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Genus Asrornis, Hodgson. 
3. Aprornis PoLiocEnys, Blyth. 
Culicipeta poliogenys, Blyth, J. A. 8S. Beng. xvi. p. 441 (1847). 
Rhipidura poliogenys, G. R. Gray, Gen. of Birds, iii. App. p. 12. 
Hab. Darjeeling, Nepal. (No. 920. Hodgs. Catal.) 
Head and nape, base of lower mandible and ear-coverts dark ash- 
grey, the loral feathers tipped with greyish-white ; round the eye a 
clear white ring ; back, rump and shoulders bright olive-green ; wings 
dusky black, margined with olive-green, the greater coverts tipped 
with whitish-yellow ; throat greyish-white, the rest of the under parts 
clear yellow; tail dusky on the six central feathers, which are mar- 
gined with olive-green, the three outer being greenish-dusky on the 
terminal half of the outer web, the basal half with the whole of the 
inner web being white ; upper mandible blackish horn-colour, lower 
yellowish ; feet yellowish horn-colour. 
Length about 4+ inches; of wing, 2 inches; tail, 1}; bill to 
front, ;3,; to gape, an inch; and tarse the same. 
“This species is nearly allied to Abrornis xanthoschistos, Hodgs., 
from which it differs in having the cheeks and ear-coverts, with the 
feathers commencing from the base of the lower mandible, of the 
same ash-grey colour as the head, and the throat greyish-white, in- 
stead of these parts being bright yellow as in that species.” 
4. ABRORNIS AFFINIS, Hodgson +. 
This species is closely allied to 4. poliogenys, but differs from it in 
having the lores, base of lower mandible, lower portion of the ear- 
coverts, and the chin and throat, the same bright yellow as the rest of 
the under parts; the feathers of the crown are pale shafted, which 
is not the case in poliogenys; the tail is pale dusky, the two outer 
feathers only being white on the apical portion of the imner web, the 
basal portion of which is dusky ; the outer web in both is pale dusky 
green ; the other ten are fringed with greenish on the outer web. The 
wing in affinis is a quarter of an inch longer, but has the same mark- 
ings; the tarsus is also longer by a tenth of an inch. Other charac- 
ters agree in both species. The bill in this and poliogenys is broader 
than in A. wanthoschistos, Hodgson. 
Hab. Nepal. (No. 920*. Hodgs. Catal.) 
5. ABRORNIS ALBOGULARIS, Hodgson. 
Forehead, lores, over and under the eyes to nape, and ear-coverts 
brightish ferruginous, the crown being dusky ferruginous, passing 
to yellowish olive-green on the back and shoulders; the rump 
yellowish ; wings black, margined with the colour of the back; tail 
pale dusky greenish, edged exteriorly throughout with yellowish- 
green; throat and base of lower mandible white, the feathers black 
at base; breast bright yellow; abdomen white, vent yellowish ; bill 
+ No. 920*, to distinguish it from 920 of Mr. Hodgson’s Catalogue. 
