NOTES ON INDIAN TIMELIIDES AND THEIR ALLIES. 645 



Key of Actinodura egertoni and sub-species. 

 CO. Grant, Ibis. 1907, p. 186.) 



These three forms may be easily separated by the colour of their back. 



ACTINODUKA BGBKTONI EGEKTONI, Gould. 



The Nepal Bar-xving. 



Gould, P. Z. S. (1836), p. 18 ; Sharpe, Cat., B. M., vii., p. 463 ; Gates, F. 

 B. I., i., p. 201. 



Description. — As in Gates, F. B. I. 

 Distribution. — Nepal, Sikhim and Daphla Hills. 



Actinodura egertoni khasiana,* Godwin- Austen. 



The Shillong Bar-toing. 



Godwin-Austen, J. A. S. B., xv.. Part ii., p. 76 (1876) ; O. Grant, Ibis, 

 107, p. 186. 



Description. — As in Key. 



Distribution. — Shillong, Khasia and Naga Hills, Manipur. 



Actinodura egertoni ripponi, O. Grant. 

 Hippon's Bar-xving. 



O. Grant, Ibis, 1907, p. 186 ; Harington, J. B. N. H. S., xix., p. 118 ; Ibis 

 (1914). 



Description. — This differs from A. egertoni, Gould, in not having so much 

 chestnut on the fore head ; and the back a greyish-olive instead of reddish- 

 olive. 



I procured what I considered to be this sub-species at Sinlum in the 

 Bhamo Hills, some birds however appearing to be nearer to A. e. khasiana. 



Nesting. — This has been described by me in the Journal, the eggs resem- 

 bling those of A. e. khasiana, being a beautiful pale blue marked with 

 numerous bold spots and curls of a chocolate brown. 



Distribution. — Mt. Victoria, Chin Hills and the Kachin Hills, E. of 

 Bhamo. 



* Actinodura souliei, Oustalet. 

 Custalet, Bull. Mus. Paris, (1897), p. 164. 

 Distribution — W. China and Yunnan. 



(I have not been able to examine this species.) 



