NOTJES ON INDIAN TIMELIIDES AND TREIR ALLIES. 643 



Both Dr. Sharpe and Mr. Oates note the paleness of birds from the N.-W, 

 Himalayas. 



Distribution. — N.-W. Himalayas from Hazara to about Simla. 



LiopiiLA GRACILIS, McOlell. 



The Grey Sibia. 



Hypispetes gracilis, McOlell, P. Z. S. (1839), p. 159. 

 Malacias gracilis, Sharpe, Oat., B. M., vii., p. 100, 

 Lioptila gracilis, Oates, F. B. I., i,. p. 197. 

 Description. — As in Oates, F, B. I. 



Distribution. — The Khasia and Naga Hills, Manipur and Ohin Hills, 

 Burma. 



Lioptila melaistoleuca mblanoleuca, Tickell. 

 TicheWs Sibia. 



Sibia inelanoleuca, Tickell, Blyth, J., A. S. B., xxviii, p. 413 (1859.) 



Malacias melanoleuca, Sharpe, Cat., B. M., vii., p. 405. 



Lioptila inelanoleuca, Oates, F. B. I., i., p. 198 ; Bingham, J., A. S. B«, Ixix., 

 Part ii. (1900) ; Rippon, Ibis (1901), p. 533. 



Description. — As in Oates, F. B. I. 



Distribution. — Muleyit Mt. in Tenasserim, it then re-appears in the Shan 

 States, being found along the central range up to Loi- San-Pa, and from 

 here it again appears in the Ruby Mines District. Birds from this last 

 locality seem to me to be much darker than those from Tenasserim, and are 

 very like L. m. castanoptera, with the exception of the wing-coverts, which 

 are chestnut in that species. 



Lioptila melanoleuca castanoptera, Salvadori. 



Feu's Sibia. 



Malacias castanoptera, Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2), vii., p. 363 

 (1889). 



Lioptila castanoptera, Oates, F. B. I., i., p. 199. 



Description as in Oates, F. B. I. 



Distribution. — Karennee and the western ranges of the Shan States up to 

 Kalaw. It must meet the last species L. melanoleuca, in some parts of their 

 distribution, and the two species inter-breed, as there is a specimen in the 

 British Museum of L. melanoleuca which shows traces of chestnut on its 

 wings. 



Lioptila annectens annectens, Blyth. 

 JBlyth's Sibia. 

 Blyth, J. A. S. B., xvi., p. 450 (1847) ; Sharpe, Cat., B. M., vii., p. 80 ; 

 Oates, F. B. L, i., p. 199. 



Description. — As in Oates, F. B. I. 



Distribution.— Qikhim, Khasia, Naga and Chin Hills and Manipur. 



Lioptila annectens saturata, Walden. 



Walden's Sibia. 



Walden, Ibis, 1875, p. 352 ; Oates, F. B. I., i., p. 199. 



Description. — Similar to L. annectens, differs in having the back a rich 

 deep chestnut. 



Distribution. —Th.Q eastern hills of Burma, Bhamo Hills, Shan States and 

 Karennee. 



