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the measurement along the culmen, and 14 instead of 18, 

 from the gape ; the tarsus having the same dimensions in the 

 two birds. 2ndly, the chin and the upper part of the breast 

 are pure grey, and not pale fulvescent (faitve clair), as in 

 A.fusca. 3rdly, the tint of the flanks is less fulvescent ochre, 

 more mixed with green. 4thly, the internal webs of the 

 tail-feathers are scarcely darker than the external, instead of 

 being blackish as in A. fusca. Lastly, the wing is shorter, 

 0-65 mill, against 0'72 mill. 



M. Oustalet is of opinion that the two are quite distinct 

 though closely allied, A. Hueti being nearer to A. nipalensis. 

 Another close form is A. Morrisonia from Formosa, which 

 differs in being more rufous above, grey-cheeked, and smaller. — 

 J. A. S. B., Vol. XLV., p. 197, 1876. 



Niornis albiventris, God.-Aust. 



Above dark rich umber-brown, paler on the shoulder of the 

 wing; tail and wing, of same colour. Chin, sullied Avhite, each 

 feather, slightly tipped dusky ; the throat, greyish white ; upper 

 breast, crossed by a band of pale rufous ; lower breast and 

 abdomen, white ; flank, rufescent brown ; under tail-coverts, 

 rusty ; pale rusty inside the wing. A palish circle round the 

 eye. Bill, horny brown above, pale beneath. Irides? 



Length, about 4'75 inches; wing, 2*1; tail, 2*2; tarsus, 

 0"87 ; bill at front, 045 ; hind toe and claws, 058; mid toe and 

 claw, 0-80. 



Hab. — Sengmai, Munipur Valley. Obtained by Mr. W. 

 Robert. 



It is very close to Niornis assimilis, Hodgson, but is larger 

 and more strongly built, and of darker plumage throughout, 

 for whereas the latter is of a greenish hue generally, the above 

 form is rufescent. The tarsi and feet are particularly strono- 

 and the mid-toe, very long. The bill is identical, as regards the 

 nostrils, but is rather deeper and stronger. — J. A. S. B., Vol. 

 XLV., p. 199, 1876. 



Abrornis chrysea, Wald. 



Above bright oil-green, two broad dark stripes springing from 

 the forehead, passing over the head and descending down the 

 sides of the neck, where they are almost black. A central 

 single stripe thus formed on the head, yellowish green. A broad 

 stripe, springing near the nostril and passing over the eye, and 

 thus bounding the dark stripe, bright yellow. Ear-coverts 



