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The more ashy (than rufous)* variety, which has been noted from 

 the Andamans, also occurs in the Wellesley Province. The color 

 and size (7£") quite agree with the brief notice of the species in 

 Latham's Ind. Ornith. ; wing 3£" ; tail 3§" ; bill at front T V, 

 from gape f f" ; tarsus \%". 



68. Laxius magnirostris, Less. 



W a 1 d e n, Ibis, 1867, p. 220, pi. vi, cum syn. 



A specimen from the Wellesley Province exactly agrees with 

 E y t o n ' s description of Malacca specimens, (Z. strigatus), it may 

 be perhaps a trine smaller. The short bristle-like feathers covering 

 the nasals, and the anterior lower angles of the eyes are black, the 

 lores above partially whitish ; chin pure white ; head pale rufous 

 ashy, some of the feathers on top white shafted and subterminally 

 slightly black; wing 3£"; tail 2£" ; bill at front T V, from gape 

 ¥ ; tarsus £" ; hind toe ■£$". This specimen appears to be a young 

 male, which accounts for its dimensions being less than those of any 

 of the three specimens noted by Lord W aide n. 



Another specimen, slightly larger, from the same locality, quite 

 agrees in coloring with the above, and this is rather remarkable, 

 but I suppose it is also a young bird ; both were obtained at the 

 beginning of September. 



69. Tephrodornis sordid a, Wallace, f 



Teph. gularis, auctorum (from Malacca), nee Baffles. 



This Malayan species, which extends northwards into the Wel- 

 lesley Province and occurs on Penang, is exactly intermediate 

 between the Indian T. pelvica, H o d g s., and the Sumatra gularis, 

 E a f f 1 e s, ( T. virgatus apud Tern m., PI. Col.). It has a 

 coloration very similar to the former, and the size (total length 7") 

 is that of the latter. 



Above pale ashy brown, a little less ashy on the wings and tail, 

 darker on the inner webs of the wing feathers, rump with a small 

 white patch; forehead and a narrow superciliary stripe slightly 

 paler ashy than the rest of the head, streak extending from the 



* Very slightly on the head and more distinct on the upper tail coverts, 

 f I believe Wallace proposed this name for the Malacca bird, but I 

 cannot jnst now give the exact inference. 



