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of the head is much brighter and extends to the whole of 

 the sides of the head, the superciliurn, forehead, chin, and 

 cheeks, even tinging the throat. The latter, together with 

 the whole lower plumage, is greyish yellow, not fulvous 

 olive-brown. The whole crown is dark plumbeous and the 

 remainder of the upper plumage, with the wing-coverts, is 

 olive-grey. The tail-feathers are not tipped with orange, 

 but more narrowly with ochraceous, the lower aspect of the 

 outer feathers alone being orange. Wing 3'4 inches ; 

 tail 4 ; tarsus 1*3. " 



Colonel G. Rippon described the following new species of 

 birds obtained by him in the Shan States : — 



^Egithaliscus pulchellus, n. sp. 

 JE. similis JE. manipurensi, serl pileo ochracescenti-brunneo 

 minime castaneo facile distinguendus. Long. tot. 3 # 9 

 poll., culm. 03, alee 1*8, caudse 1"7, tarsi 0"6. 

 Hab. Nanoi, Loi Mai, S. Shan States, 5300 feet. 



Alcippe fratercula, n. sp. 

 A. similis A. nipalensi, sed major et ubique saturatior, pileo 

 schistaceo nee vinascenti-cineraceo, fasciis pilei lateralis 

 ad latera colli productis, nigris ; corpore subtus fere 

 omnino cervino ; hypochondriis et subcaudalibus saturate 

 cervinis distinguenda. Long. tot. 5*8 poll., culm. 0*55, 

 alas 2"65, caudas 2*6, tarsi 0'8. 



Hab. Hills of S. Shan States, above 4000 feet. 



SCH(ENIPARUS INTERMEDIUS, 11. Sp. 



S. similis S. mandellii et colli lateribus eodem modo nigro 

 striolatis, sed facie laterali brunnescentiore, et gutture 

 et gastraso mediano albicautibus nee cervinis distin- 

 guendus. Long. tot. 5 - 8 poll., culm. - 5, alas 2*35, caudte 

 2'5, tarsi 0"85. 

 Hab. Nanoi, Loi Mai, 5300 feet, S. Shan States. 



Stachyridopsis sulphurea, n. sp. 

 S. similis S. ruficipiii, sed pileo saturate castaneo, nucha 

 dorso concolore, loris, facie laterali et corpore subtus 

 pallide sulfureis, alis extus brunneis distinguenda. 

 Long. tot. 4 - 6 poll., culm. 05, alas 2*2, caudas 2'05, tarsi 

 07. 

 Hab. Namehet, S. Shan States. 



