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



619J. Minla Mandellii, Godwin-Austen. 

 Was described in the Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. January 1876, and 

 included in the ' List of Birds of the Dafla Hills', with full description. It 

 is a very common bird in the Naga hill-ranges. I noticed a bird in the col- 

 lection at the Jardin des Plantes from Western China very closely allied 

 to these two species, named by A. David Ioculus superciliaris : the head 

 above brown ; back greyish olivaceous ; tail dull rufous brown ; a black super - 

 cilium from behind the eye to the nape ; lores pale ; throat and breast dull 

 white ; flanks greyish. 



686«. Aceidotheees albocetcta, Wald. and Aust. Plate V. 

 Is thus described in ' The Ibis' for 1875, p. 251 : — 

 " Top of head glossy black, feathers rather elongated, and a white 

 collar on back of neck ; back dull grey-black, with a slight green tinge, 

 and with a tendency to purple on the shoulders and wing-coverts. Tail 

 black with green reflections. Primaries black, white at base, forming a 

 wing-band ; secondaries warm sepia-brown. Beneath dull but dark green- 

 ish grey. Upper tail-coverts black, tipped white, and arranged in bars. All 

 the tail-feathers tipped with white, except the two centre ones. Bill 

 and legs yellow. 



" Length about 9 inches, wing 5, tail 3 - 5, tarsus 1-4, bill at front 0*91. " 

 Appears numerous in the Munipur valley, where it was obtained by 

 Mr. Wm. Bobert, another important discovery by that indefatigable collec- 

 tor. 



727. Myceeobtts melakoxakthtts, Hodgson. 

 From Konchungbum, Munipur, obtained by Mr. Wm. Bobert. 

 $ W. 4-9 inches, T. 3-2, t. 082, Bf. 0-85. 



? 4-6 „ 2-8, 0-80, 0-83. 



736. Peopyeehula stjbhemachala, Hodgson. 

 Bemta, Munipur. 



750. Chetsomiteis spinoides, Vigors. 

 From Khajinghon, Munipur. 



867. SCOLOPAX ETTSTICOLA, Lin. 



The woodcock was now and then flushed in the woods of the Naga 

 Hills, but was not common. 



