1843.] Mr. BlytKs Report for December Meeting, 1842. 98 1 



1. A. magna; Cin. magna, Hodgson, Ind. Rev. 1837, p. 272: A. 

 inornata (?J, Tem., apud Horsfield, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 167*. " Length 

 eight inches by eleven and a quarter, and weight an inch and three- 

 quarters" : bill to forehead an inch and five-eighths ; wing three 

 inches and a half ; tail two inches and one-eighth; and tarse above 

 three-quarters of an inch. Upper-parts greenish-yellow, each feather 

 having a central black streak ; lower-parts yellowish-white, similarly 

 striated : tail with a subterminal black band, and an albescent spot 

 beyond this on the inner web of its outer feathers : " bill dusky ; legs, 

 feet, and claws, bright orange", the hind-toe very large and strong. 

 Inhabits Nepal and Assam. 



2. A. ( '? ) Jlavigastra ; Anthreptes flavig aster, Eyton, P. Z. S. 1839, 

 p. 105. Size of last, and length of bill the same. " Capite, dorso, 

 pectore colloque cinereo-viridibus ; corpore subtus Jlavo ; alls, caudd tec- 

 tricibusque alarum, brunneis ; rostri mandibuld superiore atrd, inferiore 

 flavd ; pedibus brunneis." Inhabits the Malay peninsula, where termed 



Chichap Rimba. 



3. A. (f) modesta ; Anthreptes modesta, Eyton, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 

 105. Length six inches and a half, of which the bill measures an inch 

 and a quarter ; tarse five- eighths of an inch. u Vertice, dorso, alls, 

 cauddque viridi-olivaceis Tide singulis pennis mediis brunneis, ilia 

 prcepillatd atro ; corpore subtus viridi, singulis pennis in mediis ob- 

 scuris ; rostro pedibusque brunneis." Inhabits the Malay peninsula, 

 where denominated Chichap Nio. 



4. A. chrysogenys, Tem.pl. col. 388, fig. 1 ; Certhia longirostra, Raf- 

 fles, Lin. Trans. XIII, 299, but not of Latham and others. Length 

 about six inches and three-quarters, of which the bill measures an inch 

 and three-eighths to forehead, and the tail two inches ; wing two 

 inches and three-eighths, and tarse eleven-sixteenths of an inch. Colour 

 of the upper-parts dull olive- green, the alars and caudals margined with 

 yellowish : under- parts lighter, slightly washed with yellow, and very 

 faintly striated ; belly and under tail-coverts moderately bright yellow ; 

 the tibial feathers brown : cheeks beneath the eye naked of feathers ; a 

 bright yellow tuft commencing at the gape, and orbital mark of the 

 same above the eye : bill dusky, the edges of the upper mandible 



* At least Dr. McClelland's drawing of what I have reason to suspect is the identi- 

 cal specimen referred to, represents the present species. 



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