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Rh noted, will be retained because it appears earlier on the same page than that of sinlumeiisis.

Nidification. The two specimens sent by Col. Harington to the British JNluseum were shot when building their nest in low scrub- jungle at the edge of dense forest.

Habits. In epistola Col. Harington says that they are the same determined little skulkers as the Sinlum Wren, with similar haunts, habits and voice.


 * Urocichla reptuta Biuohani, Bull. B. 0. C, xiii, p. 0;f (1903) (Loi-paug-Nan, Mekong A^alley).

Vernacular names. None recorded.

Description. Similar to sinlumensis but with wings more cinnamon-chestnut, below all grey with no white on throat and breast and with the dark bars and paler spots obsolete; the sides of breast and flanks are more rufous.

Colours of soft parts. " Iris crimson; bill dark brown; legs and feet brown" (Forrest).

Measurements. Wing 47 mm.; tail damaged; tarsus 20 mm.;, culmen 13 mm.

Distribution. East of Kengtung on the Mekong Valley at about 7,000 feet and on the Shweli-Salwin Divide in Yunnan.

Nidification and Habits. Nothing recorded and only one specimen obtained by Harington and a second by Forrest in Yunnan at about 8,000 feet in December 1919 in a thicket. Nests and eggs sent me by a collector from Thouugyi, Southern Shan States, are probably of this race but the birds' skins sent are too fragmentary to distinguish with any certainty. The nests are exactly like those of the Assam Long-tailed Wren, as are the eggs which measure 18.5 × 14.9 mm.

The two clutches, each of three slightly incubated eggs, were taken on the 16tii and 28th April respectively.

Urocichla oatesi Kippon, Bull. B. O. C, xiv, p. 83 (1904) (Mt. Victoria).

Vernacular names. None recorded.

Description. Upper plumage and wings fulvous-brown, with faint dark margins to the feathers and slightly more rufous on the rump and tail; lores, sides of forehead and cheeks grey; ear-coverts greyish-fulvous to golden-brown; below white with