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Lieut. Wardlaw Ramsay Synopsis 
Differs from the last in being smaller and in having the back 
of a much greener cast and the head more ochraceous, and in 
wanting the black patch from the bill to the nape; the white 
supercilium not being margined above with blacky and not 
extending beyond the ear-coverts; lores black, ear-coverts 
dark brown; the bill very long^ tapering^ and much curved. 
Spec, descr. ex Saddya : mus. Godw, Aust. 
Legs and feet horny grey; bill bright orange-red (G. A .). 
^. Wing 4*0 in., tail 4*4, tarsus I'S-h^ bill at front 1*45. 
? . Wing 3*25 in., tail 3*9, tarsus 1*20, bill at front 1*15. 
Hab. Assam, near Saddya {Godwin-Austen).. 
Colonel Godwin-Austen^s type specimen ( ^ ) has an abnor¬ 
mally long and slender bill, whilst two other ( $ ) specimens 
have the bill much the same as in the succeeding species. 
11. PoMATORHINUS OCHRACEICEPS. 
Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps, Walden, Ann. & Mag. Nat. 
Hist. ser. 4, xii. 1873, p. 487; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis,, 
1877, p. 465, pi. xiii. 
Allied to P. albigularis and P. stenorhynchus, differing 
from the latter in having the entire lower surface except the 
flanks, vent, and lower tail-coverts white, and in the head 
being of even a brighter ochraceous colour, the supercilium 
extending to the neck. The bill is not typical, but long, 
slender, and much curved as in the last species. Spec, descr. 
mus. W. R., type. 
Iris pale straw-yellow ; bill coral-red, tinged with orange; 
legs greenish {W. R.). 
Hab, Karen hills {W. R.), Tenasserim {Limborg). 
12. Pomatorhinus horsfieldi. 
Pomatorhinus horsfieldii, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 89 ; 
Jerdon, B. of Ind. ii. p. 31; Des Murs, Icon. Orn. pi. 22. 
Upper surface of an olive-brown, brighter on the wings and 
tail, which is faintly barred, the feathers on the crown tipped 
with black. Lores black, from which springs a broad dark green¬ 
ish black cheek-stripe or patch extending below the eye across 
the ear-coverts and sides of the neck to the sides of the breast 
and belly, which are pure black; a broad white supercilium ex- 
