﻿166 Godwin-Austen — FourtTi list of Birds from the [No. 3, 



the shafts of the centre tail-feathers, which in melanocephala are wholly dark, 

 and in sclioenicola are banded broadly rufous, terminating in black and white. 

 It is very near Cis. russica, Wall., from the Island of Bouroo. Malay 

 Archipelago, which is more rufous on the head and breast. 



47 1«. Oeiolus tenuieostris, Blyth. 

 Two specimens were shot by my collector in a thick wood near Lum- 

 langtong or Bishunpur, Munipur, on the 18th February. 

 ^ L. 100", W. 5-8", T. 3-65", t. 1-0", Bf. 12". 



481. Pratincola caprata, Lin. 

 ^ 9 In open grass of Munipur valley, in February ; may be known at 

 once from Indica and leucura by its rufous upper tail-coverts. 



500, EuTiciLLA AUROREA, Pallas. 



This Redstart was numerous in the stubble of the rice-fields bordering 

 the Barak valley near its sources in the Naga Hills, during the month of 

 January. 



53 1«. Orthotomtjs elayoviridis, Moore, = edela apud Blyth. 



The common Malaccan Tailor-bird, I met with in the forest of the 

 Dunsiri near Dimapur, and it agrees well with Malayan specimens. The bill 

 alone being rather shorter and more slender. 



The discovery of this bird in Assam extends its range considerably. 



W. 1-85'', T. 1-70", t. 0-70", Bf. 0-60". 



I also got it at the base of the Garo Hills near Shushang, so that 

 it, no doubt, extends all through Tipperah, Arracan, &c. 



538. Prinia Hodgsoni, Blyth. 



This little Wren-warbler is common enough in the hills about Shillong. 



Jerdon's description being short, I give that of the Khasi form in more 

 detail. 



Description. Above ashy brown, greyer on head, tail pale brown 

 indistinctly barred, with black subterminal spots and white tipped. Wings 

 pale brown edged pale rufescent. Pure white on chin, grey on throat and 

 breast and white on abdomen and under tail-coverts. Some specimens have 

 a faint tinge of ochre on the flanks and thighs. Orbits brown, irides 

 orange ochre. Bill black above and below, legs yellow brown. 



L. 4-35", W. 18-2, T 2-15", t. 0-68", Bf. 4". 



538&. Prinia rueescens, Blyth. 



This bird agrees with specimens of P. rufescens from upper Burmah 

 collected by Dr. Anderson when on the Yunan Mission, but it is somewhat 

 larger and more intensely rufous. 



W. 1-85, T. 2-55, t. 0-9", Bf. 0-4". 



