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which in some are nearly uniform rufescent_, while in others 
the middle of the throat and abdomen are white,, or nearly so. 
A third species is Proparus ^dubius, Hume, Pr. A. S. B. 
May 1st, 1874, 107 (when published?), and S. F. ii. 447, 
June 1874. Is this identical with Minla mandellii, Godw.- 
Aust. Ann. & Mag. N. H. Jan. 1876 ? 
A fourth species is Minla rufogularis, Mandelli, S. F. i. 
416, July 1873. Is this identical with Minla collaris, Wald. 
Ann. & Mag. N. H. Aug. 1874 ? 
Yours &c., 
A. O. Hume. 
[In accordance with Mr. Hume^s suggestion, we have had 
great pleasure in submitting the four specimens sent by him 
to the examination of Lieut.-Col. Godwin-Austen, who has 
kindly supplied the following notes on them. 
As regards the question at issue between Mr. Hume and 
Lt.-Col. Godwin-Austen (whether Turdinus garoensis or Tri- 
chostoma minus agrees best with Blyth’s description of 
Pellorneum tickelli), we believe it impossible to come to a 
satisfactory conclusion. The size of the specimens sent 
by Mr. Hume seems to us to favour his view. But if the 
exact original types cannot be positively ascertained (as 
would seem to be the case from Lt.-Col. Godwin-Austen’s re¬ 
marks in Pr. A. S. B. June 1877), it would be better, ac¬ 
cording to our views, to reject the specific name tickelli alto¬ 
gether, and adopt the first name certainly applicable to each 
of these two birds.— Edd.] 
(1) Mr. Hume’s “Pellorneum tickelli, Blyth, ^ (from Sadia, 
Assam)is the same as my Turdinus garoensis 6, from the 
Dafla hills. Slight difierences exist between it and my type; 
but I should hesitate to describe it as another species. 
(2) Trichastoma minor, Hume (corr. minus) ,=■ Pellorneum 
tickelli, Blyth, = Drymocataphus fulvus, Walden. See my 
paper in Pr. A. S. B. June 1877, where I placed this bird in 
the genus Alcippe. It is very close to my Turdinus garoensis, 
which inhabits the Assam hills, and has been compared with 
the type, from which it difters in being more rufescent in 
