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



barely f inch. General colour and markings similar to those of R. 

 auricapillus, excepting on the head, the black band at the base of the 

 outer webs of the secondaries of that species also wanting, and the 

 whitish tips of the tertiaries extending further up the outer margin of 

 those feathers : crown wholly green like the back, with no trace of a 

 mesial crest, nor even the lateral dusky lines seen in the nestling plum- 

 age of the crested species ; but a pale superciliary streak, bordered un- 

 derneath with dusky-greenish on the upper ear-coverts, the rest of these 

 being pale yellowish. Bill typical in shape, but no single plume (as 

 usual) impending the nostrils, any more than in R. modestus; its colour 

 pale, especially at the base of the lower mandible, and legs apparently 

 light brown. Locality of the specimen unknown, but I am told that 

 this bird inhabits the vicinity of Darjeeling. 



48. Budytes citreola, Auct. 



49. Oriolus Traillii, Hodgson, J, A. S., vi, 110; Pastor Traillii, 

 Vigors, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1831, 175 ; Psarophilus Traillii, Jardine and 

 Selby. I entirely agree with Mr. Hodgson in considering this fine spe- 

 cies to be a true Oriole. 



50. Pericrocotus (Boie, Acis, Lesson, Phcenicornis, Swainson,) breviros- 

 tris, Vigors and Gould. Both sexes, the female differing from Gould's 

 figure, (which is now referred to P. affinis, McClelland, P. Z. S. 1839, 

 157,) by having the throat much brighter yellow, and more of this colour 

 on the forehead to above the eyes ; they are clearly enough identical in 

 species with the crimson-breasted males in the same collection.* 



51. Cinnyris Nipalensis, Hodgson, Ind. Rev. 1837, 273. 



52. C. Gouldii, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, 44, and correctly figured in 

 Gould's Century, PI. lvi. 



53. C. saturata, Hodgson, Ind. Rev. 1837, 273 ; C. Assamensis, 

 McClelland and Horsfield, P. Z. S. 1839, 167. 



54 C. rubricaudata, Nobis. A very magnificent new species, described 

 in a Monograph of the Oriental Cinnyrida which I have lately 

 drawn up. 



55. Linota saturata. Nobis. A large species, belonging to the sub- 

 division typified by L. minor. Length of a male 6 inches, of wing from bend 



* I cannot help suggesting that Ph. affinis is no other than the immature male of 

 brevirostris, which may require more than one season to attain its livery of maturity. 



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