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552.— Neornis flavolivacea, Sodga ? 



A specimen sent by Mr. Oates I identify somewhat doubt- 

 fully with this species ; the bill is wanting-, and both wings are 

 imperfect, and under these circumstances this is not a bird of 

 which one can be absolutely sure; however, I believe I have 

 correctly identified it. Mr. Oates remarks that he "met a 

 party of seven or eight on the 10th January at Tamagan. They 

 were moving very restlessly amongst brushwood. They have a 

 sharp note frequently repeated/-' 



555.— Phyllopseuste fuscata, Blyth. 



A single specimen is sent from Yattoun, Thayetmyo District, 

 by Mr. Oates, who says : " I only shot one bird of this species, and 

 that in a Mango grove. I carbolized the bird, and did not 

 ascertain its sex ; but it measured : Length, 5 - 2; expanse, 7*8; 

 tail, from vent, 2 ; wing, 2*45 ; bill, from gape, 0'54 j tarsus, 0-88. 



" The irides are brown ; the eyelids, grey ; the upper mandible, 

 dusky rufous ; the lower mandible, dusky at tip only ; the remain- 

 der, fulvous yellow ; gape, yellowish ; inside of mouth, yellow ; 

 legs, dusky fleshy, darker on the toes ; claws, yellowish horny." 



The specimen sent agrees perfectly with others from Cachar, 

 Tipperah, the Bhootan Dhooars, &c. It is entirely an eastern form, 

 and I myself have never known it to occur, south of the Hima- 

 layas, west of a line drawn north and south through Benares. 



561.— Phyllopseuste aflinis, Tick. 

 562.— Phyllopseuste indica, Jerd. 



Both these, Mr. Blyth records, were obtained by Sir Arthur 

 Phayre in the Tonghoo District. 



564.— Reguloides trochiloides, Sundev. 



One very bad specimen carbolized and without a tail, which I 

 refer to this species, is sent by Mr. Oates from the Pegu Hills, 

 where he shot it on the 10th April. It is, he says, the only bird 

 of the kind he met with, but he has not yet worked the small 

 Warblers. 



This bird agrees perfectly in size and markings with trochi- 

 loides, but it absolutely wants, except on the wing bars, the yellow 

 tint so conspicuous on the whole lower surface of trochiloides, 

 on the edge of the wing, on the long superciliary stripe, and 

 on the cheek stripe ; but I believe this is due to the birds having 

 been carelessly carbolized. I find that where carbolic acid is 

 allowed to spread at all it turns all yellow feathers pure white. 

 I have noticed this in many birds, and have tried experiments 

 with carbolic acid which have proved the fact beyond a doubt, 



