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is proportionably mncli smaller and shorter than in undoubted young yrflfw^*s. 

 I give a full description so that the next collector visiting the Naga Hills 

 may be on the look out for an intermediate form of Niltava, and if such 

 there be, obtain the male. 



Description. Niltava ? $ of first year. Above olivaceous with an 

 ochre tinge. Ashy on head, more rufous on upper tail-coverts. Tail 

 ruddy dark brown. A pale ring round eyes, less conspicuous above 

 than below, wing feathers closed, umber brown. Lores tinged pale 

 rufous. Beneath chin pale rufous, with a few pale grey bars, breast to ab- 

 domen rufescent ashy, thighs pale ash-brown, a pale dull streak extends 

 from chin to upper breast, ending suddenly, abdomen sordid white, under 

 tail coverts pale ochre brown, darker centered and tipped pale, inside should- 

 er of wing dull ochre. Quills inside pearly-grey. Shot in underwood on 

 ascent to Japvo peak January 1873, three were seen together. The bill is 

 black, shorter and stouter than in grandis. Irides dark brown. 



N.grandis. = L. — , W. 395", T. 3-9", t. 0*92", Bf. 0.52'. 



N. ? = L. 7-4" W. 3-9", T. 35", t. 078", Bf. 0-44". 



N. stmdara. = L. — W. 31", T. 25', t. -80", Bf. 0-42". 



^noejpyga longicaudata, Moore. 

 Is very numerous in August in the large woods below the peak of Shil- 

 long, and I got several in that locality. There can be no doubt that the bird 

 in G-riffith's collection came from the north-east frontier, and not from 

 Afghanistan. It is a shy bird keeping to the dense underwood. The irides 

 are dark crimson. 



358^. Turdulus ^aliens, Pallas. 



Was frequently noticed in the ISTaga Hills, and I obtained a specimen 

 on Japvo Peak, close under 10,000 feet, in January. They agree well with 

 specimens in Lord Walden's collection. 



Above pale umber-brown, a white supercilium extends to over the ear- 

 coverts. Lores and ear-coverts dark umber. A white patch under eye, 

 and white on chin extending down centre of throat to upper breast, very 

 narrowly defined in some birds ; side of throat first mottled with umber 

 passing into two indistinct streaks on either side. Breast pale rufous-brown 

 above, white below to abdomen. Under tail-coverts pure white. Flanks 

 rusty ; no rufous inside wing, which is all grey. 



L. 9-0", W. 50", T. 3 6", t. 1-2", Bf. 0-7". 



A nest of Pycnonotus pygceus, Hodg., brought in by my shikari at 

 Shillong in June, contained 3 eggs of a pale madder ground, spotted 

 and speckled with darker madder-brown, pale neutral grey, and a few dark 

 brown spots, — all pretty evenly distributed. 



