RECENTLY-DESCRIBED SPECIES. 143 



Except in the size of bill our specimen does not differ greatly 

 in dimensions from male fascia ta } but the bill is very conspi- 

 cuously larger. Shot a few miles inland from Malacca. 



3Jeccntlg*kscvik& iSeries. 



Republications. 



Turdinus nagaensis, *God.-Aust. 



ei Above, dark umber brown throughout, with no streaking on 

 the feathers of the head ; beneath the same colour, but much 

 paler, with a slight rusty tint shading into and adjacent to the 

 dull whitish centre of breast ; chin also whitish; irides dark 

 brown ; legs and feet light sienna grey. 



"Length about 5"7 ; wing, 2-2; tail, 2*2 ; tarsus, 0'90 ; bill 

 at front, 0'50 ; mid toe and claw, 0"72 ; hind toe, 0*35 ; claw, 

 0-3. 



" This species is very distinct from T. garoensis in its deeper 

 umber coloration and smaller size ; particularly is this the 

 case in the size of the legs, feet, and the hind claw. Mr. A. 

 W. Chennell, of the Topographical Survey, obtained this bird 

 in the Eastern Naga Hills."— A. $ M. N. H., December 1877, 

 p. 519. 



Staphidea plumbeiceps, God.-Amt. 



" Head ash grey, purer behind ; feathers narrowly edged paler ; 

 back pale olive brown, a few feathers pale shafted ; wings 

 umber brown ; tail darker, the four outer feathers tipped with 

 white, increasing outwards diagonally ; lores pale grey ; the 

 ear-coverts only to just beneath the eye chestnut; the feathers 

 white shafted ; chin, throat, and all the lower parts white ; 

 flanks pale sepia grey ; under tail-coverts the same, tipped 

 white ; irides reddish brown ; legs umber. 



"Length, 4*6; wing, 2*3 j tail, 2*05; tarsus, 0-7; bill at 

 front, 0-3. 



* This I at first thought must be Pellorneum ticTcelli, Blyth, described, S. F., I., 

 299 note, which I have from Amherst, Tenasserirn, and also from Suddya, but I 

 now find that it is identical with Pellorneum ignotvm, Hume, S. F., V., 334, which 

 name has precedence. 



