1855.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 277 



— A. brunneopectus has the breast and flanks tawnyish-brown instead 

 of ashy, with no admixture of ferruginous on the latter, which are spotted 

 quite differently from those of any of the other species ; each feather 

 having a large rounded white spot, broad black terminal border, and 

 another spot of black above the white : throat fulvous-white, passing to 

 black in front of the neck, but no white below this as in A. atrogularis, 

 nor do the black spots descend visibly upon the breast, though on turning 

 up the feathers, a rudiment appears upon each of the black and white 

 markings which become so developed on the flanks : crown brown, black- 

 spotted, and passing to whitish-brown on sides of forehead : back and 

 scapularies scarcely differing from those of A. atrogularis. Beak (of 

 specimen examined) conspicuously larger than in the others. 



A. intermedia, nobis, n. s. We believe this to constitute a fifth 

 species, probably from Arakan. It has a black throat, succeeded by a 

 great palish ferruginous patch which nearly surrounds the neck, and is 

 in front spotless, but has large round black spots on the sides of the 

 neck : rest of the plumage nearly as in A. rufogularis, but the general 

 colour paler. 



The other species sent by Capt. Tickell are Athene cuculoides, Mega- 

 laima Pranklinii, Hemicercus canente, Chrtsocolaptes sultaneus, 

 Gecinus chlorolophus, Phoinicophaus curvirostris, Harpactes ery- 

 throcephalus, Lyncornis cerviniceps, Psilorhinus sinensis (var.), 

 Alcippe nipalensis, Stachyris nigrifrons, Tephrodornis pelvica, 



TURDUS RUFULUS,* PRATINCOLA INDICA, CYORNIS RUBECULOIDES, CoRY- 

 DON SUMATRANUS, EuRYLAIMUS JAVANICUS, SERILOPHUS LUNATUS, Psa- 



risomus Dalhousue, Pericrocotus ?,f Campephaga fimbriata, 



HlRUNDO URBICA (!),;£ TCHITREA AFFINIS, CrINIGER FLAVEOLUS, lOLE 



virescens, Hemixos flavala, Phyllornis Hardwickii, Ph. AURIFRONS, 

 and Ph. Sonneratii. 



Of the Owl, he remarks — "If this be true cuculoides, there is a 

 species in the Sikim hills hitherto unnamed ; but which I used to suppose 



* T. eufulus, Drapiez ; T. modestus, Eyton: Qu. T. javanicus (?), Hors- 

 field ; T. concolor (?), Temminck. 



t Capt. Tickell insists that the specimen sent is the female of P. brevirostris : 

 to us it appears rather that of P. Solaris, nobis ; having a pale throat and dark 

 forehead. 



% Capt. Tickell writes — " There are great numbers of these here" (at Maulmein) 

 " in the season ; and I have also seen large flocks of them in India, but they 

 appear from time to time, not constantly as does H. rustica." 



