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the name of Buteo holospilus. These, from the apparent weakness of 

 their limbs, had hitherto generally been ranked among the Buzzards ; 

 although from the description of the courageous habits of the Bacha 

 Falcon, the only one well known of the group, doubts had been ex- 

 pressed of the propriety of ranking them with that tribe. Mr. Vigors 

 suggested the subfamily of Eagles as a more appropriate station for 

 them - } where, united by many important characters to Pandion, they 

 apparently led off by the length of their tarsi to the genus Limnaetus 

 (' Memoirs of Sir S. Raffles,' Append, p. 648.) and others of the long- 

 legged Eagles. The three species of the group were exhibited j their 

 general similarity in colour and markings pointed out j and their spe- 

 cific differences explained. These consist chiefly in size, the Hcemat. 

 holospilus being one-third smaller than H. Bacha ; while H. midulatus 

 considerably exceeds the latter. The first is spotted all over the body, 

 the second only on the abdomen ; while the third is marked by spots 

 on the wing-coverts, and by ocelli bearing an undulated appearance 

 on the abdomen, the breast also being crossed by undulating/ascitr. 



Muscicapa melanops. Mas. Muse, unicolor ccesio-ccerulea ; regione 



rictali circumocularique atris ; cauda subiiis fusco-atrd. 

 Fcem. minds intense colorata ; viridisque magis qucim ccerulea. 

 Species Muse. Indigo, Horsf. simillima, ejusdemque statural : differt 

 colore magis intenso, notaque capitis atr&. 



Turdus erythrogaster. Mas. Turd, grisescenti-cceruleus ; genis, 

 colli lateribus, remigibusque atris; pectore, abdomine, crissoquerujis. 



Fcem. Cinerascenti-brunnea, dorso imo obscure fusco fasciato ; collo 

 in J route albescenti, fusco- brunneo notato ; pectore, abdomine, cris- 

 soque rufescenti-albo undulatim notatis. 



Statura Turdi saxatilis, Linn. 



Cinclosoma erythrocephalum. Cinclos. supra cineraceum, sub- 

 tus pallidius, colore rubro leviter tinctum; nucha maculis atris 

 semilunaribus grandibus, pectore gracilioribus notatis ; guld notis- 

 que auricularibus nigris ; capite notaque alarum castaneo-rufis. 



Longitudo 94- unc. 



Myophonus Temminckii. Myoplu ater, azureo nitens, corporis in 



fronte plumis in medio metallice splendentibus ; abdomine fusco' 



atro ; capite supra in fronte regioncque carpali alarum lazulinis ; 



tectricibus alarum parce ccesio-albo maculatis;. rostrofiavo. 



Statura My op h.flavirostris (rnetallici, Temm,), cui simillimus : differt 



rostro graciliori, colore splendidiore corporis caudseque, capitisque 



vertice lazulino. 



A species belonging apparently to the family of Merulidce, and to 

 that portion of it which, from their long legs and short wings and tails, 

 indicate their station to be on the ground, afforded an opportunity of 

 characterizing a form which seems hitherto to have been unnoticed. 

 The length, strength, and arcuated culmen of the bill, and the length 

 and strength of the hallux, formed the most distinguishing points of 

 modification. 



