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shrill and inharmonious, not unlike that of the sparrow."— ilfcC/e/- 

 land's MS. 



Further observations are required to determine the rank of this 

 bird as a distinct species, or as a variety of Ixosjocosus. 



46. Ixos Cafer. Turdus Cafer, Linn. I. 295- Le Curouge, Le 

 Vaill. 



Genus Timalia, Horsf. 



■i?. Timalia piUata, Horsf., Linn. Trans., XIIL p. 151. 



" This is another instance of a species of the Malayan Archipelago 

 having extended itself to Assam, and is more interesting from the 

 smallness of its size, its length being only five and a half inches in 

 Assam, but in Sumatra and Java it is six and a half inches in length. 

 The tail in the Assam variety is marked with obscure bands, which 

 does not appear to be the case with the Java variety ; and the plumes 

 of the belly and thighs are shorter in the former than in the latter." 

 —MeCklUind's MS. 



Genus Geocichla, Kuhl. 



48. Geocichla Rubectda, Gould, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1836, p. 7. 



Fam. Sylviad^. 



Genus Motacilla, Auct. 



4/9. Motacillavariegata, Steph. Pied Wagtail, Lath. Mot.pi- 

 catM, Frankl. 



Genus Saxicola, Bechst. 



50. Saxicola Rubicola, Temm. 



51. Saxicola? olivea. Supra olivaceo-viridis, subtus ex plum- 



beo coerulescens ; f route flavicante. 



" A minute species, olive-green above, leaden-blue beneath, and 

 olive-yellow on the forehead; anterior toes short; tarsi elevated. 

 Length three inches."— itfcCMawrf's MS. 



A single specimen only has been forwarded, which is not suffi- 

 ciently perfect to determine its true generic character with certainty. 



Genus Phcenicura, Jard. & Selb. 



52. Phcenicura Reevesii, Gray, Zool. Misc. 



Genus Zosterops, Vigors and Horsf. 



53. Zosterops Maderaspalanus 9 Catal. of Zool. Specim. Append, 

 to Life of Sir T. S. Raffles, p. 661. 



The specimen sent home by Mr. McClelland differs from that 

 brought from Sumatra by Sir T. S. Raffles in being a trifle smaller. 



