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On the difference of the colour of the upper parts, marked 

 as it is, I lay no stress, because Sikhim and Nepal birds of this 

 class are always deeper colored and more rufescent than speci- 

 mens of the same species from the Khasias. But I have exam- 

 ined over 30 specimens of ccerulatus, and not one exhibits a trace 

 of the broad and conspicuous white tippings to the three external 

 lateral tail feathers, characteristic of the present species, nor does 

 one of them show a trace of the large pure white patch on the 

 either side of the head that distinguishes subccerulatus. 

 The following are dimensions taken from the skin : — 

 Length, 10 to 11 ; wing, 4'2 to 4'6 ; tail, 5*0 to 5*8 ; tarsus, 

 1-48 to 1-6 ; bill at front from frontal bone, 096 to 1-03. 



Amongst our birds collected in the Malay Peninsula are two 

 species which I am unable to identify ; they may possibly not 

 be new, but I have spent some time in consulting every avail- 

 able authority, and I cannot find any trace of them. 



Iole terricolor, Sp. Nov. ? 



Above, earthy brown; chin, throat, abdomen, vent, lower tail-coverts, pure 

 white; breast, very pale dove brown ; ear-coverts, pale fawn brown. 



Length, 8*0 ; wing, 4-0 ; 5th and 6th primaries, equal 

 and longest ; 4th, 0*1 ; 3rd, 03 ; 2nd, l'O ; 1st, 2 inches shorter ; 

 tail, 3-9 ; bill at front, straight from frontal bone to tips, 0-9 ; 

 tarsus, 0*7. 



The entire upper plumage an almost perfectly uniform pure 

 brown, not very light, a color intermediate between an earth 

 brown and hair brown, but perfectly pure, and without the 

 faintest admixture of either rufous or olive ; lores and ear- 

 coverts a lighter rather warmer brown, much the color of the 

 ear-coverts in Eemixus flavala ; a dark patch under the eye at 

 the base of the lower mandible, as in this latter species, but 

 not so dark colored ; chin, throat, wing-lining, inner margins 

 of quills, abdomen, vent and lower tail-coverts, white ; breast 

 pale grey or dove brown ; tail quite even ; feathers of the 

 forehead, crown, and occiput all sharply pointed. 



Bill as in Iole, that is to say, straighter, longer, and with a 

 sharper culmen ridge than in Hemixus, but not so large as in 

 Hypsipetes, though of much the same character. 



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