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CATALOGUE. 
Tesia flaviveuter, Hodgs.^ Journ. A. S. Beng. VI. p. 102. 
Oligura flaviventer, Hodgs., P. Z. (1845),^. 25. 
The Yellow-bellied Tesia, Hodgs. 
a. h. c. d. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq., 
June, 1853. 
" These singular birds are peculiar to the mountains, and dwell in 
moist woods where there is plenty of underwood ; they are solitary, 
silent, live and breed on the ground, and feed on seeds, gravel, and 
insects ; their stomach is thick, almost a gizzard." — (Hodgs., P. Z. S. 
1845, p. 25.) 
Genus Pnoepyga, Hodgs., P. Z. S. (1845), p. 24. 
MiCKOiJRA,* Gould, Icones Avium (1837). 
Anura, Hodgs., Journ. A. S. Beng. X. p. 28 (1841). 
240. PNOEPYGA SQUAMATA, Gould Sp. 
Microiira squamata, Gould, Icones Avium, t. 5. 
Pnoepyga squamata, BlytJi, Journ. A. S. Beng. XIV. 
p. 586 ; Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 179. 
Tesia albiventer et rufiventer, Hodgs., Journ. A. S. Beng. 
VI. p. 102 ; Cat. B. Nep. p. 62. G. B. Gray, Gen. 
of Birds, 1. p. 156. Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 258. 
Pnoepyga albiventer et v\x^v enter, Hodgs., P.Z. S. (1845), 
p. 25. 
Pnoepyga unicolor, Hodgs., P. Z. S. (1845), p, 25. 
The Scaly-breasted Pnoepyga, Gould. 
a. b. (P. albiventer, Hodgs.), c. d. (P. rufiventer, Hodgs.). 
Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq., June, 
1858. 
241. PNOEPYGA PUSILLA, Hodgs. 
Tesia pusilla, Hodgs. Blyth, Journ. A. S. Beng. XIA^. 
p. 588. 
Pnoepyga pusilla, Hodgs., P. Z. S. (1845),^. 25. Blyth, 
Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 179. Bonap., C. G. 
Av. p. 258. 
Pnoepyga squamata, small var. ? 
Ofcujiied by Eliienberg in 1831, for a genus of Vcr)MS. 
