298 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAB XXIII. 1916. 



DESCRIPTION OP A NEW LARVIVORA. 



By E. C. STUART BAKER. 



Larvivora wickhami spec. nov. 



Whole upper plumage slaty blue ; forehead and above the lores rufous ; lores, 

 cheeks, and ear-coverts pale dull buff, the edges blackish, making this part of the 

 plumage mottled. Visible portions of the wing like the back; primary quills 

 blackish brown edged with dull buff. Tail, central feathers like the back, and the 

 outer ones blackish, suffused with slaty-blue on the outer webs. 



Chin, throat, foreneck and breast light rusty chestnut, the centre of the throat 

 slightly paler. An indefinite slaty blue band, interrupted in the middle, across 

 the breast. Abdomen, vent and under tail-coverts white. Under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries dull rusty buff. 



Bill black, legs very pale flesh-colour, almost white. 



The tail feathers are very slightly acuminate, but would possibly be more 

 definitely so in a newly moulted bird. 



Measurements: wing 72 mm.; tail 43 mm.; bill from front 1 0*5 mm., and 

 from gape about 15 mm. ; tarsus 24 mm. ; mid-toe with claw 17 '3 mm. 



The above bird was shot by Mr. P. Wickham of the Indian Forest Service 

 in April 1916, in the Chin Hills, at an elevation of about 5000 ft. The nest, 

 which was described as being like those of Larvivora brunnea, was made of moss 

 and grass on a bank, and contained four eggs, which also appear to have been 

 of the same blue as those of that bird. 



I have named the species loickJiami in honour of its discoverer. The type 

 is in the Tring Museum. 



