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sylvicola, Jerd., from Southern India, except in so far as they are 

 smaller and have the wings from 0*25 to 0'5 shorter. At the 

 same time, while some specimens of both are, except as regards 

 size, absolutely identical, a good many gularis are a paler grey 

 oh the crown and back than any sylvicola, and a good many 

 sylvicola are a darker and more olive grey than any gularis. 



p. 207 ; 267. — Hemipus picatus, Sykes. 



Add Moulmein. 

 p. £08 ; line 4, from bottom, for, birds, read, bird. 



p. 210 ; 268 quat.— Volvocivora neglecta, Hume. 



From the neighbourhood of Tavoy we have a series of 

 Volvocivoras which cannot be referred to either melaschisla, 

 neglecta, intermedia, or cidminata, or even avensis. They are 

 paler than intermedia and a fortiori than onelaschista. They 

 are darker than avensis and considerably larger ; very much 

 laro-er too than neglecta&nd qnite differently colored to culminata. 

 They answer precisely, with one exception, to Hartlaub's des- 

 cription of vidua, (See S. F., V., 206), That exception being 

 that, generally the two outer pairs, and sometimes three, have 

 comparatively narrow white tippings, and they are apparently 

 too large for vidua, of which the wing is given at 4'12. 



In these Tavoy birds the wings vary from 4*65 to 5'0, and 

 one old female has the wing 4*85. 



Possibly the wing in Hartlaub's type was imperfect, other- 

 wise the paler rump, the paler under surface, the under wing- 

 coverts concolorous with the hack, the faint barring on the 

 rump, the very small amount of white on the tail, all point to 

 vidua, and for the present I propose to enter these as 



268 quint — Volvocivora vidua, Hartl. (5). Descr. 

 S. F. } V., 206. 



Tavoy. 



p. 211 ; 271 ter. — Fericrocotus elegans, McClell. 

 Add Tavoy. 



p. 211 ; 273 quat. — Fericrocotus flammifer, Hume. 



In "the dense jungles at foot of Nwalabo we obtained two 

 young males of this species, just changing from the female to the 

 male plumage. This was on the 2nd and 3rd of April. 



Wings, 3-57 and 3*6. 



