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DescriptiGn.—A ring of white feathers round the eye, but not quite so 

 conspicuous as m A. neimlends : head and neck ashy-grey ; with no vina- 

 ceous tinge; a well defined blackish stripe on both sides of the head 

 and neck extending down to the back ; ear-coverts grey ; back olive- 

 brown ; the exposed parts of the wings and tail yellowish-brown ; or the 

 same colour as the back ; underparts rich ochraceous, no white on the chin. 



" Iris crimson, the legs and bill horn-colour." Bill aU of one colour" 

 "Length, about 5.8"; wing, 2.65"; tail, 2.6"; tarsus, .8" (Rippon.) Average 

 wmg measurement of 7 unsexed specimens, 64 mm. or 2 5" max 66 mm or 

 2.6", min., 62 mm. or 2.45". Bill 11 mm. or .45". 



Alcippb nepalbnsis bavidi, Styan. 

 Sty an' s Alci]p]pe. 

 Styan, Ibis, 1896, p. 310. 

 La Touche, Ibis, 1905. 



Description. — A rina: of white feathers round the eye ; h-^ad and neck a light 

 ashy-grey ; stripes on head and neck wanting- or obsolete ; chin and throat grey ; 

 breast ivhitish ; flanks and under tail-coverts olivaceous ; upper plumage olive- 

 brown. 



Wing measurement, male, 

 mm. or "45". 

 Habitat. — ^Western China. 



Alcippe hxteti morrisoniana, Swinhoe. 

 The Formosa Alcippe. 

 Sharpe, Cat., B. M., vii., p. 621. 

 Bill, 10-llmm. or -45". 



Styan, Ibis, 1896 , p. 311. 



mm. or 2-68"; female, 67 mm. or 2-64". Bill 12 



Distribution. — A. davidi , Western China ; A. hueti., Fukien Province ; A. morri- 

 sonia, Formosa. 



Alcippe nepalensis pbracensis, Sharpe. 

 Sharpens Alcippe, 

 Sharpe, P. Z. S., 1887, p. 439. 



Distribution. — The mountains of Perak, Malay Peninsula. 



" Male, Irides brown. This bird is common on the higher parte of the hills. It 

 has a loud and musical song." 



Alcippb nepalensis cinbrea, BIyth. 



Blyth, J. A. S. B., xiii., p. 384 (1849) ; Sharpe., Cat., B. M., vii , p. 622. 

 Distribution. — Malacca, Malay Peninsula ; and Borneo. 



Alcippb nepalensis rufescentior, Hartert. 



Proparus nepalensis rufescentior, Hartert, Nov. ZooL, xvii-, p- 231 (1910). 

 Habitat. — ^Island of Hainan 

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