IC H. H. Godwin-Austen — Sixth List of Birds from the [No. 1, 



390^. TuRDiNrs Nagaensis, Godwin- Austen, [A. M. N. H., Dec. 1877.] 



" Above, rich umber-brown throughout with no streaking on the fea- 

 thers of the head. Beneath, the same tint, much paler, with slight rusty 

 shading into and adjacent to the dull whitish centre of the breast, chin 

 also whitish. 



" Irides dark brown, legs and feet light sienna-grey. 



" Length about 570, wing 2-2, tail 2-2, t. 0-90, Bf. 0-50, hind toe, 

 0*35, claw 0'3. This species is very distinct from T. Garoensis in its 

 deeper umber coloration and smaller size. Particularly is this the case in 

 the legs, feet and hind claw. 



*' It was obtained by Mr. A. W. Chennell, of the Survey, in the Eastern 

 Naga Hills." 



390J. TuEDiNUS STEiATUS, Waldcu. 

 I have compared a specimen from Sadiya of the bird hitherto con- 

 sidered as T. hrevicaudatus with the type in the Calcutta Museum, obtained 

 by Col. Tiekell in Tenasserim, and find that they are, after all, distinct. 

 The Tenasserim form is very strong rufous on the breast, belly and under 

 tail-coverts, the spots on the secondaries are small and triangular, whereas in 

 that from Sadiya they are large and tip the feather. The throat is also 

 grayer in this last. In the " Ibis" for 1876, p. 354, Lord Tweeddale 

 remarks on the highly colored drawing by Tiekell of T. hrevicaudatus, and 

 Mr. Gould has very probably figured an Assam bird, which should stand 

 properly under the title of T. striatus, Walden, described in Ann. Mag. 

 Nat. Hist., (4), vii., p. 241, and which Jerdon had very probably compared 

 with true hrevicaudatus from the Burmah side and considered distinct. 

 This bird is the one I refer to under the title of T. Williamsoni in 

 J. A. S. B., Pt. II., 1877, p. 44. I have four specimens from Sadiya (Garo 

 Hills and Munipur) , in all of whicL the spots on the secondaries are rufous, 

 while in a specimen from the Mule-it range, Tenasserim, obtained by Mr. 

 Limborg, they are white, thus agreeing with Col. Tickell's drawing of true 

 hrevicaudatus from the same locality. This specimen is again not so 

 rufous as the type in the Indian Museum, but this is a very variable 

 character in this group, (as may be seen in Pnoe. squamata, of which 

 specimens white beneath are often met with,) and probably depends on age. 

 After all striatus is only a variety of hrevicaudatus. 



399&. Pelloeneum Mandellii, W. Blanford, [J. A. S. B., vol. XLI, 

 Pt.II,p. 165, pi. VII., (1872).] 



Var. pectoralis. 



I described this variety of the Darjiling form in the J. A. S. B. 

 vol. XLVI, Pt. II, 1877, pp. 41-42, as it differs a good deal in its markings 



