644 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXIIl. 



LlOPTIlA ANNECTENS DAVISONI, * Hume. 



Davison^ s Sibia. 



Hume, St. Frs., v., p. 110 (1877) ; Sharpe, Oat., B. M., vii., p. 80 ; Gates, 

 F. B. I., i., p. 200. 



Description. — " Like L. a annectens, Blyth, but with the back and wing 

 coverts black ; and the rump and upper tail coverts mingled black and deep 

 ferruginous maroon." (Hume). 



Distribution. — Muleyit, Mt, Tenasserim. 



LioPiiA PTJLCHELLA, tGodwin-Austen (1874). 



The Beautiful Sibia. 



Sibia pulcliella, Godwin-Austen, A. M. N. H. (4), xiii., p. 160 (1874). 



Malacias pulchella, Sharpe, Cat., B. M., vii., p. 407. 



Lioptila pulchella, Gates, F. B. I., i., p. 200. 



Description, — ^As in Gates, F. B. I. 



Distribution. — The Naga and Daphla Hills, Assam. 



Sub-family. — Actinodurinje. 



Have the following characteristics : wing rounded and fitting close to the 

 body, the first four primaries graduated, and the wings conspicuously barred 

 black and chestnut ; the tail greatly graduated ; the biU stout and gently 

 curved ; no hairs overhanging the nostrils which are covered by a mem- 

 brane ; numerous long hairs on the chin and throat. 



This sub-family consists of two genera, which only differ in the length 

 of their tail. 



a. Tail considerably longer than the wing. . .Actinodura. 



b. Tail slightly shorter than the wing.. .Lvops. 



Actinodura, Gould (1836). 



Gates, F. B. I., i., p. 201. 



'"In Actinodura the biU is rather slender, about half the length of the 

 head ; the nostrils are covered by a very large membrane, and the rictal 

 bristles are long and distinct. The tail is considerably longer than the 

 wing and greatly graduated." (Gates). 



Key. 



a. No white ring round the eye. A. egertoni and sub-species. 



b. A conspicuous ring of white feathers round the eye. 

 a}. Crown the same colour as the back. A. r. ramasyi. 

 b.^. Crown tinged with rufous. A, r. radcliftei. 



Distiibution. — A. egertoni egertoni, Gould, Nepal, Sikhim, Daphla Hills, 

 Shengorh Peak ; A. e. Tchasina, Godwin-Austen, Khasia, Naga, and Manipur 

 Hills ; A. e. ripponi, G.-Grant, Mt. Victoria, Chin Hills, andtheBhamo Hills ; 

 A. ramsayi ra')nsayi, Walden, Southern Shan States and Karennee ; A. r. 

 radcliffei, Harington, the Ruby Mines District, Burma ; A. souliei. Gustalet, 

 W. China and Yunnan. 



• Lioptila desgodinsi, Oustalet. 

 Oust, and David. Bull. See Philom, Paris (7), i., p. 139, 1877; Sharpe, Cat., B. M., 

 vii. p. 406. 

 Occurs in Yunnan, where several specimens were procured by Col. Rippon 

 t Lioptila aueicolaeis, Swinhoe, 



Swinhoe, Ibis, 1864, p. 361 ; Sharpe, Cat-, B. M., vii., p. 405. 

 Habitat. — Formosa. 



