Aehem. 457 



sions taken in the flesli, and description willj however, render 

 identification easy by naturahsts at Home. 



Length, 7-75 to 8-5; expanse, 11 to 11-75; wing, 3-4 to 3-6; 

 tail, 3"5 ; tarsus, 0*7 to 0*8; bill, from gape, 0*85 to 0'9. 



The bill, legs, and feet are black ; the irides brown. The lores 

 and a circle round the eye are black ; there is a long white 

 superciliary stripe from the nostrils almost to the nape ; between 

 these from the forehead to the nape, the whole top of the head 

 is a rich, somewhat umber brown in freshly-moulted birds, which 

 brown however fades apparently soon after the moult ; the whole 

 of the rest of the upper plumage is a dull, rather pale brown, 

 every feather obscurely margined with a dull olive or greenish 

 yellow ; the upper tail coverts have this margin slightly bright- 

 er, and the ends of the longest soft rump feathers are in freshly 

 moulted specimens somewhat conspicuously paler ; the chin and 

 throat and a line under the posterior half of the eye, dividJDg 

 this from the ear coverts, white; these latter and the sides of tlie 

 neck, pale brown or whity brown, varying in shade in different 

 specimens ; sides of the breast, more or less brown, the central 

 portion mottled brown and white ; abdomen, white ; flanks and 

 tibial plumes, pale brown ; vent tinged with pale yellow ; lower 

 tail coverts, very pale primrose yellow, tinged towards the margin 

 with a much brighter primrose. 



I am by no means sure that this should not be placed as an 

 Ixos. The head is not crested, the feathering of the rump is 

 very full, and there are distinct hairs on the nape; but on the 

 other hand the bill, the general tone of coloring, and the habits 

 are those of Oiocompsa leucogenys and leucoiis. I do not suppose 

 that this is new, but if so, it may stand as Otocompsa per sonata, 

 Davison, the name Mr. Davison gave it from the peculiar 

 appearance it has in life of wearing a mask. 



Mr. Davison notes that "this is the most common bird 

 at Acheen ; although occurring in almost every locality, it was 

 particularly abundant in and around the villages, keeping., in 

 small parties, or occasionally in pairs, in the low scrub and 

 brushwood. The note and habits seem to be identical with those 

 of the Indian Otocompsa's. The broad superciliary stripes, the 

 black lores and eye circle, and the white thioat and cheek streak 

 give the bird a very peculiar appearance .^^ 



Oriolus Mppocrepis, WagUr. 



The Acheen oriole appears to belong to this species ; it is very 

 close to incUcus of Southern India, but lias a much larger bill, 

 much more conspicuous white edgings to the earlier primaries^ 



