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large dull coloured form of Ground Tlirush, Ilijdrornis Nipalensis of 

 Hodgson, which occurs on the Burrail range. 



I346^^. Pitta cyanea, Blyth. 

 Given to me bj^ Mr. Chennell of the Topographical Survey, who obtained 

 it in Hill Tipperah. It is one of the most beautiful of these richly coloured 

 Ground Thrushes. 



366. Planesticus fuscatus. Pall. 



This bird, which agrees well with Jerdon's description, I shot on the 

 Peak of Japvo, the highest point of the Burrail range just under 10,000 feet, 

 during some hard weather in the early part of January ; only one specimen was 

 secured. 



Description. Above umber-brown darker on the head, the feathers dark 

 centered ; rump ferruginous. Wing and tail dusky brown, coverts and 

 secondaries edged pale rufous ; a well-marked supercilium white, becoming 

 broader behind the eye. Lores dark brown, ear-coverts the same but lighter. 

 A rufous tinge on lower side of the neck ; chin and throat sullied 

 white, with an indistinct stripe, commencing as spots, extending from base 

 of bill, down side of neck, and round to the ear-coverts. A gorget on breast 

 grey brown, with rufous tinge near shoulder of wing and spotted with dark 

 umber. Lower breast and belly pure white ; under tail-coverts pinky ferru- 

 ginous and pale tipped. Flanks and thighs tinged rufous the former spot- 

 ted brorwn. Under wing-coverts rich ferruginous. The inside of quills 

 grey. 



Length 8-5," Tail 3-4," t. 1-3,'' Bf. 0-62.'' Hides dark brown; bill 

 black above, dull yellow below ; legs dull brown. 



This bird much resembles G. unicolor, but is not so plainly coloured on 

 the back. 



373«. Paeadoxoenis Austeisti, n. sp., Gould. 



At Kuchai in the Naga Hills, at about 6000 feet elevation, in April, I 

 obtained two specimens of this bird ; I afterwards procured three at Shillong 

 in the summer. They differed so much from my original specimens of P.jlct- 

 virostris shot in the low marshy country at the base of the hills that I was 

 inclined to consider them distinct. Mr. Gould, to whom I shewed these 

 specimens and who had figured F.flavirostris from the original specimens 

 sent home, pronounced them to be new to him, and has described and 

 figured the species in the 'Birds of Asia,' under the above title. Not having 

 his description, I will only mention that the chief points of difference lie in 

 the pale nearly white colour of the under parts, the paler brown of the 

 back, and a markedly different distribution of the black on side of head aud 

 breast. 



