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



field, described as follows : T. fuscescente olivaceus alts cauddque ferru- 

 geneis, guld albd, abdomine flavo. Remiges interne fusees ; vertex griseo 

 ferrugineus ; axilla fiavescentes. Longitudo 7 poll." (Lin. Trans, xiii, 

 150). To these may be added Tr. crispiceps, nobis, described in my 

 Report for February as an inhabitant of Tenasserim and the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



31. Pycnonotus (Kuhl ; Brachypus* Swainson;) melanocephalus , Hard- 

 wicke and Gray : Vangaflaviventris, Tickell, /. A. S. II. 573. 



32. Hypsipetes psaroides, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, 43, and figured in 

 Gould's Century, pi. x. A very closely allied species to this has recently- 

 been discovered on the Neilgheirries, the H. Neilgheiriensis, Jerdon, 

 Madr. Jour. No. xxv, 245, and there is another in the Indian Peninsula, 

 the H. Ganeesa, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, 86, and figured in Jardine and 

 Selby's Illustrations of Ornithology, pi. cxlvii. Two more are de- 

 scribed in the list of Dr. McClelland's birds procured in Assam, as H. 

 McClellandii, Horsf., and H. gracilis, P. Z. S. 1839, 159. 



33. Chloropsis Hardwickii ; Jardine and Selby, ///. Orn. ii, Appen- 

 dix; Chi. cyanopterus, Hodgson; Chi. chrysogaster, McClelland and 

 Horsfield, P. Z. S. 1839, 167.— Vide my Report for January. 



Heterophasia, Nobis, n. g ? A curious Meruline form, exhibiting 

 affinity for various distinct genera, but which cannot be immediately 

 approximated to any with which I am acquainted. It has long rounded 

 wings, a very long and much graduated tail, slender and slightly curving 

 bill, and rather short tarsi. Bill longer than the head, slender, taper- 

 ing, a little incurved, its base as high as broad, and gradually more 

 compressed for the basal f ths ; the ridge of the upper mandible distinct 

 (but not sharp) to beyond the nostrils, then rather less so, and its tip 

 very slightly if at all emarginated : nostrils somewhat large, and almost 

 closed by impending membrane, the naral orifices appearing as mere fis- 

 sures on the inferior margin of this, though more apart anteriorly : a 

 few small setse at the gape. Tarse somewhat longer than the middle 

 toe ; and the claws compressed and suited for perching. Wings having 

 the 5th or 6th primary longest, and the 7th equal to the 4th. Tail 

 broad and very much lengthened and graduated. The plumage through- 

 out is soft, dense, and smooth ; the wings and tail tolerably firm. 



* " Previously employed in other branches of Natural History." — G. Gray. 



