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the tint o£ the head, back, and abdomen are nearly the same, but there are 

 differences worthy of notice. 1st, A. Htieti has the bill decidedly shorter 

 tban A.fusca, 11 millims. instead of 13, taking the measurement along the 

 cidmen, and 14 instead of 18, from tbe gape ; the tarsus having the same 

 dimensions in the two birds. 2ndly, the chin and the upper part of the 

 breast are pure grey, and not pale fulvescent (fauve clair), as in A.fusca. 

 3rdly, the tint of the flanks is less fulvescent ochre, more mixed with 

 green. 4thly, the internal webs of the tail-feathers are scarcely darker 

 than the external, instead of being blackish as in A. fusca. Lastly, the 

 wing is shorter, 065 mill, against 0'72 mill. M. Oustalet is of opinion 

 that the two are quite distinct though closely allied, A. Hueti being nearer 

 to A. Nipalensis. Another close form is A. Morrisonia from Formosa, 

 which differs in being more rufous above, grey-cheeked, and smaller. 



391«. Sphenocichxa Robekti, Wald. and G-Aust. Plate VI. 



The original description in ' The Ibis' for 1875, p. 251, is as follows : — 



" General colouration throughout dark umber-brown, richer on the 

 wings and tail, which are closely barred with black ; feathers of the nape 

 and back edged with darker brown, and with an inconspicuous pale spot 

 near tip ; these spots are more defined on the side of the neck, The 

 feathers of the throat, neck, and breast are lanceolate, with a white edging 

 showing as V-shaped markings ; towards the abdomen these become less 

 conspicuous, and only a few white spots dot the flanks. Bill grey, pale 

 beneath and at tip. 



" Length about 65 inches, wing 2'8, tail 3 - 0, tarsus - 93, bill at front 

 0-87, depth at base 0-40. 



" Shot on Hemeo* Peak, North Cachar hills, and also in the Munipur 

 Hills'." 



A second species of this new genus from the Naga hills was a highly 

 interesting prize, and it is one of the finest things for which we are indebted 

 to Mr. Wm. Robert. The form from the Darjeeling hills is quite distinct : 

 is a much smaller bird, without any V-shaped markings on the side of the 

 neck and breast, and of a different tint of brown • the bill, moreover, is 

 not so compressed and wedge-shaped above — a character that links it to 

 Stachyris nigriceps, which in its dark coloured head approaches the same 

 kind of colouration. 



406. XlPHOKHAMPHTTS STTPEKCILIABIS, LTyth. 



Konchungbum Peak, Munipur Hills. Similar in every respect to the 

 Darjeeling bird. 



* Hemvs by mistake in the ' Ibis.' 



