438 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM FERAK. [May 3, 



fore neck and breast with dusky margins to some of the feathers ; 

 sides of breast and of abdomen ashy grey, mottled with lanceolate 

 streaks of white, narrower on the latter ; sides of body and flanks 

 uniform reddish brown ; thighs and under tail-coverts also reddish 

 brown ; under wing-coverts and axillaries dark ashy ; quills below 

 dusky blackish, more ashy along the inner edge. Total length 

 10 inches, culmen !•/, wing 4'1, tail 395, tarsus 1-55. 



Adult male. Similar to the female, but not so strongly streaked 

 with white down the sides of the neck. Total length 10 inches, 

 culmen 1'65, wing 4-0, tarsus TG. 



I have described the female, as the male is moulting and has not 

 got its perfect tail. 



CORYTHOCICHLA LEUCOSTICTA, Sp. U. 



"No. 37. 6 ?• Irides crimson. Frequents the undergrowtli 

 usually in pairs, and has an unusually loud song for such a small 

 bird." 



Compared with C. striata the present species is more ashy both 

 above and below, and is easily distinguished by the white dots on 

 the coverts and quills, these being fulvous in C. striata. The throat 

 is distinctly mottled with blackish (not ashy) centres to the featliers. 



Adult male. General colour above ashy brown, with a slight 

 ruddy tinge ; all the feathers edged with black, producing a mottled 

 appearance ; rump not so distinctly mottled ; wing-coverts like the 

 back, and edged with black in the same manner, each having a tiny 

 white spot at the tip ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills 

 blackifh, externally olive-brown, a little more ruddy on the latter ; 

 all the quills with a tiny white spot at the end, larger on the inner 

 secondaries; tail-feathers dark brown, externally reddish brown; 

 head like the back, and mottled with black edgings in the same 

 manner ; lores and a distinct broad eyebrow ashy grey ; sides of face 

 dull ashy, shaded with brown on the ear-coverts, and having a faint 

 moustache of whitish near the gape ; cheeks uniform ashy grey ; 

 throat white, mottled with dark a.shy-grey centres to the feathers ; 

 remainder of under surface of body dull ashy brown, with dusky 

 centres ; the sides of the body browner, becoming more rufous on 

 the flanks and under tail-coverts; axillaries and uider wing-coveits 

 olive-brown. Total length 5'4 inches, culmen 0'7, wing 25, tail TS, 

 tarsus 0'95. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but rather paler in colour. 

 Total length 5"2 inches, culmen 07, wing 2'55, tail i-75, tarsus 0"9. 



Siva sordida, Hume; Sharpe, Cat. B. vii. p. 641. 



"No. 33. Irides white. This Hill-Tit is not often seen, so far as 

 my experience goes. During bad stormy weather it seems to dis- 

 appear altogether, probably taking refuge in the sheltered valleys." 



A young bird, belonging to /S. sordida or a closely allied species, 

 and certainly quite distinct from >S'. cyanoptera. It has rather a 

 long tail, and is yellower underneath than the type of S, sordida, and 

 a comparison of fully adult birds is desirable. 



