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CATALOGUE. 
of wing 2f in., tail 2 in., its outermost feather f in. shorter ; bill to 
forehead (through the feathers) fin., to gape if in., tarse i| in. 
Genus Alcippe, Blyth {*p. 226). 
664. ALCIPPE GIN ERE A, Eyton Sp. 
Malacopteron cinereum, Eyfon, P. Z. S. (1839), p. 103. 
G. n. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. p. 209. 
Alcippe cinerea, Bhjth, J. A. S. Beng. XIII. p. 384 ; 
XVI. p. 462 ; Cat. Birds Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 148. 
Bonap., G. G. Av. p. 260. 
A. '^.c. Malacca, d. Pinang. Presented by Dr. Cantor, 1854. 
" Irides grey ; bill blackish ; feet reddish grey, soles dirty orange. 
Pood seeds and insects." — (Cantor's JSTotes.) 
665. ALCIPPE AFFINI8, Blyth. 
Trichastoma affine, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XI. p. 795 
(1842). 
Alcippe affinis, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XIII. p. 384 ; 
XYI. p. 462 ; Cat. Birds Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 148. 
Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 359. 
Malacopteron affine, G. JR. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. 
p. 209. 
Napothera atricapilla, Miiller, Mus. Lugd. Bonap., G. 
G. Av. p. 359. 
Btteong Nipa, Malay, Cantor. 
A. Malacca. Presented by W. Griffith, Esq. 
B. Malacca. Presented by Dr. Cantor, 1854. 
" Distinguished by its dark crown, pale nape, rufescent hue of the 
back and rump, and deep ferruginous tail-feathers ; w^hite under- 
parts, and having a distinct brownish-grey band crossing the breast. 
Length 5| in., of wing 2f in., tail 2\m., its outermost feather -fin. 
shorter ; bill to forehead, through the feathers, f in., to gape -ff in., 
and tarse f in." 
666. ALCIPPE CANTORI, Moore. 
Alcippe Cantori, Moore, P. Z. S. (1854), p. 
A. Pinang. Presented by Dr. Cantor, 1854. 
A. Cantori. Upper parts olive-brown, tinged with rufous on the 
rump ; crown ash-brown, being much lighter than in A. affinis; nape 
