1847.] or Little Known Species of Birds. 139 



Mr. Hodgson, it " inhabits the mountains solely: is chiefly arboreal : 

 and feeds on caterpillars, grubs and soft insects, and equally on pulpy 

 berries." 



Copsychus, Wagler ; Dahila, Hodgson. The Uhyals. Of this 

 genus, the Bengal and common Indian species is Gryllivora interme- 

 dia, Swainson, and Dahila docilis, Hodgson, As. Res. XIX, 189. In 

 this the females have, constantly, the whole upper-parts glossy ash 

 colour, blackening on the middle tail-feathers ; while the females of 

 the two following have, as invariably, the upper-parts glossy black, 

 though less intense than in the male, and passing to blackish-ashy on 

 the forehead ; now this latter agrees with Edwards' description of 

 the female of his ' Little Indian Pie/ which, however, he adds, was sent 

 from Bengal ; and upon Edwards' figure is founded Gracula saularis 

 of Linnaeus. Perhaps, therefore, it will be as well to consider the Ben- 

 gal bird as C. saularis, (Lin.), in conformity with recent systematists. 

 The Ceylon D'hyal would seem to be Gryllivora brevirostra, Sw., 

 having a rather smaller bill than that of continental India, and the 

 males of both have the four outer tail-feathers on each side white, the 

 fourth, however, having commonly some slight admixture of black, 

 while in the females the fourth has, generally, even more black than 

 white. The Malayan D'hyal is Gr. magnirostra, Sw., having a con- 

 spicuously larger bill than in the others, and never more than the tip 

 of the fourth tail-feather white, and a good deal of black often on the 

 third. It will range as C. mindanensis, (Gm.), v. Turdus amcenus, 

 Horsf., and Lanius musicus, Raffles. Mr. Swainson also describes a 

 Gr. rosea; respecting which Mr. Strickland writes me word, after 

 examining Swainson's original specimen, that it " is certainly only C. 

 mindanensis (v. magnirostra, Sw.), with plumage slightly stained by 

 some rufous material, probably the red soil of some locality." 



Kittacincla macrourus, (Gm.), Gould: Gryllivora longicauda, Swain- 

 son. The Shamah. This splendid singing bird seems to be com- 

 mon in the hill jungles of Central India, and those at the foot of the 

 Himalaya ; and it is especially numerous in the territories eastward 

 of the Bay, and in the Malay countries generally : but in the south of 

 India it is somewhat rare. 



Thamnobia, Swainson : Saxicoloides, Lesson. There are two spe- 

 cies of this genus: that of Upper India, Th. cambaiensis, (Lath.), the 



