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3. S. erythaca, nobis, n. s. Closely allied in form and structure 

 to the last, but the whole throat, breast, and fore-part of the abdomen, 

 bright yellowish-ferruginous ; two narrow whitish bands across the 

 wing, formed by the tips of the coverts ; and the white on the sides of 

 the base of the tail much reduced (as compared with the two preceding 

 species), occupying only the extreme base of the outermost tail-feathers, 

 and successively increasing in quantity upon the next four: belly and 

 lower tail-coverts pure white ; the flanks fulvous-brown : behind the 

 eye a whitish spot : a slight olivaceous tinge on the upper-parts gene- 

 rally ; and the tertials margined with whitish. Wing two inches and 

 seven-eighths; tail an inch and seven-eighths; bill to gape nine- 

 sixteenths of an inch, and tarse the same. The female is probably 

 without the rufous on the under-parts, but would be distinguished 

 from that of the preceding species by the narrow whitish bands on the 

 wing, and also by the reduced quantity of white at the base of the tail. 

 Inhabits the Malayan peninsula. 



4. S. leucomelanura ; Digenea leucomelanura, Hodgson, Ann. 

 Mag. N. H. 1845, p. 197- Length five inches, or a little more ; of 

 wing two and three-eighths, and tail two and one-eighth ; bill to 

 gape nine-sixteenths ; and tarse three-quarters of an inch. Above 

 dark slaty-ash, having a blue tinge, the forehead and over the eyes 

 vivid blue-grey; lores and ear-coverts black; middle of throat and 

 fore-neck white, the rest of the under-parts whitish-grey, passing to 

 white at the vent and on the lower tail-coverts ; tail black, its basal 

 half white, except on the two middle feathers, and on the inner web 

 of the next to theA Bill dusky, and feet brown. This bird has 

 somewhat the aspect, at first sight, of Ianthia rvfilatus (p, 132), but 

 is at once distinguished by its smaller size, shorter bill, duller colour- 

 ing, the white upon the tail, and the absence of rufous on the flanks. 

 Hab. Nepal. 



5. S. tricolor; Digenea tricolor, Hodgson, loc. cit Length about 

 four inches and three-quarters, of wing two and a quarter, and tail 

 two inches ; bill to gape half an inch, and tarse five-eighths. Colour 

 (of female?) olive-brown,* fulvescent on the rump; and passing to 



* Mr, Hodgson says "olive-green;" but there is not the slightest tinge of green 

 on the specimens with which he has favoured the Society, though these may possibly 

 be females. 



