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the colours more dull in the Assam than in the Himalayan bird. I 

 am therefore disposed to think that the species has here readied its 

 south-eastern geographical limit, as the Irena puella may be sup- 

 posed in Assam to have reached its northern limit," — McClelland' s 

 MS. 



Genus Hypsipetes, Vigors, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1830-1, p. 43. 



35. Hypsipetes McClellandii, Hoi'sf. Supra olivaceo-viridis ; 

 cap'Ue stibcristato vinaceo-fiisco, plwiiis albicante strigatis ; .mbtils 

 vinacea, abdomine pallidiore ; guld albidd, plumis laxis lanceo- 

 lat'is ; rostro fiavicante. 



" Head brown ; body and tail above yellowish-green ; beneath 

 vinaceous-gray, the tints of the abdomen being lighter. (Plumes of 

 the throat white, lanceolate, and straggling, being bedded in a bluish 

 down.) Inner vanes of the quills brownish-black ; tarsi slender, and 

 rather short. Length nine inches." — McClelland' s MS. 



36. Hypsipetes psaroides, Gould's Century of Himal. Birds, PI. X. 



37. Hypsipetes gracilis. Supra olivaceo-cinerea, cr'tsso palli- 

 diore ; sublus ex diluto c'lnnamomeo albicans ; capile sumrno atro ; 

 remigibus primoribus alris, vexillis exterioribus tenuiter cano 

 marginatis, secundariis canis margine nigra ; reciricibus ex di- 

 luto olivaceo canescentibus, fascia lata subtermincli nigra in 

 exterioribus gradatim latiore. 



This species deviates slightly from the character of Hyps, psaro- 

 ides, the type which served for thekdefinition of the genus, and gra- 

 dually approaches that of Kittacincla of Gould. 



Genus Graucalus, Cuv. 



38. Graucalus maculosus. Ccerulescenti-canus, alts cauddque 

 saturatioribus obscuro olivaceo nitentilus ; rectricibus exterioribus 

 alba apiculatis, 



" Olive-black on the wings and tail ; body above dark olive-gray, 

 with light gray longitudinal streaks on the feathers under the throat, 

 and light wavy lines on the abdomen and vent ; outer tail-feathers 

 with white tips. Lengtli eight and a half inches." — McClelland' s MS. 



Fam. Merulid^. 

 Genus Ianthocincla, Gould, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1835, p. 187. 



39. Ianthocincla gularis. Capite supra pectoreque carule- 

 scenti cinereis ; notao, abdomine, femoribus, rectricibusque exteri- 

 oribus late cinnamomeis in aurantium vergentibus ; dorso satura- 

 tiore ; rectricibus intermediis nigricantibus ; strigd aterrimd a 

 rostri basi sub oculos ad regionem paroticam productd ; guld tar- 

 sisque fiavicantibus ; rostro nigra. 



" Head ash-gray, with a black band passing along the eyes ; throat 

 yellow ; breast gray ; rest of the body light olivaceous-brown, incli- 



