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2. Descriptions of some new and little-known species 
of Birds from Northern India, contained in the 
Museum of the Hon. East India Company. By Fre- 
deric Moore, Assist. Hon. Comp. Mus. 
Fam. MerulidzE, Vigors. 
Subfam. Myiotherina, Swains. 
Genus Pnoepyga, Hodgs. 
Syn. Microura , Gould (nec Ehrenb.). 
1. Pnoepyga longicaudata, nobis. 
Colour of tbe upper parts deep olive-brown, the feathers slightly 
margined with black, and having blackish shafts ; wings and tail in- 
clined to ferruginous brown ; upper tail-coverts long ; throat whitish ; 
breast and sides of abdomen pale dusky ferruginous, the feathers 
having pale centres and blackish margins ; centre of lower part of 
breast and abdomen white ; flanks the same as the back ; vent and 
under tail-coverts dark ferruginous ; bill dark horn, legs paler. 
Length, 4\ inches ; of wing, 2 ; the tail is rounded, the central 
feathers being 2f inches long, and the outer If inch ; bill to front, 
through the feathers, \ inch ; to gape, and tarse, yf. 
Hab. N. India. 
Genus Brachypteryx, Horsfield, p. s. d. 
2. Brachypteryx nipalensis, Hodgson. 
Male : colour above a greyish cyaneous, or light greyish blue, as 
are also the cheeks, sides of breast and flanks, and paling to greyish 
white on the centre of the breast ; throat, middle of belly, vent and 
under tail-coverts, streak over but not extending beyond the eye, 
white. Female : ferruginous brown above, paling on the sides ; 
throat, breast, belly, under tail-coverts and streak over the eye, 
whitish, the feathers on the breast and sides fringed with brown ; 
bill dark horn, legs paler. 
Length, 4\ inches ; of wing, 2f ; tail, If j bill to gape, f ; tarse, 1 . 
Hab . Nepal (No. 943, Hodgs. Catald). 
This species is allied to Br. cruralis, Blyth, but may readily be 
distinguished by its smaller size, shorter tail, paler colour of the upper 
parts, and by its white throat and belly. 
