416 Minla Rufogularis. 



there are a quantity of small light streaks all round tlie eye 

 extending to the ends of the ear coverts : there is a large patch 

 of dull greyish white on the abdomen, the color of the white 

 on MenUa boulboul ; lower part of. abdomen, black, like the 

 breast, but streaked with rufous, and this rufous increases in 

 extent till the lower tail coverts are nearly entirely of that 

 color ; bill, black ; legs, feet, and claws, very dark brown. 



Length of skin,6'4 inches^and in the flesh will probably measure 

 6'5 inches or more ; wing, 2*7 inches ; tail, 2"65 inches ; bill at 

 front, "8 inch ; depth at base, "3 ; width at base, '3 inch ; from 

 gape to tip, about 1 inch ; tarsus^ 1'07 ; mid toe, '8 ; its claw, 

 *27 ; hind toe, '48 inches; its claw, '4 inch. 



Three specimens obtained from Native Sikhim in February 

 last. 



ilnla Swf^plro, Nov. 8p. 



Description, — Top of head, reaching to upper part of back, rich 

 olivaceous chestnut ; remainder of upper parts, olive, with a rufous 

 tinge ; tail, dark reddish brown ; wings, both coverts and quill 

 feathers, olive brown, edged with reddish brown, over the eye 

 a broad white supercilium continued to the ends of the ear 

 coverts, and this is surmounted by a broad velvet black streak, 

 which extends across the forehead, and is continued over the eye 

 till it reaches the shoulder : the white supercilium is narrowly 

 continued across the forehead immediately under the black 

 frontal band ; the eyes are surrounded with a circle of bright 

 white feathers, like those of Zosierops falpe&rosus and Abrornis 

 jooliogeiiifs : lores, greyish white j ear coverts, blackish olive, 

 shaded off at the edges ; beyond the ear coverts is a crescentic 

 patch of bright fulvous white ; chin, and extending slightly 

 beyond, white; throat, dark rusty red; breast, smoke grey on the 

 sides and fading to almost white on the centre ; abdomen, white ; 

 flanks, dusky olive ; vent and under tail coverts, bright ochreous ; 

 tibial feathers, olive, with a patch of bright fulvous on the inner 

 side at the joint ; bill, black ; legs, feet, and claws, pale brown. 



The feathers on the top of the head have a similar scaley 

 appearance to those of Minla cinerea, and this peculiar 

 character assisted me in placing this bird in the genus Minla. 



I got one specimen from the Bhotan Doars in January last. 



Length of skin, 4*6 inches ; in the flesh will probably measure 

 5 inch ; wing, 2' 16 inches ; tail, 2 inch ; bill at front, '43 ; from 

 gape, -6; tarsus, '83 inches; mid toe, '6; its claw, '17; hind 

 toe, '36 ; its claw, '25, 



