4 18 Notices and Descriptions of various [May, 



The Sim nipalensis, Hodgson, should, I now think, be referred to Al~ 

 cippe, nobis, being closely allied to A. sepiaria, (Horsfield) ; and I 

 doubt whether A. Phayrei, nobis, XIV, 601, is other than an indivi- 

 dual variety of &. nipalensis, in which the blackish nuchal streaks are 

 wanting. S, nipalensis, with the nuchal streaks, is not uncommon in 

 Arracan. I also now think it better to class my Siva occipitalis, XIV, 

 2/ 553, with Ixidus flavicollis, Hodgson ; modifying the diagnosis of Ixulus 

 ' so as to comprise both species, for they are undoubtedly very closely 

 allied, notwithstanding the considerable difference in form of bill. Of 

 the genus Pterathius, Mr. Hodgson has sent the following descriptions 

 of what are considered by him to be two new species. 



Pt. zanthochloris, H. (Non vicli.) "Above vernal-green, below 

 bright yellow. Cap slaty-blue. Throat white : alars and caudals in- 

 ternally dark, the latter tipped with yellow, and albescent marginally 

 on the sides. Iris dark brown. Legs fleshy-white. Bill plumbeous. 

 Structure typical. Size small. Sexes alike ? Length five inches ; bill 

 seven-sixteenths ; tail under two inches ; wing two and a quarter in 

 some, nearly two and a half in other specimens ; tarse thirteen-six- 

 teenths ; central toe and nail nine-sixteenths ; hind seven- sixteenths." 



Pt. melanotis, H. {Non vicli.) " Structure typical. Closely allied 

 in size and otherwise to the preceding species. Length four inches 

 and a half; extent six and a half. Bill half an inch. Tail an inch and 

 six-tenths ; tarse eight-tenths. Central toe and nail plus half an 

 inch. Hind under half an inch. Above vernal-green, below bright 

 yellow. Throat bright chesnut. Nape slaty. Ears half golden, half 

 black. Wing-coverts black with white tips. Bill dark slaty. Legs 

 fleshy. Tail nearly even, and paled to the sides." The habitat of both 

 these (alleged) species would appear to be the region of the Terai, at 

 the base of the S. E. Himalaya, I cannot, however, help suspecting 

 that the latter is merely the adult male of the former. 



Proparus chrysotis (chrysopterus ?), Hodgson, XIII, 938.* Fine 

 specimens of this bird, from "Darjeeling, are now before me, in much 

 better order than that formerly sent by Mr. Hodgson. They have the 

 upper-parts fine olive-green, which fades to ashy by exposure to the 



* The name chrysalis must have arisen from a slip of the pen on the part of Mr. 

 H., probably for chrysopterus, or perhaps leucolis, as the former is inapplicable to the 

 species. It had better stand as Pr. leucolis. 



