1876.] on tlie Expedition into tlie Dajia Hills, Assam. 81 



again are markedly larger than H. Sinensis especially in the bill ; which 

 removes them still further from the Javan race. 



L. 10, W. 3-9, T. 55, t. 1-15, Bf. 07 inches. 

 *590 a. Motacilla Hodgsoni, G. R. Gray. 



If really distinct from M. Luzoniensis, my specimen is evidently the 

 above ; it was obtained at Tezpur on the 27th November. 



Dese. — Above ; all sooty black, more velvety on the head, this colour 

 extends round the sides of the neck, ear-coverts, throat, and moustachial 

 streak from the gape ; shoulder of wing a paler brown-black ; quills and 

 secondaries brown, white-edged, the latter strongly so ; the primary 

 coverts very broadly edged with white, so as to form a wing-band ; a broad 

 frontal band extending over the eye as far as the posterior limit of the ear- 

 coverts, white ; white also on the lores, chin for half an inch, and a nar- 

 row line under the eye, this colour has a tendency to replace the black on 

 the throat and sides of the neck ; abdomen and outer tail-feathers white 

 the latter with a very narrow black edging near the base of the inner web, 

 the next pair also white with a broader edging extending nearly to the tip. 

 *592. Calobates melanope, Pallas. 



593. Budttes viridis, Gmelin. 



Got in December at Narainpur. 



596. Pipastes agilis, Sykes. 



Numerous in the Dana clearings, attracted by the millet-crop which 

 was being cut in December. 



609. Pteeythbius ebythbopteeus, Vigors. 



L. 6-5, W. 3-4, T. 1-8, t. 1-1, Bf. 0-58 inches. 



Bill beneath greenish grey ; legs pale flesh-coloured ; irides umber. 

 *612. Cutia Nipalensis, Hodgson. 



(Puting, Dafla.) 



It was quite a pleasure obtaining this bird for the first time on account 

 of its peculiar and beautiful colouration, as well as the very great difference 

 between that of the males and females. Mr. Lister, attached to the survey 

 party for the purpose of forming a botanical collection, was the first to 

 bring it in to me, he having shot four one after the other out of a large flock 

 on the same tree, the birds being apparently quite scared by the report of the 

 giin and not flying away. It is well-known on the Darjeeling side, but I 

 have not yet met with it south of the Brahmaputra. The males besides 

 their different coloru'ation are rather larger than the females. 

 $ L. 6-75, W. 3-65, T. 2-7, t. 1-15, Bf. 0.68 inches. 

 ? L. 6-50, W. 3-25, T. 2-42, t. 1-10, Bf. 0-57 



Irides umber-brown ; legs and feet yellow. 



615. LlOTHEIX ARGENTAURIS, HodgSOll. 



616. Siva steigula, Hodgson. 



