394 RICCENTLY-DESCRIBED SPECIES. 



white supercilium nor white lower ear-coverts. Another similar 

 form is P. cinereifrons, Blyth, from Ceylon. 



Garrulax galbanus, Godwin- Austen. 



Figured and described in P. Z. S. for 1874 as follows : '- Above 

 pale pure olivaceous on head, with a brown tinge on the back ; 

 tail pale ashy-brown, the four central feathers tipped umber 

 brown and barred, the four outer of the same colour in middle 

 and broadly tipped with white ; wing concolorous with back ; 

 quills pale umber brown edged grey. Very narrow frontal 

 band, base of lower mandible, lores through eyes and ear 

 coverts rich black ; beneath dull yellow, purer on the throat, 

 passing into the olivaceous on the flanks ; under tail-coverts 

 white ; bill black ; legs ash grey ; irides red brown/' 



Length, 9*0; wing, 3*65 ; tail, 4*1 ; tarsus, 1*35 ; bill at front, 

 0-8. 



I first obtained this very handsome bird in the Munipur 

 Valley under the Koupru range, in February 1873. It associ- 

 ates in large flocks of from fifty to eighty or more, very noisy, 

 following each other in a long string through the high grass, 

 which they seem to frequent and prefer to the denser forest. 

 When on the flight the white of their tail-feathers and under 

 tail-coverts makes them very conspicuous. I observed it, also, 

 on the head waters of the Barak and other streams that flow 

 into the Munipur Valley on the north-east. The nearest allied 

 species is G. gularis, M'Clellaud, which is also yellow on the 

 breast ; but is dark slate grey above, with rufous on upper tail- 

 coverts, flanks, abdomen, and vent. 



Garrulax merulinus, Blyth. 



This fine dull plumaged bird was obtained at the head of the 

 Thobal Valley in March ; it presents a good deal the character 

 of Trichastoma Abbotti in its coloration, and approaches Turdus 

 in the spotted breast. No description being included in Jer- 

 don's -Birds of India' 1 give one here. It was described by 

 Blyth from Cherra-poonjee. 



Above umber, with a rufescent tinge ; head darker brown ; 

 wings and tail dark brown, both plain, the former having no 

 pale edges ; forehead pale grey ; a very narrow short white 

 streak above the ear-coverts, commencing just behind the eye ; 

 beneath dull pale rufescent ochre ; the throat and upper breast 

 spotted dull black ; each feather having the black spot at the 

 central extremity; under tail-coverts rusty; inside of wing 

 and underside of tail feathers grey ; tarsus very strong ; bill 

 thick and blunt, grey horny ; legs dull fleshy purple ; irides 

 pale reddish brown ; nude skin round the eye grey. 



