1859.] Itinerary in the district of Amherst, Tenasserim. 451 



4. Corvidce — Garrulacince. 



Sibia (Hodgson) picata (mihi.)* 



Spec. male. February 28th, 1859. Plateau of Mooley-it. 6600 ft. 



Dimensions. Length 8f ". Wing 3i". Tail 4 r V. Bill |f Tarsus 1|. 

 M. toe f. 



Details. Typical. The tail less developed than iu s. picaoides, 

 which in other respects it closely resembles more so than it does 



S. CAPISTRATA.f 



Color. M. Iris blood-red brown. Bill black. Legs horny brown. 

 Head and cheeks coal black with greenish gloss, diluting into intense 

 vinous soot-color on back, and that again into ashy soot on upper 

 tail-coverts. Wings soot, shining a little with indigo. Tail centre 

 pair of feathers as back but paler, the rest blacker, obscurely barred 

 darker, and tipt white, more and more so to external feather which 

 is half black half white. Mere chin black, all from thence down- 

 wards milk white. 



Evidently exceedingly rare, or confined to elevated peaks. A pair 

 only seen, of which the male was secured. Lively and restless, 

 with a prattling whistle like s. capistrata. Incessantly hopping 

 and flitting about the stunted trees fouud at that altitude (6600 ft.). 



This adds, 1 believe, a fourth to the known species of this genus. 



5. Merulida — Saxicolince. 



Ruticilla (Brehm) atroc^rtjlea (mihi).J 



Spec. Male. February 28th, 1859. Eastern slope of Mooley-it. 

 About 5500 feet. 



Dimensions. Length 7". Wing 3 jf Tail 2|. Bill f . Tarsus 1^. 

 M. toe f . 



Details. Typical. Outline identical with B. frontalis. 



Color. M. Iris sepia. Bill and legs black, plumage ashy black all 

 over. Frontals dull smalt, extending in a line over eye. Nareals, 

 rictals, and all round close to bill velvet black. Obscure tinges of 



* S. melanoleuca, p. 413, ante. Cur. As. Soc. 



f So far as I can perceive, it differs from S. capisteata and S. geacilis only 

 in colouring. Cur. As. Soc. 



X Muscisylvia and since Myiomela leucura, Hodgson, vide p. 416, ante. Cur. 

 As. Soc. 



