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Mr. R. Swinhoe on the Ornithology 
patch occurs, which extends on either side, and meets semicircu- 
larly on the hind neck. Throat white. Breast reddish chestnut- 
brown, with most of the feathers broadly edged with white on 
their sides. Axillse rather paler than the breast. Belly, flanks, 
and under tail-coverts of the same tint as the back. 
Length 6A- in., wing 2A, tail 2^-. Bill along culmen in., 
from rictus T 9 ¥ . Tarse I in.; hind-toe A, its daw ^; hind- 
toe its claw j~y. 
Hypsipetes holtii, n. sp. 
This bird, which I procured from the Pehling hills near 
Foochow, is, as Mr. Blyth remarks, “barely separable from 
H. maclellandii of S. Himalaya, Assam, &c., but is of a duskier 
hue on the back, scapularies and shoulders, with less and weaker 
rufous on the breast.” When closely compared, however, the 
two species present differences, in my opinion, quite justifying a 
separation. I have a male of both species before me. The bill of 
H. maclellandii is longer and more arched, with yellowish under¬ 
mandible. Ours has a somewhat straight blackish-brown bill. 
Legs and claws brown. Crown of head with pointed feathers of 
a deeper brown with paler streaks. Back and scapulars olive- 
brown with paler shafts. Gular feathers pointed, of a smoke- 
grey, with broad white medial streaks- Cheeks and fore neck pale 
rufous brown. Under parts with a rufous-brown wash. Vent 
yellow. Wings and tail as in H, maclellandii , but less xanthous. 
Our species is moreover larger, and has a longer tail. 
Spiztxos semitorques, n. sp. 
0 A common species on the Pehling plateau, where it frequents 
the bushes, and appears to be substituted for the Pycnonotus occi- 
pitalis } Temm. (nec P. sinensis sive P.jocosus ), of the plains below. 
Mr. Blyth considers it a typical Spizixos, and alludes to a figure 
resembling it of a bird brought from Assam. He says it differs 
from his Sp. canifrons “by its black forehead, want of crest, 
greater extent of black on throat, &c.; bat, except the head and 
neck, that there is hardly any difference.” 
Length 7f in., wing 3A, tail S~. Bill j in. Tarse A in. 
Bill pale yellow. Legs and claws pale liver-brown. Iris 
brown. Head black, yielding to smoke-grey on the occiput and 
