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Urocissa magnirostris, nobis, J. A. S. XV, 27. As usual in Burmese 

 specimens, the bill is larger and the blue of the plumage is distinctly more 

 intense than in the Himalayan U. occipitalis.* " Male. Irides orange." 



Parus subviridis, Tiekell, nobis, J. A. S. XXIV, 267- Much injured 

 specimen, but in finer and fresher plumage than the one previously obtained, 

 and satisfactorily confirming the species. " Female. Irides sepia." 



Sibia melanoleuca, Tiekell, n. s. A fourth species of this genus, f 

 akin to S. capistrata and S. gracilis ; of a sooty-black hue above, the 

 crown intense black, and a faint green shine on the wings : lower parts 

 white, slightly sullied, but a small black space on the chin. Wings white at 

 base internally, save on the first two primaries. Outermost and penultimate 

 tail-feathers broadly tipped with white, the rest successively less so, and 

 merely the extreme tips of the middle pair. Length about 9§ in., of which 

 the tail is half; closed wing 3| in. ; bill to gape % in. ; and tarse 1 in. 

 " Male. Irides sanguine. '' 



Ixulus striatus, nobis, n. s. A fourth species of this genus, affined to 

 I. castaniceps, Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 141, J and like that species with 



respects this bird resembles P. macei (and I believe P. analis). The lower 

 tail-coverts are bright crimson ; and the crimson tips of the coronal feathers of 

 the male are less developed than in P. macei, especially towards the forehead. 

 Length of beak to gape 1 in. ; of closed wing 3| in ; and of middle tail-feathers 

 2| in. 



Our list of Andaman pse birds, examined and positively determined, is still 

 scanty. To the few noticed in J. A. S. XXVII, et seq., and in XXVIII, 271 el 

 seq., may be added Pal^eornis Alexandri, P. erythrogenys, nobis (uicobaricus, 

 Gould, heretofore only known from the neighbouring Nicobar group), Todirham- 

 puus collaris, Gracula intermedia, and Anous stolida ; but in other classes 

 (that of fishes especially) we have received largely. Here I shall only remark, 

 concerning the Parrakeet, that three distinct species of Pal^eornis have received 

 the name erythrogenys ; which was first bestowed by M. Lesson on the common 

 P. longicatjda, (Boddaert ; Ps. malaccensis i Gm., nee Latham, of which P. 

 viridimystax, nobis, proves to be the young), — secondly, by myself on the species 

 inhabiting the Andaman and Nicobar islands (since designated nicobaricus by 

 Gou'd), — and thirdly, by Mr. L. Fraser to what appears to be the original baebatus, 

 Gmelin (identical with Luciani, Verreaux, and Fraseri, Moore) : the habitat of 

 the last is still uncertain. 



* At a Meeting of the Zoological Society, held on May 10th. of this year, 

 "Mr. Gould exhibited specimens of the four known species of the genus Uro- 

 cissa, — U. sinensis, from China, — II. occipitalis of the Eastern Himalaya, — 

 IT. magnirostris,— and IT. flavirostris ; and pointed out their distinctive 

 characters." Athenceum, May 14th, p. 651. The last three were named by myself 

 in the Society's Journal. U. occipitalis, however, is not from the eastern, but 

 from the western Himalaya ; U. flavirostris is the only species which I have 

 seen from the eastern Himalaya, and this also inhabits Kashmir, according to 

 Lord Arthur Hay. 



t Vide J. A. S. XXIV, 271. 



X HereT may remark that I doubt exceedingly the habitat assigned to this 

 species — " Afglumistan." The late Mr. Griffith's specimens, in various classes, 

 from Afghanistan and the Khasya hills, got mixed up together, and in this way 

 several Khasya species have come to be described a3 inhabiting the widely dif- 



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