﻿1874.] Hill Banges of tie N. E. Frontier. 1G7 



542. Graminicola bengalensis, Jerdon. 

 This bird is not easy to bag, it shifts about through the grass seldom 

 rising, and if once scared gets low down near the ground and hides. I 

 obtained one specimen at the head of the Barak valley, Munipur. 



548. SuTA ruLiGTNOSA, Hodgson. 



Is quite distinct from S. atrogularis, and I obtained several specimens 

 at Shillong. 



Bill above black, beneath palish, legs pale flesh, feet brown. Lores and 

 supercilium pale. Irides ochre, tarsus stout. 



L. 6-4", W. 2-0", T. 3-27 to 4*4, t. 08'^ Bf. 0-42. 



Suya atrogularis, Moore, its nearest ally, has the bill black above, dark 

 horny below, legs orange fleshy, irides pale ochre, white on upper margin 

 of eye and a few of the dark ashy feathers of the supercilium tipped white. 



552«. Neoenis assimilis, Hodgson. 



I shot this bird both in the Naga Hills and at Shillong ; it is Blyth's 

 Drymodca hrevicauda. As it is a bird little known, a description here may 

 be useful. 



Above brownish olivaceous, tail umber brown and rather more rusty 

 brown on wing, pale line through lores over eye. Below dusky whity brown, 

 paler on chin. A pale ring round eye, and a slight tinge of yellow on inside 

 of shoulder of wing. 



L. 4-75'', W. 2-r, T. 2-3", t. 08'', Bf. 0-38". 



568. JReguloides eeocheoa, Hodgson. 

 Naga Hills. February. 



568«. Reguloides eulvoventee, n. sp. 



Above centre of head, light yellow green bounded on either side by 

 broad dusky bands ; and nape pale greenish ash. Pure ash on back, upper 

 tail-coverts grass green as well as the two central tail feathers and outer 

 edge of all the others. The two outermost as viewed from below have 

 a narrow pale yellow edging on outer web. Shoulder of wing ash grey, 

 coverts ash brown with a narrow white bar. Quills dusky brown, the 

 secondaries well marked with grass green. A pale yellow supercilium. 

 Ear-coverts pale, chin very pale yellow ; throat, breast, and abdomen pale 

 pearly white, under tail-coverts bright yellow. 



L. about 3-75", W. 2-0", T. 1-4, t. 070", Bf. 0-4". 



Bill above dark brown, below orange ; legs and feet grey. This Warbler 

 is so distinct from any I have been able to look over, that I think it is a 

 distinct species. I obtained it when in the low country of the Dunsiri, 

 Assam. 



