Leucocirca albofrontata. 



neck, and palest on the tail — forelieadj eyebrows extending to the nape, plumage beneath, 

 a few spots on the wing coverts, and the tips of the tail feathers (except the two centre ones) 

 white — chin and throat white mottled with black — hides dark brown — bill and legs blackish 

 — ^length about 7 inches or 7 J — extent of wiags 10 — wiag from flexure Sto — hiU at gape 

 T°o — at firont about tV — ^tarsusr^o — tail S/o — ^weight 6| drachms. 



The other ascertamed Indian species of tlais group are as follows : — 

 1. — L. fuscoventris — jRhipidiira fuscoventris of Franklin, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1831, 

 and Sykes — mentioned above. 



2. — L. pectoralis, Jerdon — New species. Description — head and cheeks black 

 . — rest of plumage above dusky black - — band across the breast black white spotted, chin 

 blackish — throat white — ^abdomen and iinder tail coverts whitish, tinged with fulvous- — 

 feathers of the tail light dusky, all, except the centre ones, tipped lighter — bill and legs 

 blackish — irides dark bro^ni — ^length 6J inches— whig 3 — tail otV — tarsus t\ — bill at front 

 jV — at gape -^-a — weight 6^ drachms. 



In my Catalogue of Birds previoiisly referred to, I mention under the head of L. 

 fuscoventris, that I had observed that species on the Neilgherries, though I had not pro- 

 cured it. Since that time I obtained this bird and found it to be distinct and apparently 

 undescribed, so I have accordingly characterized it as above. It fi-equents cMefly the 

 warmer valleys at the edges of woods, and occasionally hedges and thickets. Its habits are 

 much the same as those of its congeners. 

 3. — L. liypoxantlia, Blyth, 



Description. — Above of the usual dusky coloru* — eyestreak, and enthe under parts 

 brihiant-yellow — ^taH conspicuously white shafted with white iaterior edges to the feathers 

 for their terminal half — length 4J inches. Hab. DarjeeHng. 



