72 H. H. Godwin- Austen — List of the Birds collected [No. 2, 



315. Niltava Macgbigobue, Burton. 



316. Niltata geandis, Blyth. 

 Shengorh Peak, at 6000 ft. 



319. Siphia steophiata, Hodgson. 



A male from Toruputu. Peak, and a female from the Dikrang valley. 

 I observe that this female differs a good deal from the description of the 

 male, which alone is given by Jerdon. Above she is similar throughout, 

 except that the frontal band is absent, there being a very slight pale grey 

 indication of it. The throat is grey in lieu of black ; breast and abdomen 

 dull white, the flanks olivaceous. The rufous gorget is very pale ; indeed, 

 there is only just an indication of it. 



323. Eeythbosteena letjcuba, Gmelin. 



Irides dark brown. 



Harmutti tea-garden. 



343. Mtiophoktts Temminckii, Vigors. 



314. Hydeoents Nipalensis, Hodgson. 



350. ZOOTHEBA MOISTTICOLA, Vigors. 



Only one specimen was obtained. This has a very dark coloured plu- 

 mage throughout, much darker than any other I have examined. 



355. Geocichla citeina, Latham. 



366. Tuedtjs (Planesticus) ettscattts, Pall. 



Shot at Harmutti. 



373. Paeadoxoeistis elavieosteis, Gould. 



Only in the high grass of the low plain country skirting the hills. 

 *378 b. Sttthoba Daelaensis, Godwin-Austen. Plate III. 



I described this very interesting little bird in the Annals and Mag. Nat. 

 History for December 1875. I give below a copy of the original description, 

 together with some account of the habits of the genus, which are quite parine. 

 It is closely allied to S. Munipurensis, Wald. and G.-Aus., described in ' The 

 Ibis', 1875, p. 250. The difference between them is most marked on the under 

 side, the chin being grey in the Dana bird, paling on the upper breast and 

 belly to dull yellowish white, while in the Munipur and Naga species the 

 chin and throat are deep black, fading to grey on the breast and thence 

 into the white of the lower tail-coverts. There is besides a marked 

 difference in size, especially in the bill and legs ; this new form being the 

 smallest of the genus now known. 



Desc. — " Above ; crown of head chrome-brown, back and rump rusty 

 olivaceous brown ; tail very rich rusty brown, particularly near the base ; 

 frontal band, passing over the eye to the nape, black ; a white circle round 

 eye, with a moustachial streak passing down the side of the neck of the 

 same colour ; ear-coverts grey, surmounted by a small streak of golden 

 yellow. Chin grey ; breast and belly dull sordid white ; xinder tail-coverts 



