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— Head above rufous brown ; outer tail feathers without white markings. . . . . . . . . .. . 2 
2. Chin black, throat barred with black and white; a broad black band across the chest. . 2. P. ¥LAVIROSTRIS. 
— Chin black, throat dingy white, lower throat and chest washed with sandy buff; jugulum 
with a few, narrow, avrow-head-shaped black marks. . . . . . . =. . +. 3. P. GUTTATICOLLIS. 
1. Paradoxornis heudei A. David. (PI. 3, Fig. 2.) 
Paradoxornis Heudei A. David, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sc. Paris, Vol.74,p.1450(1872)|Nanking, Lower Yangtsze-kiang). 
Fig. Nouv. Arch, Mus. Paris, Vol. 9, Bull. pl. 4, f. 2; David & Oustalet, Ois. Chine, pl. 63. 
Hab. Inhabits the reeds uf the Lower Yangtsze-kiang near Nanking, Eastern China. 
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. Paradoxornis flavirostris Gould 1). 
Paradoxornis flavirostvis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Vol. 4, p. 17 (1836) («in Nepalia »). 
Bathyrhynchus brevirostvis McClelland, Quart. Journ. Calcutta Soc. no. 4, p.531, with plate, f. 1 (Dec. 1837) (Assam), 
Fig. Gould, Birds Asia, Vol. 3, pl. 75. 
Hab. Eastern Himalaya (from Nepal to Bhutan); also in the Khasia-, Shillong- and Naga Hills and 
Cachar, in Upper Assam, south of the Brahmaputra River. 
3. Paradoxornis guttaticollis A. David 1). 
Paradoxornis guttaticollis A. David, Nouv. Arch, Mus, Paris, Vol. 7, Bull. p. 14 (1871) (Szechuen and Mupin, 
W. China). 
Payadoxornis Austent Gould, Birds Asia, Vol. 3, pl. 73 (1874) (Assam, Kuchai-, Naga- and Shillong Hills). 
Fig. David & Oustalet, Ois. Chine, pl. 64. 
Hab. Western- and Southern China (Szechuen, Kansu, Fohkien); Assam; hilly districts south of the 
Brahmaputra River (Khasia-, Shillong-, Naga Hills, Sylhet), southwards to Lot Moheng, in the 
southern Shan States, South Burma. Lives in the mountains at altitudes of 4000 feet and more. 
16. GENUS CHOLORNIS J. VERREAUX 
Cholornis J. Verreaux, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, Vol. 6, 1870, Bull. p. 35 (sp. un. : C. parvadoxa, 
J. Verreaux); ibidem, Vol. 7, 1871, Bull. p. 33 (detailed description). 
Characters. Bill short, deep, laterally much compressed; culmen strongly convex, 
ending in a sharp point; lower edge of upper mandible without any trace of sigmoid curve; 
gonys strongly ascending in apical half. Nostrils very small, circular and completely hidden by 
dense, bristle-like plumes, At the base of the bill a number of rather stiffened rictal bristles. 
Wing less rounded than in the other genera of the subfamily, with the fifth and sixth 
primaries forming the tip; first primary somewhat longer than half the second. Tail strongly 
graduated and considerably longer than the wing. Acrotarsium covered with distinct scutes. 
Toes long and robust, with moderately curved claws; outer toe abortive, reduced to a short 
clawless stump, adherent to the middle toe for less than half of its length. Plumage exceedingly 
soft and copious, especially on the back. Feathers of the pileum somewhat lengthened, so as 
to form a slight crest. 
Coloration. Top of the head greyish brown, forehead rather paler, inclining to whity 
brown. Lores and a broad stripe above the eye and ear coverts as far back as the sides of the 
nape dark brown. A rim round the eye white. Sides of the head pale brown, shaded with 
vinaceous and streaked with dingy whitish. Back pale reddish brown, here and there washed 
1) Although one feels tempted to consider the two species as mere geographical representatives, such does not 
appear to be the case, for they occur side by side in the Khasia- and Naga Hills. I have examined several specimens of 
both from this district in the British Museum. 
