ALCIPPE. 635 



the chestnut of the head with the white frontal band is marked by a faint black 

 line which is present in all the specimens I have examined. The Bhamo bird 

 has the white frontal band narrower than in Indian ones, and the ear-coverts, 

 instead of being white, have a faint rufous tinge, which also occurs on the chin ; 

 the abdomen is dark olivaceous ferruginous. 



Genus Mixornis, Hodgson. 

 121. MixoRNis RUBRiCAPiLLA, Tickell. 



Motacilla nihricapilla, Tickell, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. ii, 1833, p. 576. 



lora chlorisy Blyth, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xi, p. 794, 1842. 



Mixornis rujiceps, Hodgs., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1845, p. 33. 



Timalia gularis, Gray, Cat. Mamm., &c, Nepal, Hodgs., p. 85, 1846. 



Mixornis chloris, Bonap. Consp. Av., t. i, p. 217, 1850. 



Timalia chloris, Bonap., Comptes Rendus, t. xxxviii, p. 59, 1854. 



Mixornis ni,bricapiUa,Homi. kM.Q0Ye,Q2it.B.M.ViB. E. Ind. Co., vol. i, p. 229, 1854; Jerdon, 

 B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 23, 1863; Walden, Proc Zool. Soc, 1866, p. 547; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, 

 p. 3; Beavan, t. c, p. 432; Blanford, Ibis, 1870, p. 467; Godwin-Austen, Journ. As. 

 Soc, Bengal, vol. xxxix, 1870, p. 103; Blyth, Ibis, 1870, p. 170; Walden, Ibis, 1872, 

 p. 376; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 118; 1875, p. 118; B&W, op. cit., 1874; Hume, 

 t. c, p. 476; id.. Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 245, 1873; Godwin- Austen, Journ. As. Soc, 

 Bengal, vol. xlv, 1876, pp. 75, 409. 



Timalia rubricapilla, Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 316, 1869. 



a. $ Bhamo, September 1868. 



My specimen, when compared with Nepalese examples, is more distinctly- 

 streaked on the throat, the latter being of a more vivid yellow. It has also a red- 

 dish tinge on the back, which makes it appear very like the Malayan species. Prom 

 this, however, it is distinguished by its pale rufous wings like the Himalayan bird. 



Genus Alcippe, Blyth. 

 122. Alcippe phayrei, Blyth. PI. XLVIII. 



Alcippe pJiayrei,'h\yih.,^ouvn. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xiv, p. 601, 1845; Hume & Gates, Stray 



Feathers, 1875, vol. ix, pp. 116, 117. 

 Malacopteron phayrei, Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 317, 1869. 

 Alcippe friagnirostris, Walden, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xlv, extra No., 1875, p. 115 ; Ibis, 1877, 



p. 487 ; Hume, Stray Feathers, vol. v, 1877, pp. 56, 60. 



a. h. S Bhamo, 20th September 1868. 



c. e. S Sawady, 25th to 30th January 1875. 



/ S Rigiit bank of Tapeng river, 5th February 1876. 



g. ? Nampoung, 19th February 1875 



Little or no difference exists in the sexes of this species, but the two specimens 

 killed in September seem to be rather duller coloured and to liave browner bills, 

 and the black stripe does not exist in the same intensity. 



