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brown like the mantle ; throat and breast white^ strongly 

 streaked with brown ; breast pale vinous ; outer edges of 

 the secondaries of a duller rufous-chestnut shade. 



Total length ca. 4'5 inches, wing 2-1, tail 2*1, tarsus 0"9. 



Hah. Mt. Morrison, 9,000 feet. ^ 



Alcippe obscukioe, sp. n. ^ ^ — , 



Ad. (^ and ? . Closely allied to A. hrunnea, Gould, but 

 altogether darker. They differ chiefly in having the forehead, 

 crown and nape umber-brown, narrowly edged with dusky 

 instead of uniform rufous-brown; the back dark olive- 

 brown instead of rufous-olive, and the middle of the breast 

 and belly grey instead of white. 



(J Total length ca. 5*2 inches, wing 2*5, tail 2-15, 

 tarsus 1*0. 



? Total length ca. 4*8 inches, wing 2-3, tail 1'95, 

 tarsus 0*95. 



Hah. Mount Morrison, 6,000 feet. 



YUHINA BEUNNEICEPS, Sp. U. 



Ad. ^ and ? . Top of the head and pointed crest reddish- 

 brown, bordered on either side by a black stripe, com- 

 mencing above the lores and continued along the sides of 

 the occiput ; lores, feathers above the eye and the more or 

 less concealed occipital feathers whitish ; cheeks and ear- 

 covets yellowish-white, bordered all round by a narrow 

 black band ; rest of the upperparts dull olive ; underparts 

 yellowish-white, the chin and throat with small arrow- 

 shaped black markings at the ends of the shafts ; the sides 

 and flanks streaked with rufous ; quills and tail brownish- 

 black, margined externally with dull olive; wing-coverts 

 like the back; axillaries and under wing-coverts white. 

 Iris red, bill black, feet yellowish-brown. 



($ Total length ca. 4*5 inches, wing 2*5, tail 1-9, 

 tarsus 0-7. 



? Total length ca. 4-5 inches, wing 2*5, tail 1*7, 

 tarsus 0'75. 



Hah. Eacu Racu, Mt. Morrison, 6,000 feet. 



" I am not] quite satisfied that the present species has 



