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Nest and eggs exactly resembled those of C. striata, but the latter 
were smaller. 
This new form of Corythocichla is most nearly allied to C. brevicau- 
data, but differs from that bird in being very much smaller, It is also 
much lighter on the lower plumage and has a bright rufous supecilium, 
not an ashy one,-and has a distinct rufous patch under the ear coverts. 
The chin and throat also are pure white, not ashy white. 
The bird was discovered on the 26th May, 1898. 
72 (5) Rimator maLacopritus.—The Long-billed Babbler. 
Hume, No. 335 ; Blanford, No. 185. 
Much to my pleasure and also to my surprise I came across this rare 
Babbler in June this year, 1899. . 
In the dusk of the evening a Naga brought in a small bird, together 
with a nest and eggs, which taking from him and just glancing at, I 
thought were the nest and eggs together with a specimen of Corytho- 
cichla striata. In the light inside the house, however, I soon found I had 
something else than a Corythocichla, the long bill at once attracting 
my attention, and it proved to be a fine female of the above 
species. 
The colours of the soft parts I noted as follows, and it will be seen 
they do not agree with Jerdon as quoted by Blanford. | 
Iris light red-brown ; upper mandible very dark horny, blackish at 
the base, paler towards the tip ; gape and edge of lower mandible blackish- 
horny, remainder pale plumbeous ; legs pale livid fleshy with no tinge 
of red, but the tarsi tinted brown; the soles, claws and joints very 
pale. 
The lax plumage and general colouring of the bird is wonderfully 
like that of Corythocichla striata, and the nest and eggs help to carry out 
the general likeness. 
The nest is an ill-formed globe of dead leaves, grasses, a few old 
fern fronds and bents very loosely interwoven, and lined with more 
dead leaves, the colour of all of the materials being of a dark or blackish- 
brown. In height the nest was about 84”,-and at its widest part, close 
to the base, about 6" across. The entrance, high up near the top, was 
about 2" in diameter. 
The eggs were four in number and very hard set, but just blowable. 
The ground-colour is a very faint pinky-white, the pink being of a 
