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sides of the upper mandible are perfectly uniform and smooth, 

 and rise to an elevated rounded back or culmen, ha\ in-- a >li"ht 

 terminal notch. In the shortness and roundness of the \\ Ings it 

 differs from the other genera of this family, except from Iha- 

 chypteryx, which will be described below. 



Spec . 1 . Tim a Via pileata. 



T. subolivacea fusca, pileo castaneo, gala juguloque albis ni<:ro 



lineatis, abdomine sordide testaceo. 

 Dawit seu Gogo-stite Javanis. 



Longitiulo 6± poll. 

 Remiges fuscae, externe castaneo-fusca\ Rectrices fuscae obsctr- 

 rissime saturatiore colore fasciata^. Rhachides pennarum jugu- 

 larium nigrae. 



Gen. 13. Job \. 



Rostrum mediocre, rectum, validiusculum, basi latius, apicem 

 versus subcompressum, attenuatum ; culmine rotundato, leviter 

 arcuato, post nares producto, apice vix iniiexo, emarginato. 

 Tomia subdiaphana acuta. ISares ovatse, parva*, in fovea elon- 

 gata antice attenuata sitae. Ala breves. Remiges: 1 spuria; 

 4 — 7 externe tenuiter sinuatae ; 3 — 8 longiores, suba*quales, 

 2 abrupte, 9 et sequentes gradatim breviores. Cauda elon- 

 sata, truncata. Pedes mediocres, con«rui. Tarsi diffito medio 

 dimidio longiores. Acropodia obscura, scutulata. Digiti an- 

 tici debiles, medio cum externo basi coalito ; hallux i alidius- 

 culus, medio antico aequalis. Ungues compressi ; antici de- 

 biles, postico valido, fortius arcuato. 



This genus is distinguished by the strength and conical form 

 of its bill from Sylvia and Motacilla. The nares are compara- 

 tively small. It has a peculiar character in the sharpness and 

 transparency of the cutting edges of the mandibules. The ante- 

 rior toes are small and the claws strongly compressed ; the pos- 

 terior 



