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Show 1866.] VISCOUNT WALDEN ON BIRDS FROM TENASSERIM. 551 28. PRINIA BEAVANI, sp. nov. Nos. 35, 36, d. Schouay Goon, Salween River. " Irides reddish yellow ; legs fleshy ; beak black, horny. Shot in low jungle." The two specimens sent belong to a species unknown to m e ; nor do they agree with the descriptions of any of the Wren Warblers inhabiting India given by Dr. Jerdon. And I have failed in finding exactly similar specimens in the British Museum and other London collections. It is a well-marked form, having the head and nape dull cinereous brown, contrasting distinctly with the slightly ruddy brown of the dorsal plumage. The upper surface of the wings and tail is of a similar colour, the outer edges of the primaries being edged with ferruginous. From the nostril, and extending over and a little beyond the eye, a bold pure-white band. The chin, throat, cheeks, breast, and belly pure white. The under wing-coverts, under tail-coverts, thigh-coverts, and flanks fulvous. The rectrices, which in the specimens sent are comparatively short, are tipped with dirty white, which edges a dark brown terminal spot, showing through to the upper surface. The remaining under surface of the rectrices is pale brown, similar in hue to the under surface of the quills, the inner edges of these latter being pale ferruginous. The tail consists of ten feathers, which are graduated ; the first primary is about two-thirds the length of the second, which is considerably shorter than the third; the fourth is longer than the third, and but slightly shorter than the fifth, which and the sixth are equal and longest; the seventh is equal to the fourth. Wing \\l inch; tail If; bill from forehead A, from nostril -^; tarsus -f; hallux f ; middle toe ^-. This species appears to be most closely allied to P. cinereo-capilla, Hodgs. 29. CORYDALLA RUFULA, (Vieill.). Anthus rufulus, Vieill. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 1818, xxvi. p. 494. No. 71, 2- Moulmein. The specimen sent is not distinguishable from Central Indian examples. Anthus malayensis, Eyton, is a somewhat smaller bird ; but although regarded as distinct from C. rufula by Messrs. Horsfield and Moore, I find a difficulty in detecting the specific differences. 30. MELANOCHLORA SULTANEA, (Hodgs.). Parus sultaneus, Hodgs. Ind. Rev. 1836, p. 31. No. 21, d • Kyodan, Salween River. " In small flocks, rather noisy, in dense tree-jungles. Irides dark brown; bill greenish black." A young male in immature plumage, the yellow crest hardly extending beyond the nape, and the dark portion of the plumage being of a dull greenish brown. Specimens from Penang and Darjeeling do not differ, and the geographically intermediate Tenasserim race seems to be identical with them. I give Mr. Hodgson's designation precedence over that of Lafresnaye, |
