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[Vol. xxxi. 



Major H. H. Harington exhibited the following new 

 subspecies of Indian birds, which he described as 

 follows : — 



SUYA CRINIGERA COOKI, Subsp. H. 



Suya crinigera Oates, Birds of Burma, i. p. 123 (1883). 



Oates has drawn attention to the fact that birds of this 

 genus from Thayetmyo, Rega District, have the breast 

 unmarked, the black bases of the feathers being concealed, 

 while in S. crinigera from India they form a conspicuous 

 feature. For that reason he seemed doubtful whether the 

 Burmese birds belonged to that species or not. 



One of the two specimens in the British Museum, collected 

 by him at Thayetmyo, is labelled S. obscura, Hume, a name 

 given to immature birds from Kashmir; the other is 

 unnamed. 



Adult in summer-plumage. Differs from S. c. crinigera in 

 having no black on the breast ; the upper plumage is not 

 striped, for though the feathers of the head have the edges 

 slightly paler, they are not marked enough to produce a 

 striped appearance ; short supercilium whitish ; underparts 

 white tinged with buff. Bill brown, instead of black. 



<J. Culmen 11 mm.; wing 57 ; tail 90; tarsus 23. 



?. ,, 10 mm.; „ 55; „ 85; „ 20. 



Young. Breast tinged with greenish-yellow. 



Winter-plumage. At present uncertain. 



Hab. Central plains of Upper Burma and possibly the 

 Shan States. 



Type in the British Museum: $ . Thayetmyo, l.ix. 72. 

 E. W. Oates coll. 



Obs. Two breeding females shot off their nests, and 

 one immature bird, were collected by Mr. J. P. Cook at 

 Thayetmyo. Specimens were also procured at Meiktila and 

 Begawbwe. A breeding female from Kalaw collected by 

 Mr. Cook, and another obtained by Col. Rippon at Bampon, 

 S. Shan States, and labelled S. atrigularis, are, I think, 

 referable to this subspecies, although decidedly greyer on the 

 neck. A very noticeable feature about this bird is that it is 



