522 A Collection of Mammalia, fyc.from ChSrra Punji. [No. 6. 



Suthora poliotis, nobis, n. s. Like S. nipalensis (vide /. A. 8, 

 XII, plate to p. 450), but the lower ear-coverts and sides of the neck 

 are pure ashy, paler on the breast, and passing to white on the abdo- 

 men ; lores and sides of face, with the plumes growing from the base 

 of the lower mandible, pure white : crown bright fulvous, passing to 

 duller fulvous on the back : wings coloured as in S. nipalensis, but 

 the coverts of the secondaries uniformly fulvous with the back ; a 

 fulvous spot behind the eye and below the black supercilium, but no 

 trace of rufous on the cheeks ; chin black, with whitish margins, as in 

 S. nipalensis : bill yellowish ; and feet pale. Common at Cherra Punji. 



There are, accordingly, now three nearly affined races of these curi- 

 ous little birds, besides the larger S. ruficeps (Chleuasicus ruficeps, 

 nobis, J. A. S. XIV, 578), which generically is barely separable. 



Of the other birds collected by Mr. Frith at Cherra Punji, the 

 only species we had not previously examined is Pteruthius mela- 

 notis, Hodgson, J. A. S. XVI, 448. The rest are Gecinus chlo- 

 ropus, Megalaima virens, Harpactes erythrocephalus (in 

 spirit), Dendrocitta sinensis, Garrtjlax leucolophos, G. 



ALBOGULARIS, G. SOUAMATUS, G. PHffiNICEUS, ACTINODURA EGER- 



tonii, Leiothrix ARGENTAURIS, L. luteus, L. cyanouropte- 

 rus, L. castaniceps, Parus spilonotus, Stachyris NIGRICEPS, 

 St. chrysjsa, Pomatorhinus Phayrei (with fine coral-orange bill), 

 p. ruficollis, ienicurus maculatus, afirornis schisticeps, 

 Psarisoma DalhousijE, Leucocerca fuscoventris, Hypsipetes 

 Maclellandii, Hemixos flavala, Iole virescens, and Oriolus 

 indicus. These are mostly species common in the neighbourhood 

 of Darjiling ; but Pomatorhinus Phayrei and Iole virescens we 

 had previously only seen from Arakan ; and Oriolus indicus is 

 chiefly an inhabitant of the eastern side of the Bay of Bengal, though, 

 as a rarity, it is now and then met with in Lower Bengal. A large 

 proportion of the above named species are common in Arakan. 



[The following descriptions of new species of birds may be here 

 appended. 



Garrulax (?), Jerdoni, nobis. Resembles G. (?) cachinnans, 

 Jerdon, except that there is no trace of rufous on the cheeks, fore-neck 

 and breast, the black of the chin is also less developed, and the nape is 

 of a dull ashy hue : fore-neck and breast paler ashy, passing to whitish 

 on the ear-coverts. The medial abdominal feathers only are rufous ; 

 those of the flanks, back, wings and tail are olive as in G. (?) cachin- 

 nans, and the head, lores, and supercilia are likewise similar. The 



