182 Notes on various Indian and Malayan Birds. [No. 122. 



20. Tesia (subsequently Anura) cyaniventris, Hodgson, /. A. S.> 1837, 

 101 ; genus Micrura of Gould, the bird having a very distinct small tail. 

 Aipenumia} Swainson, 



21. Alcopus (olim Sibia) nigriceps, Hodgson, J. A. S., 1839, 38. A 

 specimen in nestling plumage only differs in the comparative shortness 

 and flimsy texture of its clothing feathers, and the diminished brightness 

 of their colouring. 



22. Prosorinia (olim Cochoa) purpurea? Hodgson, J. A. S., V, 359 ; 

 n. s.? Hodgsonii? Nobis. This nearly agrees with Mr. Hodgson's des- 

 cription, but would appear to be smaller, with the wing- speculum not 

 white, but of the same hue as the crown : the specimen is marked 

 male. I annex a description : length 10 inches, of wing 5^ inch, and tail 

 4£ inches ; bill to forehead f inch, and to gape 1 - inch ; tarse \\ inch, 

 middle toe and claw 1~ inch, and hind toe and claw above f inch. 

 General hue slightly purpurescent-fuscous, the tail cyaneous-grey 

 tipped with black, and wings mottled with darker cyaneous, pale blue- 

 grey, and deep black : forehead, crown, and occiput, pale blue-grey, the 

 feathers here being lengthened and somewhat loosely webbed, and 

 laterally impending a broad black superciliary streak continued back- 

 ward to the occiput ; lores and ear-coverts also deep black, and the 

 whole of the under-parts uniform fuscous : outer webs of the primaries 

 (save the first one) pale blue-grey near the base, contrasting with 

 the winglet which is black, as is also the remainder of the primaries ; 

 secondaries and tertiaries dark cyaneous, the former broadly tipped 

 with black to an oblique line even with the longest tertiary; there is 

 some pale grey also on the border of the wing anterior to the winglet, 

 and the quills and tail are wholly black underneath. Bill black, and 

 legs dusky. Darjeeling. 



This genus, originally classed by Mr. Hodgson among the Thrushes, 

 has since been regarded by him as Ampelidous, and intermediate to 

 Ampelis and Casmarhynchus. It appears to me to bear some relationship 

 to the Leiotrichince. The Ampelidce possess at least one distinct 

 oriental representative in Calyptomena, and an alleged Himalayan Pipra 

 has been described by Mr. Burton (P. Z. S., 1836, 113). The Cra- 

 taionyx of Eyton (ibid, 1839, 104,) agrees with the two last genera in 

 having syndactyle toes, and is perhaps also referrible to the same 

 family; wherein the northern form Bomby cilia has been generally 



