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Genus Mickotarsus, n. g. 



Rostrum fer6 capiti sequale, altius quam latum, ad apicem incisum, 

 ultraque nares compressum, ad basim setis armatum; nares mem- 

 branacese, parvse, rotundatse. 



Tarsi brevissimi, superiore parte plumati ; digit i debiles, externi vix 

 longiores quam interni ; posteriores medios sequantes ; ungues com- 

 press!, posteriores longissimi ; scuta tarsi indivisa. 



Alee mediocres rotundatse, prima pennarum spuria, secunda breviore 

 tertia, tertia duabusque proximis inter se sequalibus. 



Cauda rotundata tectricibus superioribus mollibus et longis. 



Obs. The above genus is closely allied to Micropus of Swainson. 



MiCROTARsus MKLANOLEUcos. Micr. tttev, tectricibus primariis 



apicibus albis ; rostro pedibusque atris. 

 Long. tot. 6^ unc. ; rostri, ^ unc. ; tarsi, 6J unc. 

 Native name, Mirba tando. 



Genus Malacopteron, n. g. 



Rostrum fere capiti sequale, altius quam latum, ad apicem incisum, 

 ultraque nares compressum, ad basim setis armatum ; mandibuli 

 inferiore ad basim tumida. 

 Tarsi mediocres ; digiti externi vix longiores qukm interni, poste- 

 riores medios sequantes ; ungues compressi posteriores longissimi ; 

 scuta tarsi vix divisa. 

 Alcehreves, rotundatse ; pennis secondariis primarias fer^ sequantibus; 

 prima pennarum spuria, secunda breviore tertia, quae longissima 

 est. 

 Cauda paucarum pennarum composita, rotundata ; tectricibus supe- 

 rioribus mollibus et longis. 



Obs. This genus is allied to Microtarsus in some particulars and 

 to Brachypus in others : it agrees with both in the soft and downy- 

 nature of the tail coverts. 



Malacopteron magnum. Mal.fronte cauddque ferrugineis, nuchd 

 atrd, dorse strigdque transversd pectore, cinereis, alis brunneis, 

 rostro fiavo. 

 Long, tot., 6 unc; rostri, -rV unc; tarsi, ^V unc 

 Fem. mare minor, capite nuchaque ferrugineo et atro maculatis. 

 Native name, Burong Map. 

 Malacopteron cinereus. Mal.feminaspecieipracedentis similis 



sed magnitudine multiim inferior. 

 Long. tot. 5i unc. ; rostri, 5 lin. ; tarsi, 8 lin. 

 Brachypus entylotus, Jard. and Selb. Native name, Merfa. 



Brachypteryx nigrocapitata. Bra. vertice atro, genis cinereis, 

 guld albd, dor so cauddque brunneis, pectore abdomineque ferru- 

 gineis h6c obscurissimo ; rostri mandibuld superiore fuliginosd, in- 

 feriore flavd, tarsis pedibusque brunneis. 

 ' Long. tot. 6J unc. ; rostri, \ unc ; tarsi, l-rV i^iic. 



Dicrurus Malabaricus, Steph. Native name, Chanwee. 



Obs. Die. ceratus of Stephens is the female of this species. 



Lanius virgatus, Temm. Native name, Burong Tana. 



