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Prinia pileata, Nobis. This, again, appears to be an addition to the numerous species already 

 established in this genus. Although the colouring is slightly different, the markings and disposi- 

 tion of the colours closely resemble those of Timalia pileata, Horsfield; the bill, however, being 

 altogether different, or strictly sylvian, and scarcely at all laterally compressed. Size, also, infe- 

 rior to that of T. pileata, and tail much less cuneated ; length 5 inches, of wing 2| inches, and 



tail 2\ inches ; bill to forehead — inch, and to gape •?> inch ; tarse also — inch. Plumage of the 



16 16 lb 



upper-parts olive-brown, tinged with rufous on the wings and tail, which last is just perceptibly 



barred, and has its three outermost feathers only on each side graduated ; crown dark rufous (as in 

 T. pileata), but merging posteriorly into the brown of the rest of the upper-parts, there being no 

 ashy on the sides of the neck ; superciliary streak and the whole under-parts moderately bright 

 pale yellow, marked with black lines on the throat and breast, more developed than those of 

 Timalia pileata ; flanks tinged with greenish-ashy. Bill dusky, and legs apparently have been 

 greenish. Inhabits also Tenasserim. 



Tricophorus crispiceps, Nobis. Length 10 or 11 inches, wing 4| to 4| inches, and tail 4f inches ; bill 

 to forehead § to 1 inch, and to gape f£ to 1| inch, having three or four tolerably strong vibrissae at 

 the gape ; tarse 1 inch : no lengthened occipital bristles, but the feathers of the crown and of the 

 cheeks anterior to the ear-coverts, of very peculiar character, being short and rigid, glistening, and 

 of a pale golden-fulvous colour ; wings and tail dull olive-green, the former dusky on the inner webs 

 of the feathers ; rest of the upper-parts ashy-brown, laterally edged with greenish, having conspi- 

 cuous whitish shafts to the feathers, excepting on the rump ; under-parts similar, except that the 

 whitish medial part of the feathers is more developed ; throat white, flanked by a black line pro- 

 ceeding from the sides of the base of the lower mandible, and another black line passes from the 

 upper mandible through the eye ; lower tail-coverts deeply tinged with the same colour as the 

 crown : tail slightly graduated ; bill black, and legs plumbeous. This species is likewise found as 

 high as Tenasserim. 



Copsychus macrourus, the Shahmour, male and female. 



C. saularis : found likewise in Sumatra and Java, as in India generally. 



Vinago vernans, two specimens. 



Hemipodius iaigoor. 



Vanellus bilobus. 



Charadrius Virginianus. 



Scolopax Gallinago. 



I am, Sir, yours obediently, 



Ed. Blyth. 



