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entitled to specific separation, and be lias accordingly bestowed 

 on it a distinct appellation. He says (J. A. S. £., XL1X., 

 pi. II., 142):— 



" Trochalopterum meridionale, Sp. Nov. 



" T. Trochaloptero fairbanki peraffine, sed dorso grisescente r 

 abdomine medio albo, supercilio albo hand post oculum producto, 

 regione postoculari grisea nee fusca, rostroque vobustiore 

 distinguendum : pileo brunneo, dorso griseo-olivaceo, postice 

 olivaceo, coloribus transeuntibus ; supercilio brevi albo, loris 

 brunneis, cum pileo concoloribus ; capitis lateribus cum regione 

 parotica pallide rufescenti-griseis, colli lateribus cinereis ; rectri- 

 cibus rernigibusque brunneis, illis remigibnsque secundariis ultimis 

 subobsclete transfasciatis ; mento, gula, atque pectore albescenti* 

 griseis, conspicue fusco-Uriatis, media gula fere alba ; abdomine 

 medio albido, lateribus cum pennis subcaudalibus tectricibusque 

 inferioribus alarum ferrugineis, tibiis olivaceis; rostro nigro, 

 pedibus fuscis, iridibus saturate rufis. 



u Long tota exempli masculini, 9 ; alse, 3*5 ; caudse, 3*6 ; tarsi, 

 1*45; rostri a fronte, 0*8 j ejusdem a rictu, 1; culminis, - 9 

 poll. Angl. 



u Hab. In summis montibus provincise Travancore, ad 

 extremitatem meridionalem peninsulas Indicse. 



'" Head above hair-brown ; the feathers rather pale-shafted, 

 the colour passing gradually into that of the back, which is 

 greyish olive, becoming greener on the rump ; a very short 

 white supercilium, only extending from the base of the bill to 

 above the middle of the eye ; lores the same colour as the 

 crown ; sides of head, including the ear-coverts, grey, with a 

 slight rufescent tinge ; sides of neck purer grey ; wing and 

 tail-feathers brown with olivaceous margins ; all the tail-feathers 

 and the last (proximal) secondary quill-feathers with faintly 

 marked narrow transverse bars on the upper surface ; chin, 

 throat, and breast pale grey, with conspicuous dusky striaa, 

 the central portion of each feather being much darker than the 

 edges ; the middle of the throat is very pale, almost white, 

 middle of abdomen white, lateral portion and flanks with the 

 under tail-coverts and under wing-coverts ferruginous ; thigh- 

 coverts olivaceous. Irides dark red ;* bill black ; legs dusky. 



•• The three specimens were all shot at an elevation of 4,000 

 feet. Two are from Mynall, one from the Travancore and 

 Tinnevelly boundary. Two are males ; of the third, the sex 

 has not been ascertained. The differences in measurement are 

 trifling : the wing is 3*4 to 3"55 inches ; tail, 3'4 to 3'65 . 



* Noted by Mr. Bourdillon, as also are the dimensions taken in the flesh. The 

 length above quoted is from these measurements. 



