts. 



500.— Ruticilla aurorea, Pall. 



" Observed only during the cold weather. — J. I." 



A male obtained near Dilkhushah on the 29th December 1878. 



512. — Calliope camschatkensis, Gm. 



tc Is not at all common. — J. I." 



A fine adult male of the Ruby-throat, shot at Dilkhushah, 

 10th April 1878. 



514— Cyanecula suecica, Lin. 



" Very common during the cold months. — J. I." 

 A single specimen obtained near Dilkhushah. 



54=2— Graminicola bengalensis, Jerd. 



" Common.— J. I." 

 Dilkhushah. 



558.— Phylloscopus lugubris, Bly. 



A male obtained by Davison, on 27th December 1877, at 

 Terria Ghat, at the foot of the Cherra Ponjee Hills. This is a 

 less dusky and brighter coloured specimen than I have before 

 met with, but unless there is still an undescribed species 

 of Phylloscopus ( as Mr. Brooks suspects ) intermediate between 

 lugubris and viridanus, this specimen is certainly lugubris. 

 Its superior brightness may be due to its being a young bird. 



591 bis.— Motacilla dukhunensis, Sykes. 



" I have observed about a dozen of this Wagtail. I have 

 never seen it in the open, but always found it°on a shaded 

 path or road in jungle. — J. I." 



A male unmistakably of this spieces, killed at Dilkhushah. 



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