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CATALOGUE. 
I. castaniceps. Colour above dull brownish olive, the shafts of the 
dorsal and scapular feathers pale ; crown dark chestnut, and sub- 
crested, the frontal plumes short and scaly, and having pale margins ; 
the occiput pale chestnut ; behind the eye whitish ; ear-coverts chest- 
nut; wings blackish, the secondaries and tertiaries having pale shafts; 
axillaries white ; tail black, the three outer feathers graduated, and 
tipped obliquely externally with white, the next white at the extreme 
tip only, and the rest entirely black ; the ^ hole under parts are of 
a dirty ruddy-white colour ; bill reddish brown ; legs yellowish. 
Lengtli 5| in., of Aving 2^m., tail 2\ in., its outermost feather -fin. 
less, bill to front in., to gape \ in., and tarse f in. 
Genus Erythrosterna, Bonap. {p. 287). 
678. ERYTHROSTEBNA EBYTHACA, Blyth. 
Erythrosterna erythaca, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XVI. 
p. 126 (1847). 
A. Malacca. Presented by Dr. Cantor. 
JE. erythaca. " Closely allied in form and structure to IE. leucura, 
Gmel., but the whole throat, breast, and fore part of the abdomen 
bright yellowish- ferruginous ; two narrow whitish bands across the 
wings, formed by the tips of the coverts ; and the white on the sides 
of the base of the tail much reduced (as compared with E. leucura), 
occupying only the extreme base of the outermost tail-feathers, and 
successively increasing in quantity upon the next four ; belly and 
lower tail-coverts pure white ; the flanks fulvous-brown ; behind the 
eye, a whitish spot ; a slight olivaceous tinge on the upper parts 
generally ; and the tertiaries margined with whitish. Length nearly 
5 in., of wing 2f in., tail l|-in., bill to gape -5^ in., and tarse the 
same." — (Bl)i;h.) 
Genus Abrornis, Hodgs. {p. 341). 
679. ABROBNIS ? HODGSONI, Moore. 
A.h.c. Nepal (No. 899, Hodgs. Catal.). Presented by 
B. H. Hodgson, Esq., September, 1853. 
A. Hodgsoni. Colour above, olive-green, yellowish on the rump ; 
forehead and crown deep ferruginous ; infra-orbital plumes blackish, 
tipped with white ; above and below the eyes, ear-coverts, and sides 
of the neck grey ; throat and breast greyish- white ; abdomen bright 
