442 Ant. Reicheuow und Herman Schalow: 



plumis nigricantibus, cinerasceiite marginatis; subalaribus fuscis; 

 rostro nigricante; pedibus fuscis. Iris aurantiaca (mas. ad.). 



Lg. tot. 255; culm. 10; al. 113; caud. 100; tars. 37 mm. 



Hab.: Kudurma, Dr. Emin Bey. 



209. Crateroscelis. n. g. 



R. B. Sharp e, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. Vol. 7 p. 590. 

 Typus: Myiothera murina Tem. 



210. Drymaoedus pallidus. 



ß. B. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. Vol. 7 p. 344. 



Similar to D. hrunneopygius, but lighter brown above and 

 having a much larger extent of white border to the primaries; 

 underneath the general colour is creamy white, including the under 

 tail-coverts and axillaries; sides of the fore neck brown; flanks 

 also pale brown. 



Total length 8 inches; culmen 0,75; wing 3,7; tail 3,9; tar- 

 sus 1,55. 



Hab.: Western Australia. 



211. Drymocataphus assamensis. 



R. B. Sharp e, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. Voh 7 p. 557. 



Adult male. General colour above dark brown, with pale 

 shaft-streaks to the feathers of the head and mantle, fore part of 

 crown rather lighter with distinct yellowish buff shaft-streaks; 

 rump more uniform, with searcely perceptible shaft-lines; lesser 

 and median wing-coverts hke the back, the greater series exter- 

 nally more fulvous brown; bastard wing-feathers light fulvous 

 brown; primary-coverts blackish, externally washed with fulvous, 

 forming a small wing patch ; quills blackish, externally deep ful- 

 vous-brown, darker on the primaries, the inner secondaries entirely 

 deep fulvous-brown, with pale shafts like the back; upper tail- 

 coverts a little lighter brown, than the back; tail-feathers dusky 

 brown, externally washed with dark fulvous-brown; lores ashy 

 fulvous, mottled with dusky tips to the feathers; plumes round the 

 eye ashy fulvous, ashy grey on the hinder margin ; a slight shade 

 of ashy grey above the ear-coverts, not pronounced enough to form 

 an eye-brow; ear-coverts dark brown with paler fulvous shaft lines; 

 cheeks pale fulvous-brown slightly mottled with dusky tips to the 

 feathers ; under surface pale fulvous-brown , with dusky ' brown 

 streaks on the throat and cheeks, centre of breast and abdomen 

 creamy white; flanks and sides of body dark olive-brown, the 

 thighs a little more fulvescent; under tail-coverts pale fulvous; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries light fulvous brown; quills dusky 

 brown below, creamy buif along the inner web; bill dark brown 

 above, pale grey below, legs, and feet very pale flesh-colour; iris 

 brown." Total length 5,5 inches; culmen 1,6; wing 2,5; tail 

 2,1; tarsus 1,15; 



Hab.: Hills of Assam and North-eastern Bengal. 



