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smaller size and in. the darker upper parts, and closely stippled 

 under surface. 



" In its young plumage, it is rufous on the entire upper 

 surface, and the breast is whiter than in the adult. 



"Habitat. — Northern, Western, and Central Provinces of 

 Ceylou, probably the whole island. 



" Type in British Museum. 



cl Locality. — Kotmalie, Central Provinces, Ceylon." — A. § M. 

 N. H., February 1878, p. 174. 



Abrornis flavogularis, God.-Aust. 



{e Above, ash-grey, purer grey on rump, rather darker on the 

 head ; wings pale umber-brown ; tail ash-brown ; the two outer 

 feathers white on the inner web, the next with a narrow edging 

 of white ; lores white ; ear-coverts white and grey ; chin pure 

 yellow, fading on throat ; breast, nape, flanks and thighs 

 greyish white, whitest on the breast ; a very faint yellow 

 tinge on the abdomen ; under tail-coverts white ; a small patch 

 of yellow on inner shoulder of the wing ; bill dark above, 

 buff below. "Wing, 1*84 ; tail, 1*8 ; tarsus, 0*67 ; bill at front, 

 0-3. 



u Habitat — Sadiya, (Mr. Ogle). This species is nearest to 

 A. xanthoschistus, having the same coloration of the head and 

 form of the bill ; it is distinguished from all other species by its 

 entirely ashy upper surface." — Pr. A. S. B., April 1878, 108. 



Batrachostomus javensis, Horsfield apud God.-Aust. 



u This specimen belongs to the Indian Museum, Calcutta, 

 where I found it among some skins that had been sent down 

 by the late lamented Captain John Butler from the Naga Hills, 

 and I was, by the kind permission of the trustees, allowed to 

 bring it to England. It is a most interesting specimen in the 

 rufous phase of plumage, but unfortunately the sex is not 

 marked. It agrees with a specimen of B. javensis female in the 

 collection of Lord Tweeddale, and the description of the 

 species, as given in P. Z. S., 1877, p. 435, and the dimensions do 

 not differ materially. I give a description of the Nagd Hill 

 bird, interesting as being found so far to the northward. 



" Entire plumage rich chestnut brown, a few white feathers 

 at the base of the upper mandible tipped rufous and barred 



