﻿1874.] Hill Bangcs oftlie N, E. Frontier. 157 



Description. Above, all dull dusky grey, tail darker and brighter. Wing 

 black, the secondaries sepia-brown. Sides of head same as the back. A 

 white streak extends from base of bill down the centre of throaty some white 

 about the sides of breast. Lower breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts 

 bright yellow. The two outer tail-feathers with a white spot on inner web 

 close to the tip. Inside wing white. 



244. Certhia nipalensis, Hodgs. 



A single specimen from the Naga Hills. 



248«. SiTTA NAGAENSis, Godwin-Austcn, Plate IV. 



Was first noticed at Sopvomah in the Naga Hills last winter and I 

 obtained several specimens on the watershed at about 6000 feet. It has 

 been described by me in the P. Z. S., 1874. I give a drawing and de- 

 scription. 



Description. Above slaty blue, wings and centre tail feathers same colour 

 but paler. Quills dull pale black. A black streak through lores extending to 

 ear-coverts and down side of neck. Beneath dull dirty white, purer on chin 

 and throat, with a few white feathers bounding the ear-coverts. Flanks 

 thighs and under tail-coverts dark rusty chesnut, all the latter with a ter- 

 minal white spot. Outer tail feathers black, a white patch on inner web 

 of the three outer, which are tipped grey and terminally black on outer web, 

 white on middle portion of the outer web of the outermost tail feather. 



Bill black above, grey below. Irides dark brown ; legs green black. 



L. 4.9/' W. 30," T. 1-75," t. 0-68," Bf. 0-58." spread of foot 1-2." 



2QQa. Lanius collukioides. Lesson = htpoleucos, Blyth. 

 Found in the Iril valley, Munipur, in February and March, rare ; this 

 and L. teplironotus were the only Shrikes seen in Munipur. L. 7'6" W. 

 3'5," T. 3-8," t. l-O/' Bf. 0-58." 



286. Chibia hottentota, Lin. 

 Garo and Khasi Hills. 



289. Tchiteea apfinis, A. Hay. 

 Samaguting, April. S in full plumage. 



L. 8-5," W. 3-6," T. 11-25," t. 0-58,'' Bf. 0-65." 



310. MusciCAPULA suPERCiLiAEis, Jcrdon. 

 Young agrees with a drawing by Dr. Jerdon of the above in immature 

 plumage ; my specimen is from the Naga Hills. 



331. MusciCAPULA (ESTIGMA, HodgS. 



Dr. Jerdon had told me that he obtained this rare Fly-catcher in the 

 isolated dense patches of forest, on the north side of Shillong Peak in the 



