RECENTLY DESCRIBED SPECIES. PANY 
broad supercilium black, lores and narrow circle round the eye, 
“pure white ; ear-coverts and side of neck grey; chin and 
throat black, merging into pearly grey and white on the breast ; 
under tail-coverts, pure white. 
Length, 4°5; wing 1:8; tail, 2:4; tarsus, ‘77; bill, at front, 
“28. 
Obtained by Mr. William Robert, near Karakhul, Munipur 
hills.—Jbis, 1875, p. 250. 
-Sphenocichla,* Wald. 
Bill longer than the head, conical, straight, and acute. Cul- 
men, from region of the nostrils to the forehead, much com- 
pressed; from nostril to apex swollen and flattened; nostrils 
protected by a scale-like cover and shaded by dense nareal tufts ; 
commissure almost straight ; lower mandible flatsided; gonys 
broad, more flat than rounded, but slightly curved; tarsus 
strong, moderately long; hallux and claw well developed ; 
outer toes equal and but slightly shorter than the middle ; 
wing short, rounded; first primary half as lone as second; 
second, third, and fourth about equal; fifth longest. Outer 
pair of rectrices short, next pair shorter than remainder. 
Sphenocichla Roberti, G.-Aust. and Wald. 
General coloration throughout dark umber brown, richer on 
the wings and tail, which are closely barred with black ; fea- 
thers of the nape and back edged with darker brown, and with 
an inconspicuous pale spot near tip; these spots are more de- 
fined on the side of the neck. The feathers of the throat, neck, 
and breast are lanceolate, with a white edging showing as V- 
shaped markings; towards the abdomen these become less 
conspicuous, and only a few white spots dot the flanks ; bill 
grey, pale beneath and at tip. 
Length, about 6°5 ; wing, 2°8; tail,3°0; tarsus, *93; bill at 
front, °87 ; depth at base, °4. 
Shot on Hemes Peak, North Cachar hills, and also in the 
Munipur hills. 
This anomalous form has the structure of a Turdinus and the 
bill of a Stachyris.f—Ibis, 1875, p. 250. 
Acridotheres albocinctus, G.-Aust. and Wald, 
Top of head glossy black; feathers rather elongated, and a 
white collar on back of neck; back dull grey-black, with a 
* This may be the same genus as that named Heterorhynchus by Mandelli,; but if 
so, that title cannot stand, having been previously employed by Lafresnaye, Wald. 
+ This I take to be the most characteristic feature; I had named the genus 
“ Stachyrirhynchus,’ but Mr. Brooks persuaded Mr, Mandelli to change it to 
Heterorhynchus.—ED., 8. EF. 
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