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species ; and Horsfield indeed puts, as a query, whether it be not 

 a small variety of that, to answer which further specimens are 

 desirable. I did not myself procure it at Darjeeling. 



331. Pnoepyga caudata, Blyth. 



J. A. S., XIV., 588— Blyth, Cat. 1062— Horsf., Cat. 242. 



The Tailed Hill Wren. 



Descr. — Above, dark rich olive-brown, the feathers faintly edged 

 and shafted black ; lores and orbitar region dusky gray ; the 

 throat bright ferruginous, paling on the breast, the feathers of 

 which have black centres and tips ; belly similarly marked with 

 dusky and white ; wings uniform dark reddish-brow^n ; tail inclining 

 to the same, soft and flexible. 



Bill blackish ; legs brown ; irides brown. Length 3| inches ; 

 wing If ; extent 6 ; tail 1 ; bill at front y^g. 



This species inhabits Nepal and Sikim. I procured it at 

 Darjeeling, where it bore the same name as the first species, and 

 was indeed not distinguished from it by the natives. 



332. Pnoepyga longicaudata, Moore. 



P. Z. S., 1854. 



The Long-tailed Hill Wren. 



Descr. — Above deep olive-brovf n, the feathers slightly margined 

 with black, and with black shafts ; throat whitish ; breast and 

 sides of abdomen pale dusky ferruginous, the feathers with pale 

 centres and dark margins ; lower breast and abdomen white in the 

 middle ; flanks brown ; vent and under tail-coverts dark ferrugi- 

 nous ; wings and tail inclining to ferruginous-brown. 



Bill dark horny ; legs paler. Length 4^ inches ; wing 2 j tail 

 2^, rounded ; upper tail-coverts long. 



This is very closely allied to the last in coloration, the 

 chief difference being the white on the throat and middle of the 

 abdomen of this species ; and were it not for the long tail of this, 

 one Avould be inclined to join them. Moore gives Northern India 

 as the habitation of this species, it may be the N. W. Himalayas, 



