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ZOOTHERA*. 



Rostrum forte, elongatum, subcurvatum, subcompressum, culmine 

 elevato j mandibuld superiori subemarginata, dente subapicali vix 

 decernenda ; naribus ovalibus, lateralibus ; rictu vibrissis rigidis 

 munito. 



Alee subbreves, subrotundatae ; remigibus prima brevi, secundft 

 multo longiore, tertia quarta quintaque fere sequalibus longissimis, 

 sexta his breviori at prima longiori, cseteris gradatim decrescentibus. 

 Pedes subelongati, subfortes, acrotarsiis integris ; digitis anteriori- 

 bus subfortibus, externis ad basin membrana connexis, internis liberis, 

 medio longissimo ; halluce elongato fortissimo, ungue forti elongato. 

 Cauda subbrevis, sequalis ; rectricibus duodecim. 

 ZooTHF.iiA monticola. Zooih. saturate brunnea; colli in fronte 

 notd longiiudinali, pectoris notis parciSi abdomineque albis, hoc 

 brunneo squamatim notato; femorum tectricibus, crissoque fuscis, 

 hoc albo maculato. 

 Longitudo corporis, 11-^ unc. 3 rostri, H; alee a carpo ad apicem 

 remigis 4tae, 6 j tarsi, 1-g-j caudce, 4. 



Petrocincla cinclorhyncha. Petr. genis, dorso, alis cauddque 

 nigris ; peciore, abdomine, crisso, uropygioque rujis ; capite suprct, 

 jugulo, regioneque carpali alarum cano-lazulinis ; macula alarum 

 alba. 

 Longitudo 6^ unc. 



This bird was observed to bear an affinity to the family of Merulida 

 by the strength and Thrushlike form of the bill 5 and by its general 

 character of form and colour to that portion of it which includes the 

 Rock Thrushes ; where it was provisionally placed, until more accurate 

 comparison of the species with contiguous groups determined its 

 station. Its bill was more that of the true Thrush, than of the Rock 

 Thrush. Its colours were those of Phcenicura ; under which genus it 

 was erroneously ranked by accident on the plate. The bill is too 

 powerful to admit the species among the Sylviadce. 



Phcenicura frontalis. Phcen.fusco-atra ; abdomine, crisso, uro- 

 pygio, rectricumque apicibus, duarum mediarum exceptis, rufis ; 

 fronte lazulino splendente. 

 Longitudo, 5^ unc. 



Picus nanus. Pic. superne fusco-brunneus, alis cauddque maculis, 

 dorso fasciis albis, notatis; subtiis albescens, fusco-brunneo late 

 striatus; strigd superciliari alter dque suboculari albis; capitis 

 fronte verticeque brunneis, occipite nigro, strigd gracili auriculari 

 coccined, 

 Longitudo, 44- unc. 

 Cuculus Himalayanus. Cue. corpore supra rufo,fusco fasciato ; 



* The group seems to have many characters in common with Pomato- 

 rhinus, Horsf. The strong and elevated bill constitutes the chief mark of 

 separation. The alliance between the two groups may serve to indicate the 

 general affinities of the latter genus, whose place in the system has been 

 hitherto undetermined. 



