ALCIPPE. 635 



the chestnut of the head with the white frontal band is marked by a faint black 

 line which is present in all the specimens I have examined. The Bhamo bird 

 has the white frontal band narrower than in Indian ones, and the ear-coverts, 

 instead of being white, have a faint rufous tinge, which also occurs on the chin ; 

 the abdomen is dark olivaceous ferruginous. 



Genus Mixornis, Hodgson. 

 121. Mixornis bubbicapilla, Tickell. 



Motacilla nilricapilla, Tickell, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. ii, 1833, p. 576. 



lora Moris, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xi, p. 794, 1842. 



Mixornis ruficeps, Hodgs., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1845, p. 23. 



Timalia gularis, Grray, Cat. Mamm., &c., Nepal, Hodgs., p. 85, 1846. 



Mixornis Moris, Bonap. Consp. Av., t. i, p. 217, 1850. 



Tinmlia Moris, Bonap., Comptes Rendus, t. xxxviii, ji. 59, 1854. 



Mixornis ruiricapilla, Homi. %cM.ooxe,CsLt.'B.M.us. E. Ind. Co., vol. i, p. 229, 1854; Jerdon, 

 B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 23, 1863; Walden, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1866, p. 547; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, 

 p. 3 ; Beavan, t. c, p. 432 ; Blanford, Ibis, 1870, p. 467 ; Godwin- Austen, Journ. As. 

 Soc, Bengal, vol. xsxix, 1870, p. 103; Blyth, Ibis, 1870, p. 170; Walden, Ibis, 1872, 

 p. 376; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 118; 1875, p. 118; Ball, op. cit, 1874; Hume, 

 t. c, p. 476; id.. Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 245, 1873; Godwin- Austen, Journ. As. Soc, 

 Bengal, vol. xlv, 1876, pp. 75, 409. 



Timalia rubricapilla, Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 316, 1869. 



a. $ Bhamo, September 1868. 



My specimen, when compared with Nepalese examples, is more distinctly 

 streaked on the throat, the latter being of a more vivid yellow. It has also a red- 

 dish tinge on the back, which makes it appear very like the Malayan species. From 

 this, however, it is distinguished by its pale rufous wings like the Himalayan bird. 



Genus Alcippe, Blyth. 

 122. Alcippe phatbei, Blyth. PI. XLVIII. 



^/c?f;/)i?j3^flj/m, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xiv, p. 601, 1845; Hume & Oates, Stray 



Feathers, 1875, vol. ix, pp. 116, 117. 

 Malacopteron phayrei. Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 317, 1869. 

 Alcippe magnirostris , Walden, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xlv, extra No., 1875, p. 115 ; Ibis, 1877, 



p. 487 ; Hume, Stray Feathers, vol. v, 1877, pp. 56, 60. 



a. h. t Bham6, 20th September 1868. 



c. e. t Sawady, 25th to 30th January 1875. 



:"•^ /. J Right bank of Tapeng river, 5th February 1875. 



g. % Nampoung, 19th February 1875 



Little or no difference exists in the sexes of this species, but the two specimens 

 kiUed in September seem to be rather duller coloured and to have browner bills, 

 and the black stripe does not exist in the same intensity. 



