396 A FIRST LIST OF THE BIRDS 
Two males measured in the flesh:—Length, 5°5, 6°5; ex- 
panse, 7°24, 8:12; wing, 2°6, 2°87; tail, 2°62, 3. 
297.—Alseonax latirostris, Raff. 
“Common during the winter months; of rather solitary 
habit.—F. W. B.” 
A male measured in the flesh:—Length, 5; expanse, 8; 
wing, 2°7; tail, 1°87. 
A female measured :—Length, 4°75; expanse, 8°12; wing, 
Zoctat, bor. 
300.—Ochromela nigrorufa, Jerd. 
No specimen received. 
“ Rather scarce, of solitary and silent habits, and frequents 
dense irul and other thickets from 2,500 feet elevation upwards. 
—F. W. B.” 
301.—Eumyias melanops, Vigors. 
“Common though not abundant up to 2,000 feet elevation, 
and prefers clearings in the forest wherever there are heaps of 
unburnt brushwood lying about. Is a winter visitor from 
December to March.—F. W. B.” 
302.—Eumyias albicaudata, Jerd. 
No specimen received. 
“Ts more frequently observed in forest with thick underwood, 
and prefers a rather higher elevation, than the last species 
(E. melanops).—F. W. B.” 
307.—Cyornis ruficauda, Swains. 
This species has a very wide distribution, we have it from 
Murree, Cashmere, Simla, Mussouri, and near Gangaotree, 
Raipoor, Ahmednuggur, Ootakamund, and Southern Travan- 
core, but it does not occur in Sikhim or eastwards, I believe. 
307 vis—Cyornis Mandelli, Hume (S. F. Vol. IT. p. 
510.) 
I described this species fully froma Sikhim specimen, Vol. 
II, p. 510; since I described it, Mr. Mandellihas obtained three 
more specimens, and now we have two more from Mr. Bour- 
dillon from Travancore obtained at an elevation of about 2,000 
feet, one of which is by dissection a male, and, except that the 
bill is slightly larger, corresponds exactly with the bird de- 
scribed by me. In that description one misprint occurred, the 
tarsus is given as 0°6 instead of 0°5. 0°51 would be most 
correct. 
