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Mr. McClelland's Catalogue 



<* This species, as found in Assam, compared with the figure in 

 Gould's Century of Himalayan Birds, is considerably smaller, and 

 the colours more dull in the Assam than in the Himalayan bird. I 

 am therefore disposed to think that the species has here reached its 

 south-eastern geographical limit, as the Irena puella may be sup- 

 posed in Assam to have reached its northern limit," — McClelland's 

 MS. 



Genus Hyfsipetes, Vigors, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1830-1, p. 4-3. 



35. Hypsipetes McClellandii, Horsf. Supra olivaceo-viridis ; 

 capite subcristato vinaceo-fusco, plumis albicante strigatis ; subtus 

 vinacea, abdomine pallidiore ; guld albidd, plumis laxis lanceo- 

 latis ; rostro jlavicante. 



" Head brown ; body and tail above yellowish-green ; beneath 

 vinaceous-gray, the tints of the abdomen being lighter. (Plumes of 

 the throat white, lanceolate, and straggling, being bedded in a bluish 

 down.) Inner vanes of the quills brownish-black ; tarsi slender, and 

 rather short. Length nine inches." — McClelland's MS. 



36. Hypsipetes psaroides, Gould's Century of Himal. Birds, PI. X. 



37. Hypsipetes gracilis. Supra, olivaceo-cinerea, crisso palli- 

 diore ; subtus ex diluto cinnamomeo albicans ; capite summo atro ; 

 remigibus primoribus atris, vexillis exterioribus ienuiter cano 

 marginatis, secundariis canis margine nigro ; rectricibus ex di- 

 luto olivaceo canescentibus, fascia lata subterminali nigra in 

 exterioribus gradatim latiore. 



This species deviates slightly from the character of Hyps, psaro- 

 ides, the type which served for the definition of the genus, and gra- 

 dually approaches that of Kitlacincla of Gould. 



Genus Graucalus, Cuv. 



38. Graucalus maculosus. Cmrulescenti-canus , alis cauddque 

 suturatioribus obscuro olivaceo nitentibus ; rectricibus exterioribus 

 albo apiculatis. 



" Olive-black on the wings and tail ; body above dark olive-gray, 

 with light gray longitudinal streaks on the feathers under the throat, 

 and light wavy lines on the abdomen and vent ; outer tail-feathers 

 with white tips. Length eight and a half inches." — McClelland's MS. 



Fam. Merulid^:. 

 Genus Ianthocincla, Gould, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1835, p. 187. 



39. Ianthocincla gularis. Capite supra pectoreque ccerule- 

 scenti cinereis ; notceo, abdomine, femoribus, rectricibusque exteri- 

 oribus Icete cinnamomeis in aurantium vergentibus ; dorso satvra- 

 tiore ; rectricibus intermediis nigricantibus ; strigd aterrimd a 

 rostri basi sub ocidos ad regionem paroticam productd • guld tar- 

 sisque flavicantibus ; rostro nigro. 



" Head ash-gray, with a black band passing along the eyes ; throat 

 yellow; breast gray; rest of the body light olivaceous- brown, incli- 

 ning to reddish-yellow; beak compressed, arched above a little more 

 than below, depressed at the point; tarsi strong, longer than the 



