342 RECENTLY-DESCRIBED SPECIES. 



very finely and indistinctly crossed with narrow bars. A well- 

 developed frontal band of white having the shafts of its feathers 

 black, merges into a well-defined pure white supercilium and 

 is continued over the back, ear-coverts and down the side of 

 the neck, where the white feathers become bordered with black, 

 the supercilium thus terminating in scattered spots. This white 

 supercilium is bordered above with black. Lores dark, chin 

 pure white, breast grey, flanks and abdomen dull earthy brown. 

 Wings and tail rich umber, narrowly barred with black-brown, 

 the tail having about 24 such bars. Irides crimson lake; legs 

 and feet umber-brown. 



Length about 6" j wing 2-8" ; tail 2*8" ; tarsus 11" ; bill at 

 front 0-60". 



The bill, which is stronger and deeper than in any other 

 species of the genus, is black above, grey below. 



Hab. — Shot on Manbum Tiki, on the Tenga Pani river, near 

 Saddya, at 800 ft. (M. J. Ogle). 



This is another new form for which we have to thank Mr. 

 Ogle, after whom I have much pleasure in naming it. It is 

 one of the most beautiful and distinct forms of the genus, its 

 Avhite chin and superciliary stripe being a most conspicuous 

 departure from the type of coloration possessed by the other 

 species. 



Actinura Oglei, in the coloration of the head and nape, and in 

 its white throat, has remarkable affinities for Turdinus gidtatus, 

 Tickell, from Tenasserim. This last bird can hardly find a 

 place in the genus Turdinus as exemplified by such forms as 

 T. brevicaudatus and its allies. In the stout legs and feet it is 

 akin to Actinura, and in the form of the nostrils it is also like 

 Actinura Oglei. The principal departure to be noted is in the 

 absence of barring on the wings and tail, but this is to be dis- 

 cerned, though it is indistinct, and is noted by Tickell in his 

 original description, when the barring was no doubt more 

 apparent than it now is in the faded type specimen in the Indian 

 Museum, Calcutta. In A. Oglei this barring, I notice, is far 

 less conspicuous than in A. Egertoni, A Waldeni, §c. Alto- 

 gether these two birds present a most instructive case of close 

 generic relationship. J. A. S. B., XL VI., pt. 2, p. 42, 1877. 



Pomatorhinus stenorhynchus, God.-Aust. 



Desc. — Above pale umber-brown with an ochraceous tinge, 

 richer brown on the head, a more umber tint on the tail and 

 wings, a narrow pure white supercilium from base of bill over 

 the eye to the ear-coverts, but not extending further. Lores 

 black, passing under the eye to the ear-coverts, which are grey 



