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Dresser thus describes it : — 



" Adult Alale.—(Ma<rns, Beluchistan, 28th March). In general 

 coloration of plumage similar to H. pallida, but a trifle greyer 

 in general tiuge ; bill narrower and more slender ; first primary 

 much shorter and narrower, more resembling that of H. ollve- 

 torum. Total length, about 5*25 inches ; culmen, 075 ; wing, 31 ; 

 tail, 2 - 75 ; tarsus, 09 ; first primary scarcely as long as the pri- 

 mary coverts, 1*8 shorter than the second ; second, 0*2 shorter 

 than the third j third and fourth about equal ; soft parts as in 

 //. pallida." — Dresser, " Birds of Europe."" 



566 ter— Reguloides chloronotus, Hodgs. (vide 



S.F., IV., 505). 

 " Abrornis maculipennis. mm*, Sp. Nov. 



"This is a species allied to A. superciliaris (A.flaviventris, No. 

 574), but with two distinct j^ellowish -white wing bands and an 

 oval whitish spot at the tip of the outer web of each tertiary ; 

 crown dusky greyish-olive, with white supercilia and albescent 

 medial streak ; upper parts olive green ; the throat and breast 

 ashy ; belly, flanks and rump band dull yellow; three outer tail- 

 feathers on each side having their inner webs white. Wing, 2'75 

 inches; tail, 1'25 ; tarsi, 5'8. From Nipal or Sikhim. Specimen 

 in the India Museum at Fyfe House."— Blyth, " Ibis," 1867, 27. 



577 bis.— Abrornis griseifrons, G. R. Gr. in. Blyth. 



" Upp er surface olivaceous yellow ; front obscure grey ; eye- 

 brows, from nostrils to the hind Head and throat, white ; ear- 

 coverts obscure grey and white ; wing-coverts fuscous, margined 

 with olivaceous yellow ; quills fuscous black, margined exter- 

 nally with olivaceous yellow, and internally with rufous white ; 

 tail fuscous grey, margined externally with olivaceous yellow, 

 and internally with rufous white; beneath the body bright 

 yellow; bill plumbeous, and feet pale. Length, 4*1 inches; 

 wings, 2 ; tarsi, 9 ; bill from gape, 5."— Blyth, " Ibis/' 1867, 27. 



584 bis. — Henicurus guttatus, Gould. 



Head, breast, and back black ; the latter marked with round 

 or oblong white spots, from the size of a No. 1 shot on the 



