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



409 a. Gaebtjlax gttlaeis, McClelland. 



From Borpani in the Dikrang Dhiin. Appears never to range higher 

 than 2000 feet or so. It is a rare "bird, and I only shot two specimens. 



412. GAEBTJLAX PECTOBALIS, Gould. 



413. Gabetjlax moniligeb, Hodgson. 

 " Poreri" or " Purirhi'" of the Dallas. 



416. Teochalopteetjm cheysoptebtjm, Gould. 



Solitary, in pairs. Its call low. 



Shengorh Peak, 7000 ft., in February. 



L. 9-0, W. 3-5, T. 3-85, t. 1-5, Bf. 0"77 inches. 



420. Teochalopteetjm sqtjamattjm, Gould. 



421. Teochalopteetjm etjpigtjlabe, Gould. 



Dana examples agree with those from Darjeeling. Individuals differ 

 in the colom'ation of the wing-bar : in all Khasi and Garo birds and in one 

 from Darjeeling this is concolorous with the coverts, viz., olive-brown, the 

 lores sometimes rufous. The normal colouration ( ? full) is pearly grey 

 on the breast and white in front of the eyes. Khasi examples have the 

 rufous of the chin extending well down on to the breast. 



L. 9-0, W. 3-6, T. 4-0, t. 1-48, Bf. 0'76 inches. 



Bill grey above, very pale yellow below ; legs and feet very pale horny ; 

 irides very dark purple-red. 



Found associating in pairs, shy and not easy to find in the underwood. 

 Then call is a sharp, monotonous kind of chirp, as they answer each other. 



427. Actintjea Egeetoni, Gould. 



The specimen shot on Shengorh Peak is much more rufous than the 

 Khasi bird ; this has led me to look at the series at my disposal with more 

 attention. In my first list of birds (J. A. S. B., 1870, p. 105), the latter 

 is recorded as a variety. I noted at the time I shot the first specimen at 

 Asalu that it did not accurately agree with the description of A. Egertoni 

 in Jerdon's ' Birds of India', and Dr. Jerdon himself, on my subsequently 

 shewing him the bird, agreed that there were differences, but we had then 

 no Darjeeling specimens to compare it with. I mentioned the points in 

 which the Khasi bird differed and I now see that not the least important 

 of these is the distinct difference in the colour of the shoulder of the wing, 

 the back, and the rump ; which is an ochrey olivaceous, but in the Dafla speci- 

 men it is red-brown as given by Jerdon for the same parts of true Mgertoni. 

 All the birds (and I have a large series from the hill-ranges south of the 

 Brahmapiitra) are identical, and so distinct from the JEgertoni of the Eastern 

 Himalaya that they must receive a specific title, which I propose should 

 be A. Khasiana, or, as I would rather designate races differing like 

 this so slightly from an older well-known form, A. JEgertoni, Gould, 

 var. Khasiana ; and in like manner we might indicate the relations of 



