172 Supplement to the Catalogue of the Birch. [No. SO. 



brown ; abdomen and sides of a reddish fawn or salmon 

 colour ; under-tail coverts dark brown with light shafts. 



Length 4 J inches ; wing 2^; tail 1 f 0 ; tarsus n* 



No. 5831, bis. — Centropus Bengalensis, figured in Brown's 

 Illustrations. 



On the authority of Mr. Elliot, I insert this Cuckoo as a 

 Peninsular species, that gentleman having observed it in the 

 Southern Mahratta Country. 



236, bis. — Cinnyris longirostris. — New species? — Long- 

 billed Honey- Sucker. 



Descr. — Above olive-greenish with a tinge of grey on the 

 forehead and head (the feathers of which parts are scaly)^ and 

 the rump inclining to yellowish ; chin and throat white, 

 changing to bfight yellow on the belly ; wings and tail dusky 

 brown, the former edged with green and the latter tipped 

 with white ; bill dusky ; legs brownish cinereous. Irides 

 brown. 



Length 5 inches ;<.wing 2\ ; tail ; tarsus^ ; mid-toe \ 

 inch ; hind do. j ; bill at front 1 ,~ . 



Judging from analogy this may be the female of some spe- 

 cies. I found a single specimen of it in the Mysore district, 

 bordering the Neilgherries. 



257, bis. — Clicetura. — Spiny tailed Swift. 



Descr. — Head and neck above, wings, tail, and tail coverts 

 glossy green black ; back light-brown, chin whitish, vent and 

 under-tail coverts pure white ; rest of plumage beneath glossy 

 dark-brown. Spot in front of the eyes white ; bill black ; 

 legs livid red. Irides deep brown. 



Length to end of tail 9J inches ; wings beyond 2 ; from 

 flexure 7 ~ ; tail 2J ; tarsus \ ; bill at gape 1 inch. 



