and Description of Birds from the Island of Java. 157 



Rostrum subdepressum validum obtusiusc uliun. Vcdts cauda- 

 que elongati. 



Gen. 21. Saxicoi. \ Bcchstew* 



Spec. 1. Saiicola fruticola mihi. 



S. atra, scapulis uropygio crissoque albis. 

 Dechu Javanis. 



Longitudo 5 poll. 



Pectus et abdomen ferrugineo-griseo varia. TUmiges externe te- 

 nuiter ferrugineo griseae. Rectrices extimae Subbreviores. 



Gen. 22. Brachypteeyx. 



Rostrum mediocre, subcultratum, basi latins, ultra medium sub- 

 conicum, attenuatum. Culmen inter nares earinatnm, deindi 

 rotundatum, apicem versus arcuatum, (^marginatum. Mmi- 

 dibula lateribus marginatis, apice inclinata ; tomiis maxilla. 4 

 mandibulaeque subinrlexis. Nares maxima?, in fovea subro- 

 tunda basali elongata obtusa sitae ; supra et postice membrana 

 clausoe. Alee brevissimas : remiges integrae, 1 subspuria, 2 — 5 

 gradatim increscentes, 5 — 10 subaequales Iongiores, reliqua; 

 gradatim breviores. Cauda rotundata. Pedes elongati. Digitus 

 medius longissimus. Ungues compressissimi, hallucis medio 

 duplo majore, fortius arcuato. 



The characters which distinguish this s^enus from Motacilla are 

 the robustness of the bill, the arch or curvature of the culmen 

 or back, the margin and inclination of the lower mandibule, and 

 the size and protrusion of the nares. It possesses likewise pe- 

 culiarities in the shortness of the wingjs and the elevation of the 

 tarsi. 



Spec. 1. Brachypteryx montana. 



B. caerulescente-grisea, subtus pallidior, abdomine albido, re- 



migibus 



