194 H. H. Godwin- Austen — Fifth List of Birds from the [No. 4, 



1605. Picus mandeeintts, Gould, var. 



This species has for its nearest ally in these districts P. maj oroides, 

 but the outer tail-feathers are white with narrow black bars, in contradis- 

 tinction to P. maj oroides, in which they are black with broad white ones. 



Above it is the counterpart of P. majoroides : the back, wing, and tail 

 rich velvety black ; spots on the wing-feathers moderate ; a very large and 

 conspicuous white wing-patch formed by the secondary coverts ; a scarlet 

 band on the nape ; a white frontal band extends through the eye to the 

 ear-coverts and side of the neck, the portion near base of bill and the ear- 

 coverts being pale flaxen. Beneath : the chin white ; throat and upper 

 breast earth-brown, with a pale scarlet gorget bordering a black patch, 

 which, commencing at the gape, widens and extends down the side of the 

 neck, a few pure white feathers separating this from the earth-brown of 

 the throat ; flanks white ; the tail has the two outer feathers white, 

 barred with black on inner web, the outermost has two spots on the white 

 outer web, and in the penultimate this web is entirely white ; tips of the 

 four outer tail-feathers ferruginous ; the abdomen and under tail-coverts 

 are crimson. Bill dark plumbeous, rather stouter and blunter than that of 

 P. majoroides ; legs equal in size. 



L. about 8 inches, W. 50 ; T. 368, t. 0-85, Bf. 1 : 17. 



Hae. — Was obtained by Mr. Wm. Robert at Gonglong, Munipur Hills. 



It differs from P. manderinus, Gld., in being smaller, in the white on 

 the wings being more conspicuous, in being browner on the throat and 

 breast, and in its whiter tail. In the specimen of P. manderinus in the 

 British Museum with which I compared it, the outer web of the penultimate 

 tail-feather has a black spot. 



238«. Dictum olivacetjm, Walden. 

 A specimen from Samaguting turns out to be identical with those 

 from Tonghu, Burrnah. Blyth must have been mistaken when he says he 

 saw D. minimum in abundance at Moulmein : the species he saw must 

 have been either D. virescens or D. olivaceum, probably the former. 



245. Ceethia discoloe, Blyth. 

 L. about 5-75 inches, W. 2-54, T. 2"9, t. O60, Bf. 0.58. 

 Naga Hills. 



248. Sitta Himalatensis, Jard. and Selby. 

 Aimul, Munipur Hills. 



There are several skins in the collection. Interesting as being the first 

 record of this nut-hatch so far to the eastward. 

 W. 3-0 inches, T. 170, t. 0-65, Bf. 060. 



