Compendium der neu beschriebenen Gattiirgen und Arten. 445 



ear-coverts light chestnut; sides of neck tawny rufous; cheeks 

 white anteriorly, tawny behind; throat and under surface of body 

 pure white, with a band of light tawny rufous across the fore neck, 

 joining the sides of the breast, which are also tawuy rufous; sides 

 of the body and thighs fulvescent washed with tawny; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries tawny bnif; quills ashy brown, light rufous 

 along the edge of the inner web. Total length 5,2 inches; culmen 0,7 ; 

 wing 2,67 ; tail 2 ; tarsus 1,05. 

 Hab. : Borneo. 



221. Melanocichla n. g. 



R. B. Sharps, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. Vol. 7 p. 451. 

 Typus: Janthocincla lugubris Müll. 



222. Microcerculus ustulatus. 



0. Salvin und D. Godman, Ibis (5) 1. p. 204. pl. 9.%. 2. 



Cinnamomeo-brunneus fere unicolor, gutture toto dilutiore; alis 

 extus et cauda lineis obsoletis fuscis transfasciatis; rostro nigricante, 

 mandibulae basi albicante. Lg. tot. 4,4; al. 2,35; caud. 1,3; rostr. 

 a riet. 0,35; tars. 0,95. 



Hab.: Roraima, Guiana Brit. (Whitely). 



223. MicrocicJila n. g. 



ß. B. Sharp e, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. Vol. 7 p. 322. 

 Typus: Ewicurus Scouleri Vig. 



224. Minla brunnei cauda. 



R. B. Sharp e, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. Vol. 7 p. 609. 



Similar to M. castaneiceps , but distinguished by its olive- 

 brown tail. The wing is much duller in colour, being externally 

 orange-brown like the wing-coverts, without the brilliant orange 

 aspect of the above-named species; legs, feet and claws pale 

 greenish brown ; bill dark brown, base of lower mandible plumbeous, 

 irides deep brown. Total length 4,5 inches ; culmen 0,5 ; wing 2,2 ; 

 tail. 1,7; tarsus 0,9. 



Hab.: Khasia hills, probably extending into Tenasserim. 



225. Pellorneum int er medium. 



R. B. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. Vol. 7 p. 519 T. 13. 



$: Similar to P. m'palense, but smaller and having the eyebrow 

 creamy butf or light tawny instead of ashy white, and with only 

 the extreme base of the forehead and lores streaked with black 

 shaft-lines. Total length 6,1 inches; culmen 0,7; wing 2,55; tail 2,5; 

 tarsus 1. 



Hab.: From Cachar to the neighbourhood of Thayetmyo. 



226. Phyller g ates n. g. 



R. B. Sharpe", Cat. B. Brit. Mus. Vol. 7 p. 229. 

 Typus: Orthotomus cucullatus Sh. 



227. Pomatorhinus nuchalis. 



R. B. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. Vol. 7 p. 413. 

 Similar to P. schi'sH'ceps, but of a warmer olive-brown, and 

 having the crown of a duller brown than the back, and separated 



