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one after the other, in a scattered Ime, never abiding long in one place. A near 

 ally of this bird, M. suhrufus from Malabar, is not so intensely rufous, has 

 no white on the throat, is greyish on the head, and has a yellow lower 

 mandible. 



538^5. Peinia etjfula, God win- Austen, PI. IX, Fig. 1. 



Described in P. Z. S. for 1874. I copy the original description from that 

 Journal. Above, head ashy brown, becoming more russet on back and pale 

 rufous on rump and upper tail coverts ; tail brown indistinctly barred, tip- 

 ped white on the outer tail-feathers with a subterminal dark spot ; wing 

 dark brown, with pale rusty brown edgings to primaries and secondaries ; 

 lores, round eye and ear-coverts pale ash, below chin sullied white, greyer 

 white on breast ; ochraceous on abdomen ; flanks and thighs pale brown. 



Bill black, both above and below ; legs pale corneous, with darker claws ; 

 irides ruddy ochre. 



L. 4-75^ W. 1-82", T. 2-4", t. 0-75", Bf. 0-4". 



This species was common in the Naga Hills and Munipur, and replaces 

 IIodgso7ii, Blyth, on the Khasi Hills side. It is quite distinct from P. 

 gracilis, Franklin, which has a marked pale rufous forehead, and can be 

 distinguished at a glance from the former bird, which is remarkably ashy 

 with dark ear-coverts. 



539«. CiSTicoLA MELAN-QCEPHALA, And.=BUEicoLLTS Walden, PI. X, Fig. 1. 

 I obtained several specimens of this form in the Munipur Hills, where 

 it appeared common in the grassy valleys at head of the Barak ; some 

 specimens do not shew the rufous on the neck so much as others. My 

 specimens are identical with Lord Walden's from Assam, named by him 

 rujicollis, but Dr. Anderson's title has priority. 



539S. CiSTicoLA MuNiPUEENSis, Godwin-Austcn, PI. IX, Fig. 2. 



Described in P. Z. S. 1874 ; the original description follows. 



" Above dark umber brown, feathers margined pale ochre on head, 

 broader and more rufous on back ; upper tail-coverts plain rufous brown, 

 the feathers on nape are paler rufous and dark shafting is subdued ; tail 

 dark umber, the two centre feathers margined rufous brown, viewed from 

 below tipped whitish, with subterminal dark spots ; white on chin, throat, 

 and centre of abdomen, rufescent on breast and flanks. Pale round eye. 



Bill black above, pale beneath ; legs fleshy brown. 



L. 4-25", W. 2-0", T. 1'65", t. 076", Bf. 0-40". 



I obtained four specimens of this species on the reedy sides of the 

 Logtak Lake, Munipur valley. It differs on comparison with G. schoenicola 

 (PI. X, fig. 2) and melanocephala, which I also obtained, being inter- 

 mediate in coloration, and may be known at once by the dark edging along 



