18 'No'VELTiES.—Uudromias Tenuirostris. 



but the last seven primaries are couspiciiously^ thoug-h very 

 narrowly, margined at the tips with pure white, and all the se- 

 condaries have the outer wehs towards the tips pure white. The 

 outer tail feathers are very like those of Morinellus, a broad pure 

 white tip on both webs, then a dark bar fading into the grey 

 brown of the. rest of the feather, and only a very narrow margin 

 of white running up the outer web, for a short distance. There 

 is a very narrow white collar on the back of the neck, and from 

 either side of the nape descends a dark umber brown pectoral 

 collar. 



All these peculiarities combined ought to render this species, 

 if not new, easily identifiable; but to prevent any possibility of 

 mistakes, I append exact dimensions and descriptions taken from 

 the dry skin. 



I may note that Dr. Jerdon believed that he obtained this 

 specimen in Burmah ; but was not sure whether he got it on the 

 coast or inland. 



Dimensions. — Length, 7*25 inches; wing, 5*7 inches; tarsus, 

 1"35 inches; bare portion of tibia, 0*5 inches; bill at front, 0"82 

 inch; tail, 2'75 inches; first primary longest; second, 0'05, 

 third, 0"3, fourth, 0*75, fifth, 1-2 inches shorter than the first. 



Description. — Lores, forehead, front of the head, and orb-tal 

 region rufous white (the specimen is a good deal shot about the 

 front of the head, and it is diflSeult to make out whether there 

 was or was not a dark line through the lores) ; the crown, occiput, 

 and nape, a dull earthy brown, paler and slightly tinged with 

 rufous on the front, darker posteriorly ; the whole of the lower 

 parts, except the pectoral collar, including sides, axillaries, wing 

 lining, and lower tail coverts, pure white. A very narrow white 

 collar at the base of the nape ; immediately behind this from 

 either side of the back of the neck sj^rings an umber, or dark 

 hair-brown half collar, which completely encircles the upper 

 part of the breast ; this collar is not prolonged over the back 

 of the neck. The whole of the back, coverts, scapulars, and 

 tertiaries, and the central tail feathers are a nearly uniform- 

 dull pale brown ; most of the feathers of the lesser coverts, 

 the shorter scapulars, and the upper tail coverts, narrowly 

 and inconspicuously margined with dull pale ferruginous. The 

 primaries and secondaries are pale hair-brown; the winglet 

 and primary greater coverts being somewhat conspicuously 

 darker. The edge of the wing just below the carpal joint is 

 pure white. The last seven primaries, earlier secondaries, the 

 primary greater coverts, and the winglet narrowly margined 

 at the tips with pure white; the greater secondary coverts rather 

 broadly tipped with white ; the later secondaries with the en- 



