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graduated outer tail-feathers. Bill moderately stout, as in L occipitalis, 

 nobis. Length about 5 in., of closed wing 2f in., and of tail the same : 

 bill to gape \ in. ; and tarse f in. Colour greyish-brown above, each 

 feather with a white mesial streak ; below albescent throughout : outermost 

 tail-feather f in. shorter than the middle pair, and largely tipped with white, 

 as is also the next, and the ante-penultimate and next within gradually less 

 so, the outer four feathers successively graduating. 



Abrornis superciliaris, Tickell, n. s. Another of this numerous 

 group, yellowish- green above, pure yellow 7 below : the cap light ashy, with 

 a well defined white supercilium, and also a white throat : rictal vibrissa? 

 unusually developed: tail uniform yellowish-brown without markings; its 

 upper coverts yellow ; bill dusky ; and the legs pale and probably yellowish. 

 Length 4 in., of wing 2 in., and tail 1| in. ; bill to gape ->■$ in,; and tarse 

 f in. The short first primary is half as long as the second, and two-fifths 

 as long as the fourth and fifth which are longest. " Irides sepia." 



Pellornium Tickelli, nobis, n. s.* Smaller than P. ruficeps, bu* 

 absolutely typical in structure. Colour uniform brown above, much paler 

 and tinged with rufous below, the middle of the belly pure white ; frontal 

 and loral feathers pale-centred, more or less. Upper mandible pale dusky, 

 the lower whitish or probably pale carneous, as are also the legs. " Irides 

 sepia." Length 5| in., of wing 2| in., and tail 2 in. ; bill to gape f in., 

 and tarse 1 in. 



To this genus I now refer P. fuscocapillus (Drymocataphus a pud nos, 

 J. A. S. XVIII, 815), from Ceylon ; and the Dumetim are barely separ- 

 able. An example of P. ruficeps is with Major Tickell's specimens. 



Turdinus guttatus, Tickell, n. s. This deviates a little from the three 

 species previously described, f in not having the feathers dark-margined (as 

 in most OREOCiNCLiE), while the speckling of the sides of the neck is 

 peculiar. Colour a rich deep ruddy-brown, more rufescent on the tail- 

 coverts and tail ; the throat pure white, bordered on either side with a black 

 moustache, above which is a white spot : rest of the lower-parts deep 

 rufo-ferruginous, tinged with fuscous on the flanks aud lower tail-coverts, 

 and shewing a slight medial whitish line: loral feathers black with greyish- 

 white lateral edges ; the frontal feathers stiff as usual : ear-coverts brown : 

 behind the eye an ill-defined streak, and behind the ear-coverts a great 



ferent climatal region of Afghanistan. Vide J. A. S. XXII, 413. The Urva 

 CAisCRivoiiA, Hodgson, among mammalia, is another instance, assigned to Afghan- 

 istan on the supposed authority of Griffith. 



* As the specific name suggested by Major Tickell is a one of the synonymes 

 of P. ruficeps, I therefore name the specimens as above. 



f Vide J. A. S. XXIV. 269 et seq. 



