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yellowish rusty ; nape, back, scapulars, rump and upper tail- 

 coverts, fairly bright rusty ferruginous, in some lights slightly 

 brownish and most rusty on upper tail-coverts. 



Almost entire visible portion of closed wing bright ferru- 

 ginous chestnut, rest of feathers hair-brown. 



Tail, (imperfect,) moderately dark brown, feathers margined 

 strongly on outer webs, most broadly towards bases, with brio-lit 

 ferruginous. Chin, throat, and upper breast, pale brownish grey 

 or ashy ; rest of lower parts dull rusty; browner and lio-hter 

 on lower breast, brighter and more ferruginous on flanks 

 and lower tail-coverts. 



Dendrocitta assimilis. 



Very like D. liimalayensis, but tvith a larger and more massive bill 

 much less compressed towards the tip ; with cheeks, ear-coverts and 

 throat brown, instead of blackish dusky; sides of neck and upper 

 back tinged with the brown of the back (which is paler than in 

 liimalayensis,) instead of being grey. Black frontal band narrower 

 in many specimens, conspicuously so. 



This is another of the Hill Tenasserim representative races. 



I have long had a couple of specimens by me, but hesitated 

 to separate the race on these ; I have now a good series 

 and as all the distinctions above pointed out, hold constantly 

 good. I see no valid reason for not distinguishino- this form 

 by a specific name. 



Although so very similar as a whole yet the comparatively pale 

 brown ear-coverts contrasting strougly with the narrow black 

 ring round the eye, the brown sides of the neck and entire back 

 generally unicolorous with these, and the comparatively pale 

 throat readily catch any practised eye. 



The throat is a dark, but clear brown, the dark portion does 

 not descend so low as in liimalayensis and the entire breast is 

 suffused with the colour of the back. 



ate s. 



Austeni, 



At page 60 I stated, on Mr. Blyth/s authority, that Anorlmms 



isteni, Jerd., was no other thau Craniorrhinus corrugatus, Tern. 



Mr. Bly tli's words are : — 



" A kindred species from the Nagas was referred to A. 

 u galeritus, by Major Godwin- Austen, and is named A. Austeni 

 " by Dr. Jerdon, but it proves to be no other than the Malayan 



