166 W. T. Blanford— On Birds from SihUm. [No. 2, 



saturatioribus. Long, alee 2'65, caudce 25, tarsi 095, rostri afronte 06, a 

 rictu 075 unc. 



Crown of head and nape ferruginous, lores, over and under the eye, pale 

 pinkish isabelline, most of the feathers of the forehead, lores and supercilia 

 with slight dusky tips, ear coverts pale rufous brown, also with dark tips, 

 back of the neck isabelline, or pale brown, each feather with a large dusky 

 spot, frequently confined to one web, mantle and tail brownish olive, all the 

 rectrices except the centre ones with narrow pale tips, quills hair brown mar- 

 gined with brownish olive externally, internally, like the lining of the wing, 

 pale brown. Chin and upper throat pure white, remainder of lower parts 

 isabelline, breast and sides of neck with large elongate dusky spots, flanks 

 also spotted, but the spots are paler, abdomen unspotted. Bill dusky above, 

 pale below, legs very pale coloured. 



This species differs from P. rujiceps, Swains., and P. Tichelli, Blyth, (J. 

 A. S. B., 1859, Vol. xxviii, p. 414 ; = P. subocliraceum, Swinhoe, A. and 

 M. N. H., April, 1871, p. 257), by having the neck spotted all round and by 

 the spots in front being much deeper and darker. In size it resembles P. 

 Tickelli, being smaller than P. rujiceps. It may perhaps be the new species 

 from the Khasi hills mentioned by Dr. Jerdon in Birds of India, II, p. 28. 

 A single specimen has been sent to me for identification by Mr. Mandelli, 

 after whom I have named it. 



620. Mima clnerea, (Blyth). 



The type of this species is a very dull coloured grey specimen. I am 

 almost inclined to doubt, if the much more brightly coloured birds described 

 by Jerdon, and of which a specimen is sent by Mr. Mandelli, are really iden- 

 tical, but a series is necessary for deciding this. In the bird sent to me the 

 whig measures 2*1, tail 1*5, tarsus - 82 inch. ; the dimensions are rather less 

 than those of the type specimen, so that, if the differences are sexual, the 

 female would appear to be the larger bird. 



625. Ixtjltts steiattjs, Blyth. 



Neither Mr. Blyth in his original description of the Tenaserim speci- 

 men, nor Dr. Jerdon in the characters taken doubtless from his Darjiling or 

 Khasi birds, mentions one of the most characteristic peculiarities of this 

 form, — its ferruginous brown ear coverts and supercilia. In the type from 

 Tenaserim, which is in the Indian Museum, I can detect these, although 

 they are paler (perhaps from fading) than in a fresh specimen obtained by 

 Mr. Mandelli, which otherwise agrees perfectly with Dr. Jerdon's descrip- 

 tion. Wing 2 - 35, tail 21, tarsus 06, bill from forehead 035 inch. 



