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above the eye ashy, which also margins the pointed feathers of the 

 crown ; throat, middle of belly, and lower tail-coverts, white, the flanks 

 and across the breast pale ash-brown. Bill and feet dusky, the latter 

 having apparently been brown. From Malacca. 



Hypsipetes, Vigors. The species of this genus exhibit a consider- 

 able gradation : the first two being typical, with sub-furcate tail, a 

 character which is less marked in the second. These have also coral- 

 red bills, ashy plumage, and black crown. 



1. H. psaroides, Vigors. Common in the Himalaya, extending to the 

 hill ranges of Assam, Sylhet, and Arracan. 



2. H. neilgherriensis, Jerdon. Neilgherries and Ceylon. 



3. H. ganeesa, Sykes : figured in the 2nd series of the ' Illustrations 

 of Ornithology', by Sir W. Jardine and Mr. Selby. This species I 

 have never seen. It is proper to Western India, and is probably com- 

 mon in the Mahabuleishwa hills. 



4. H. McClellandii, Horsfield. Bill dusky, paler below : wings and 

 tail green, the latter nearly square, but having its two or three outer- 

 most feathers successively a trifle shorter. This species takes the same 

 range as H. psaroides. 



From the above, we pass to more aberrant species, with the bill 

 stronger, and the tail shorter and more rounded. 



5. H. philippensis, Strickland, An. and Mag, N. H. 1844, p. 413. 



6. H. malaccensis, nobis. This approaches nearly to the descrip- 

 tion of the last, but has the crown of the same olive-green with the 

 back, and no trace of rust-colour on the cheeks and chin. Length 

 about eight inches and a half, of wing four inches, and tail three and a 

 half, its outermost feathers a quarter of an inch less : bill to gape an 

 inch and one-eighth ; and tarse three-quarters of an inch. Upper parts 

 dull olive-green, the wings and tail brownish-dusky, margined with the 

 colour of the back : throat and breast ashy, with whitish centres to the 

 feathers, the abdomen and lower tail-coverts dull white : bend of the 

 wing underneath, and the axillaries, pale yellow. Bill and feet horn- 

 coloured. Feathers of the crown pointed, but this character is less deve- 

 loped than in the more typical species. In two specimens, some old 

 unshed secondaries and wing-coverts have a rufescent tinge, but there 

 is no trace of this in old birds. The rictal bristles are considerably 

 more developed than in the typical species, (as in Hemixos and lole,) 

 while in H. McClellandii they are intermediate. Common at Malacca. 



