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fore so markedly Sumatran, it is not a little surprising to find 

 that the Mesia is M. argentauris of the Himalayas, and not 

 M. laurinaae of Sumatra as one would have expected. 



The following is a list of the specimens sent by Mr. WRAY, 

 who informs us that they were mostly obtained at an elevation 

 of 3,000 feet, and that his native collector, after an experience 

 of 30 years' work, had not met with some of the species 

 before : — 



Fam. MuscicapidiK. 



Nillava grandis, Hodgs. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. IV, p. 404, 

 "No. 11, male. Irides red; leg and feet nearly black ; beak 

 black. The female is brown, with a blue spot on each 

 shoulder and a patch of ash under neck ; head blackish and 

 slightly glossed with blue. Specimens obtained at 4,000 

 feet." 



Compared with males from Sikhim and Tenasserim in the 

 Hume Collection, and apparently indentical in every respect. 



Rhinocichla mitrata (S. Mull.) ; SHARPE, Cat. B. VII, p. 



452. 



Ianthocincla mitrata, Bp. Consp. I, p. 371. "No. 12, 

 males. Irides brown ; beak orange ; legs yellow; skin under 

 eye pure white. Common above 3,000 feet." 



Two specimens sent, identical with others in the Museum 

 from Sumatra, to which island the species has hitherto been 

 supposed to be confined. 



Fa m . Tim eliidde . 



Hydrocichla ruficapilla (Temm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. VII, 



P- 3 J 9- 



Henicurus ntficapillus, Temm. PI. Col. Ill pi. 534. "No. 



17, female. Irides brown; legs nearly white; beak black. 



Rocky streams in the jungle on the hills." 



Agrees with the females of this species as described by 

 Messrs. HUME and DAVISON. 



Sibia simillima (Salvad.) ; SHARPE, Cat. B. vol. VII, p. 402. 



Heterophasia simillima, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. 

 XIV, p. 232. 



