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Subfam. Philomelina, Swains. 
Genus Tarsiger, Hodgson. 
6. Tarsiger superciliaris, Hodgson. 
Male : above deep cyaneous ; wings brown, margined with cya- 
neous and rufous on the shoulder, primaries also margined with rufous, 
secondaries with cyaneous ; tail brown, margined with cyaneous ; a 
white superciliary streak extending one inch and a half from the nares 
to the back of the neck ; lores and cheeks black ; beneath rufous ; 
centre of belly wdiite. Female: olive-brown above; wings and tail 
brow'n, margined with rusty olive ; superciliary streak not so clear as 
in the male ; beneath pale dull rufous ; centre of belly and shafts of 
the underside of tail white ; bill black ; legs horn colour. 
Length, 5|- inches ; of wing, 3f; tail, 2-f; bill to gape, -f; tarse, If. 
Hah. Nepal (No. 924, Ilodgs. Catal .). 
Subfam. Sylvian a, Vigors. 
Genus Prinia, Horsfleld, p. s. d. 
7. Prinia cinereqcapilla, Hodgson. 
Crown of the head grey, the shaft and margin of the feathers being- 
darker ; nareal and frontal plumes, a streak over and beyond the eye, 
and the wdiole under parts rufescent, brightest on the flanks and 
thighs ; lores and upper part of ear-coverts greyish ; nape, back, 
rump and wings bright rufous brown, the tips of the latter dusky ; 
tail the same colour as the back, paler beneath, -with a terminal dusky 
band and rufescent wdiite tips ; bill black ; legs pale horn. 
Length, 4f inches; wing, 1 T 8 T ; tail, 2; bill to front, f ; to gape, f; 
tarsus, f ; middle toe and claw r , T 7 T ; hind ditto, 
Hab. Nepal (No. 890*, Hoclgs. Catal.). 
Genus Suya, Hodgson. 
8. Suya atrogularis, nobis. 
Colour above dusky brown, in some specimens ashy browm ; edge 
of wing at shoulder and under wing-coverts buff ; primaries mar- 
gined wdth huffish and secondaries with rufescent brown ; a whitish 
streak extending from the base of the lower mandible to the end and 
under the ear-covert ; chin, throat, side of neck, breast and centre of 
abdomen black, the feathers of the two latter broadly centred with 
wdiite; flanks and sides of abdomen mixed grey, brown and rufescent; 
vent buff ; thighs huffy rufous ; tail paler than the back, and has no 
perceptible terminal band ; bill horn, feet paler. 
Length, fly inches, including the tail ; wings, from If to 2 inches 
in some specimens ; central feathers of tail from 3f to 4, its outermost 
being only 1 inch ; bill to gape, to front, -j^-; height from chin to 
front, yu 5 width at chin, ~ ; tarsi, f. 
Hub. Darjeeling; Nepal (No. 893, Hodgs . Catal.). 
