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P. albogulaeis, nobis, n. s. Though most closely affined to P. Phayeei, 

 nobis (J. A. S. XVI, 452), of the Arakan and Khasya hills, we consider 

 this to be evidently a distinct race. It is a larger bird than P. Phayeei, 

 with the upper-parts of a finer and richer tawny hue, especially on the 

 crown, and the lower-parts of a much fainter rufous ; the white upon the 

 throat is more extended, and passes gradually into the rufescent hue of 

 the breast ; the feathers at the base of the lower mandible are pure white, 

 whereas in P. Phayeei the upper half of them are black ; there is also 

 much more white on the upper-part of the loral region, and the supercilia 

 are broader and purer white. Length of wing 3-f in. ; of middle tail- 

 feathers 4| in ; and of bill to gape I5 in. Specimen male. 



(Of three closely affined species of this genus, P. eubiginosus, nobis, 

 of Sikim, is distinguished by its black crown, and the deep rufo-ferrugin- 

 ous colour of its breast and long pointed loral feathers ; the hue of the 

 upper-parts is also more rufescent than in the others : P. Phayeei, nobis, 

 of the Khasya and Arakan hills, has the crown of the same tawnyish 

 olive-brown as the back, and the lower-parts are of a much weaker rufo- 

 ferruginous than in P. eubiginosus ; the loral feathers are short, and 

 the white supercilium is narrower than in the others and of the same 

 breadth throughout : P. albogulaeis has the lower-parts merely tinged 

 with rufo-ferruginous ; but the upper-parts are of rather a bright tawny- 

 brown, and a supercilium commences from a large triangular white loral 

 patch, which is conspicuously bordered above with black. All have the 

 cheeks and sides of the neck black ; and the bill bright coral-red, which 

 soon fades in the stuffed specimen, it being perhaps of a yellower coral- 

 red in P. Phayeei). S 



Both P. hypoleucos (var. ?) and P. albogulaeis were procured by 

 Capt. Tickell at the base of Moole-it, at an altitude of 5 to 6,000 ft* 



compressed and hard. Then the shape of the head with its flat sinciput, and the 

 fan-like broad tail." — Should it be deemed advisable to detach P. hypoleucos 

 from Pomatorhinus, a second and rather less typical species exists in P. ery- 

 throgenis of the Himalaya; and the Australian type, with very differently 

 shaped wing, is still more distinct and separable. 



* Of this genus, also, no species appears as yet to have been described from 

 the Malayan peninsula 5 though there can be little doubt of its occurrence in the 

 more elevated interior. In the islands, we know only of P. montanus, Horsfield, 

 in Java, P. Bornensis, Cabanis, in Borneo, and P. Isidorei, Lesson, in New 

 Guinea; all of which belong to the Indian type as distinguished from the Aus- 

 tralian type of Pomatorhinus, which latter constitutes the Pomatostomus, 

 Cabanis, hodie. 



