42 H. H. Godwin-Austen — Descriptions of new Birds, [No. 1, 



being 0-4 in. by I'S in. in this new form as against 0'3 by I'O, while those 

 on the u2)per naj^e are bordered with white above ; the top of the head is 

 dark chestnut, opposed to a dull rufous umber in the Darjiling species^ 

 Yet the greatest departure is in the abrupt termination of the white chin, 

 succeeded by the ochraceous tint of the rest of the under parts, while the 

 black centerings of the feathers are so broad and closely distributed as 

 to form a decided dark gorget, whence they spread away down the sides of 

 the breast. The feathers of the head and nape are more lengthened and 

 fuller than in the other species. 



We appear to have in this genus — all near allies : — 



1. Pellokn"eum BuncEPS,* Swainson. 

 South India. 



2. Pelloeneum Mai^dellii, W. Blanford. 

 Sikkim, and the Garo and Khasi Hills. 



3. Pelloenetjm pectokalis, G-A. 

 Eastern Assam. 



4. Pelloeneum Tickellii, Blyth. 



P. minor, Hume, S. F., 1873, p. 298, from Tenasserim. 



P. subochracemn, Swinhoe, A. M. N. H., 1871, p. 257, also from Tenasserim. 

 Burmah and Tenasserim. 



I cannot help thinking that the two last names are only synonyms. 

 In the list of Birds from Tenasserim (Stray Feathers, Vol. II. p. 476.), 

 the very country whence Tickell sent his specimens to Blyth, P. minor is 

 recorded as common, but P. Tickellii as not yet obtained. Comparing- 

 specimens lately received from Tenasserim with the original description 

 and with a specimen in the Indian Museum (also from Tenasserim) which 

 there is every reason for believing to be one of the original types, I can arrive 

 at no other decision but that P. minor and P. sulochraceum are nothing else 

 than P. Tickellii ; nor is it likely that two distinct species whose dimensions 

 are so exceedingly close are to be found in so limited an area. 



2. AcTKOJEA Oglei, n. sp. 

 Desc. — Above rich umber-brown with a sienna tinge, strongly rusty on 

 the head and nape, the soft feathers of the back and rump are very finely 

 and indistinctly crossed with narrow bars. A well-developed frontal band 

 of white having the shafts of its feathers black, merges into a well-defined 

 pure white supercilium and is continued over the black ear-coverts and 

 down the side of the neck, where the white feathers become bordered with 

 black, the supercilium thus terminating in scattered spots. This white 

 supercilium is bordered above with black. Lores dark, chin pure white, 



* Is given in Blyth's List of the Birds of Burmah, but I doubt if true P. nificep* 

 is found out of Southern India. 



