1847.] New or Little Known Species of Birds. 44.) 



of Jerdon. This differs from true P. xanthogenys of the Himalaya 

 in various details of its markings : as in having the back plain dull 

 yellowish olive-green, without the broad black lateral margins to each 

 feather, conspicuous in the Himalayan species ; in having the yellow 

 colouring reduced in quantity, and also less vivid, the posterior crest- 

 feathers being but slightly tipped with yellow ; the broad and well 

 marked yellow supercilium is diminished to an elongated spot posterior 

 only to the eye, there being no yellow above the eye ; and the loral 

 feathers, instead of being wholly yellow, are black with slight yellowish 

 tips : the black band posterior to the eye is much broader ; and the 

 black throat and front of the neck very much broader, comprehending 

 the feathers about the gape, which are yellow in the other species : the 

 white tips to the tail-feathers are also much more developed : and, lastly, 

 without descending to more minute particulars, the tertiaries are later- 

 ally edged throughout with white, whereas in P. xanthogenys there is 

 only a trace of this towards their base. The general resemblance, 

 however, between these two species is very great : but P. xanthogenys 

 is at once distinguished by the variegation of its back ; and when the 

 two are seen together, by the much greater quantity of yellow on the 

 sides of the head and neck : while in P. aplonotus the black throat is 

 conspicuously much broader, and there is a greater proportion of white 

 on the wings and tail. P. aplonotus inhabits the mountains of central 

 India ; and there is little doubt of its being Mr. Jerdon' s more southern 

 bird referred to P. xanthogenys. 



P. Griffithii, nobis. This species is founded on a drawing of a bird 

 obtained by the late Dr. Griffith, between Assam and Ava. With 

 a near affinity in colouring to P. xanthogenys and P. aplonotus, it is at 

 once distinguished by being crestless, and by the details of its markings. 

 Length of wing about two inches and three-quarters, and of tail two 

 inches and a quarter. Colour black, with the lores and sides of neck, 

 the rump, under-parts, an occipital spot, and triangular terminal drops 

 on the dorsal feathers, yellow ; throat and fore-neck black : tail consi- 

 derably forked, and tipped with white ; also the greater wing-coverts 

 and the tertiaries, with the baseband edge of the primaries. 



P. rubidiventris, nobis : P. melanolophos apud Hodgson. Here, 

 again, two nearly allied species have been confounded together, from 

 their general resemblance : the true P. melanolophos inhabiting the 



