390 RECENTLY-DESCRIBED SPECIES. 



brown. As viewed from below, the tail is grey brown, each 

 feather faintly tipped with white. 



All the feathers of the head, upper back flanks, and breast are 

 centred white or pale ochre, and those of head and neck are rigid. 



Bill black ; legs pinky grey ; irides pale brown. 



Length, 9*0 ; wing, 35 ; tail, 4*85 ; tarsus, 1 "3 ; bill at front, 06. 



I obtained a single specimen near the village of Razami under 

 the Kopamedza ridge at 5,000 feet in Naga Hills in the month 

 of January. Starting just after sunrise for the peak above the 

 village, I observed first one and then another bird, not familiar 

 to me, cross the path in front into some thick scrub. In this we 

 could only perceive their whereabouts now and then by the 

 moving twigs. Followed about, they became separated, and the 

 specimen in my collection got into a low tree, where it uttered a 

 very sweet call of a few notes, which was answered by its mate ; 

 my shikari then managed to get sight of it and shot it. I 

 never saw the species again. 



This strikingly plumaged bird is very close to T. setafer, 

 Hodgson, with which I have compared it, but it differs material- 

 \y. T. lineatum, Vigors, is another allied form which extends 

 to the N. W. Himalayah, while setafer is from Nipal and 

 Bhutan. 



Actinodura Waldeni, Godwin- Austen. 



Described, P. Z. S. for 1874. 



Head full crested, extending back for more than an inch, 

 hoary grey, edged pale ; back rich brown, with a greenish hue, 

 becoming more rufous on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; 

 base of tail feathers chesnut, for half their length narrowly bar- 

 red with black, then black for terminal inch, the three outer 

 tipped white ; quills black, outer web chesnut at base, then barred 

 with black, and the narrow terminal portion grey ; primary 

 coverts black, the winglet feathers grey, barred black ; ear- 

 coverts hoary ; side of head hoary grey ; chin, breast and abdo- 

 men rufous brown, paler on chin and throat, the whole having 

 a streaky appearance, the feathers being centred with a darker 

 shade. 



Bill grey ; legs and feet fleshy brown ; irides pale grey. 



Length, 8'0 ; wing, 3*48 ; tail, 3*45 ; tarsus, 1*2 ; bill at front, 

 0G2. 



I first shot this bird on the peak of Japvo at about 9,000 feet 

 on the Burrail range, Naga Hills. It keeps to the tops of 

 the forest trees. 



This is a small form of A. Egerto?ii, Gould, which occurs in 

 the same locality ; every character is repeated in the two forms, 

 modified yet each distinct; no better example of gradual change 

 in size and coloration could well be fouud. 



