CERiORNis TEMMINCKI, J. E. Gray. 201 



jities. This species is mueli like duhia, but the wing is only 

 about 3*75 iu length. It has no black band over the base of 

 the bill, only a black line from the gape to the eye, and fronx 

 behind the eye backwards. The entire forehead is broadly pure 

 white, and this white continues unbroken over the eye, and 

 backwards over the ear-coverts, whereas in dubia the black 

 of the anterior part of the crown comes right down to the eye 

 and divides the white of the forehead from the white band over 

 the posterior portion of the eye and ear-coverts. Lastly, the 

 black on the anterior portion of the crown is very much 

 narrower than in dubia, and runs at once into the brown of tiie 

 crown instead of being divided from this by a narrow greyish 

 white baud as in dubia.* 



A. 0. H. 



Major C. H. T. Marshall has recently received through 

 Major Charles Cock, from Lieut. Stevens, a Geriomis brought 

 from the Mishmi Hills at the extreme east of Assam, which, 

 though it diflPers in some minor particulars from Elliot's plate,f 

 and his and other meagre descriptions available, is yet I 

 believe referable to C. temmincki of Gray. 

 ^ There is no certainty of course that the Mishmis, who 

 brought down this specimen, procured it in their own hills, 

 but there is good reason to believe that they did so. Hitherto 

 the spiecies has been known from Central China, from near 

 Hankow to the Eastern Hills of Setchuen, but these latter 

 extend to within probably 200 miles of tlie Mishmi Hills, and, 

 though believed to be divided from them by at least two 

 profound river valleys, there is nothing primd facie to lead us 

 to disbelieve in this south-western extension of the bird's range.l 



Ceriornis temminchi is most like Geriomis satyra, but may 

 be distinguished at once by having the interscapulary region, 



. * These remarks refer to peroni in spring and summer plumage. In winter plumage 

 it has been thus described : — 



" Light brown above, with a rufous tinge on the sides of the head ; a narrow band of 

 white runs across the forehead and over to the top of the eye ,- it then turns rufous and 

 150 passes over the ear-coverts. The loral streak is light reddish brown. The nuchal 

 white ring is indistinctly indicated, being marked with light rufous, which is also the 

 colour of the breast-patch, and runs faintly across the breast. The rest of the iiuder 

 parts are white i and the wings and the tail have the same markings as in the adult." 



f Pavid and Oustalet also figure this species, but little can be learned from their. 

 plate, and their description too is anything but full. 



J Since this was written I see that the specimens of this species, observed by Mr 

 Bennett in Mr. Beale's Aviary at Macao, had been procured in Yunan, the norlh- 

 western portions of which almost meet the Mishmi Hills, so that there can be no 

 reason to doubt that this bird did really come, as supposed, from these latter. 



