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34 Iris brown; bill black; edges of the eyelids yellowish ; legs pale greyish pink, pale silvery fleshy, pale silvery purplish (Hume).

Length about 6 ; tail 2'4 ; wing 2-8 ; tarsus '75 ; bill from gape '8.

This bird resembles the female of Cyornis rubeculoides, but may be recognized at a glance by the size of its first primary, which is equal to half the length of the second, whereas in G. rubeculoides the first primary is much less than half the second.

Distribution. The Bhutan Doars ; Dibrugarh in Assam ; Shil-long ; Cachar ; Tipperah ; Manipur. Hume records this species from the Sikhim Terai.

587. Anthipes olivaceus. Hume's Flycatcher.

Cyornis olivacea, Hume, S. F. v, p. 338 (1877) ; Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi, p. 229 ; Hume, Cat. no. 307 ter.

Siphia olivacea (Hume), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iv, p. 457 ; Oates, B. B. i, p. 292.

Coloration. Upper plumage greyish brown, tinged with fulvous on the back and rump ; lores and the sides of the head ashy, the shafts of the ear-coverts whitish ; lower plumage whitish, the breast and the sides of the body suffused with ochraceous ; tail reddish brown edged with ferruginous ; wing-coverts and quills brown edged with rufous-brown.

Bill black in the male, brown in the female ; iris brown ; legs, feet, and claws pinkish white (Hume <Sf Davison). Length 5-8 ; tail 2-5 ; wing 3; tarsus '75; bill from gape '8. The young bird, which Hume identified with some doubt with Hemichelidonferruyinea (S. F. vi, p. 227), is in my opinion the young of the present species. It resembles very closely the young of Cyornis rubeculoides at the same age.

Distribution. The extreme southern part of Tenasserim at Ban- kasun and Malawun. This species also occurs in Java and Borneo. It appears to be a resident in Tenasserim, Hume's specimens having been obtained in March, June, and December. Genus ALSEONAX, Cabanis, 1850.

The genus Alseonaw contains three Indian Flycatchers which are allied to Cyornis. In Alseonax, however, the sexes are alike and the plumage is brown or rufous as in Anthipes. The first primary is very small and all the three species are wide migrants.

Key to the Species.

a. Upper plumage and tail ashy brown with no tinge of rufous A. latirostris, p. 35.

b. Upper plumage olive-brown ; upper tail- coverts and the whole tail chestnut A. ruficaudus, p. 36.

c. Upper plumage ruddy brown; upper tail- coverts ferruginous; tail brown, suffused with rufous on the puter webs of the feathers only. A. muttui, p. 36,