1878.] Rill Uitnjcs of the N. E. Frontier. 17 



from P. Mandellii described by W. Blanford from Darjiling, and is tlic 

 form which extends to the Gdro, Khasi and North Cachar Hills, P. rufi- 

 ceps of my First List, [J. A. S. B., Vol. XXXIX, p. 103, (1870).] 



Jerdon, when noticing a new species from the Khasi Hills, in Vol. II., 

 Birds of India, had Fel. palustre in mind. 



*4!01. POMATORIIINUS FEERTJGINOSUS, Blyth. 

 405c. POMATORHINUS STENORnXNCnUS, G.-A. 



The original description appeared in this Journal, Pt. II., Vol. XLVI. 

 p. 43, (1877), and I have only to add that its nearest ally is P. ochracei- 

 ceps^ Walden, from Burmah ; but the above species is larger and has the 

 lower 2)arts pale ferruginous, whilst in ochraceiceps they are of the purest 

 white, and it is not so rufous on the head and nape. The legs of stenor- 

 TiyncJius are horny grey ; in the figure of ochraceiceps lately published in 

 the Ibis for 1877, PI. XIII, the legs appear to be much too blue ; should this 

 coloring however be correct, it will mark another point of difference. 



Mr. Ogle shot this species on Manbiim Tila, at an elevation of 8,000 

 feet, not far from Sadiya. 



407«. Gaerulax miCHALis, Godwin-Austen. Plate X. 



The second specimen of this bird was obtained again by Mr. Ogle, on 

 the Kamlangpani, at 500 ft. I described the first example, obtained also 

 by Mr. Ogle, in the Annals and Magazine of Natural Historj^ for November 

 1876, and I here repeat the original description and remarks upon it. It 

 is figured on the accompanying plate. 



" Above, top of head to nape dark slaty grey, succeeded by a broad 

 rich ferruginous collar an inch in breadth, which fades into the olive-green 

 of the back. Wings and tail of a rather darker tint of olive, the latter 

 tipped black ; the first four primaries are tipped hoary-grej' ; the shoulder 

 of wing has a rusty tinge. A narrow frontal band ; the lores, with a 

 narrow line over and below the eye, black ; this is continued in a streak of 

 dark rusty brown over the ear-coverts ; a few white feathers border the 

 black frontal band above. Chin black, extending a short way down the 

 middle of throat ; breast pale ashy, with a slight vinous tinge. Checks and 

 ear-coverts pure white. Flanks and under tail-coverts dull olive-green. 

 Bill black. Irides purple-lake. Legs fleshy-grey. 



" Length 10 inches, wing 4*25, tail 4-G, tarsus 1*7, bill at front 0-9. 



" This beautiful species was among a batch of birds lately received from 

 and collected by Mr. M. T. Ogle, of the Topographical Survey, in the 

 Lhota-Naga hills. It is the representative there of Q. chiuensis, but 

 differs in possessing the broad ferruginous nape, and the neutral grey of 

 the head is of a darker hue. In other respects it is identical, save in some 

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