812 Note to the Catalogue of the Birds [Aug. 



cent-sandy hue. General colour brown above, the feathers centred 

 dusky, more rufescent on the back, greyer oh the nape, rump and upper 

 tail-coverts : crown darker ; a broad upper superciliary line, with the 

 ear-coverts and throat, dusky-black : belly whitish ; the flanks streaked 

 with dusky : wing-coverts slightly tipped albescent, forming slight cross- 

 bands. Beak dusky, yellowish-horny towards gape ; and feet pale. 

 Length about 6 in., of wing 2-J in., and tail 2\ in. ; bill to gape T % in., 

 and tarse j- in. 



The specimen (a male) was procured by Capt. Hutton from the range 

 beyond Simla, near the snow line. Together with A. strophiatus, and 

 an undescribed black-headed species we have also seen from the N. W. 

 Himalaya, it would seem to be nearly afhned to the very rare European 

 A. montanellus, which it is probable belongs properly to the high moun- 

 tains of W. Asia. 



No. 800. Drymoica robusta, nobis. Differs from Dr. sijlvatica 

 of the Nilgiris in its darker shade of colour above, and larger and 

 stronger bill and legs, which last appear to have been of a deep reddish- 

 brown colour : the flanks and sides of the breast are duskyish.* 



Genus Thamnocataphus, Tickell. Form and aspect of Lanius, 

 with exactly the beak of Laniarius, Vieillot, but proportionally larger, 

 and the stouter tarse of Telephonus but more lengthened. Wings 

 short and much rounded, as in the former ; having the 3rd to the 7th 

 primaries even and longest. Tail moderately long and even, with the 

 exception of the outermost feather which is a little shorter. The 

 plumage, also, has the soft loose character of that of Laniarius, con- 

 trasting in this respect with Lanius. 



No. 866. Th. picatus, Tickell. Length about 9 in., of wing 3f 

 in., and tail the same, its outermost feather but \ in. shorter ; bill to 

 gape ly'g in. ; and tarse 1^ in. ; vertical depth of bill f, its terminal 

 hook and notch but slightly developed. Colour dull greyish-black 

 above, deeper on the crown, and blackest on the lores and ear-coverts : 

 a white line on the wing, formed by the tips of the second row of 

 coverts and continued along the margin of the two of the first row of 



* Since the catalogue was printed, we have ascertained Dr. inornata (No. 804) 

 to be merely the worn and abraded plumage of Dr. macroura, (Franklin), yelfusca, 

 (Hodgson) No. 805, and we much doubt if Dr. Jerdoni (No. 803) be more than an 

 occasional variety. Dr. inornata is the oldest admissable name. 



