384 Appendix to Mr. BlytVs Report [No. 149. 



A/cippe, Nobis. Has the bill much shorter than the head, approach- 

 ing nearly in form to that of Leiothrix : in other respects resembling 

 the foregoing; but the toes generally are small and proportionate. 



1. A. cinerea ? (Eyton). A species which, from the name, I suspect 

 must be this, differs from the next in its predominating more ashy 

 tinge, having the crown, neck, and back, uniform dusky greyish- 

 brown, the wings and rump tinged with fulvous, tail darker and in- 

 clining to dingy maronne, but still fulvescent in some lights, and the 

 under. parts whitish, tinged on the throat and breast with ashy ; bill 

 light horn-colour, and feet pale. Length about five inches and a half, of 

 wing two and five-eighths, and tail two and a quarter; bill to gape 

 eleven-sixteenths of an inch, and tarse three-quarters of an inch. The 

 tail, also, is less rounded, and the tips of its feathers are less wedge- 

 shaped, than in the next species. Received from Singapore. 



2. A. offinis ; Trichastoma affine, Nobis, passim. Distinguished 

 from the preceding by its darker crown, paler nape, the more rufescent 

 hue of the back and rump, and deep ferruginous tail-feathers ; the 

 under-parts are whiter, with a distinct brownish-grey band crossing 

 the breast. This species could scarcely have been designated cinerea, 

 which name is appropriate in the instance of the preceding one. 



3. A. poiocephala ; Timalia poiocephala, Jerdon, Supplement to 

 Catalogue. This considerably approaches Siva nipalensis, Hodgson, of 

 the heiotrichane series ; and has the rictal bristles less elongated, and 

 the feet stouter, with a more robust hind-toe, than in the foregoing. The 

 colour is olive, passing to dark russet on the rump, tail, and wings ; the 

 crown ashy ; and under-parts pale rufescent. Inhabits Southern India. 



4. A. atriceps ; Brachypteryx atriceps, Jerdon. Rictal bristles still 

 shorter ; the crown and ear-coverts black ; the rest of the upper-parts 

 fulvescent-brown, and under-parts white, passing into brownish on the 

 flanks. Legs apparently have been lead-coloured. Inhabits Southern 

 India. 



The two next would seem to approach the second species, but 

 cannot well be identified with it, nor with each other. The length of 

 both is given as five inches only. 



5. A. (?) sepiaria; Brachypteryx sepiaria, Horsfield. " Olivaceo sub- 

 fulvescens, subtus dilutior, gula abdomineque medio albidis Remiges 



