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nigrorum dimidio basali oblique rufo ; rostro nigro ; pedibus 

 fuscis. ? , capite et collo cinerascente striatis. 



Long. tot. 10£", rostr. a fr. 12'", al. 4-J-", rectric. intermed. 4i", 

 tars. 11'". 



Hab. Fernando Po. 



This bird is a second and very typical species of my genus Ony- 

 chognathus, the type of which, O.fulgidus, seems to be confined 

 to the Island of St. Thomas. The system of colouring is quite the 

 same in both species ; but O. Hartlaubii is a much smaller bird, 

 and has the bill much less hooked. One of the two specimens in 

 the British Museum is labeled " Fernando Po ; " the exact habitat 

 of the other one is not known. Onychognathus is a beautiful transi- 

 tional form, intermediate between Amydrus and Lamprocolius. 



2. Telephonus minutus. 



Minor ; pileo toto nigro ; striola superciliari gracili albida ; cervice 

 et interscapulio immaculate fulvis ; dorso medio longitudinaliter 

 nigro variegato ; tergo et uropygio fulvis ; loris albidis ; alis 

 rufis, remigibus primariis in pogonio interno nigricanti-fuscis, 

 tertiariis et tectricibus majoribus in medio longitudinaliter nigri- 

 cantibus ; subalaribus fulvis ; rectricibus fusco-nigris, duabus 

 externis fulvescente extus limbatis, extimce apice latius pallido ; 

 corpore inferior e totofulvo, gula pallidiore ; rostro valido nigro ; 

 pedibus fuscis. 

 long. 7", rostr. a fr. 8}'", al. 2" 7'", caud. 3"', tars. 11|'". 

 Hab. Ashantee. 



This is the smallest species of the exclusively African genus Tele- 

 phonus. It is, perhaps, not generally known in this country, that 

 the German traveller, Dr. A. Brehm, a very acute and scientific na- 

 turalist, who has explored the Ornithology of Spain better than 

 any person before him, most decidedly contradicts the occurrence 

 of Telephonus cucullatus or of any other species of this group in 

 that country. Temminck's indication to the contrary appears to 

 be one of those many errors occurring in Parts 3 and 4 of the ' Ma- 

 nuel d'Ornithologie ; ' at least it was regarded as such by every 

 person in Spain who had paid any attention to the birds of the 

 country, and Dr. Brehm himself could not discover there the slightest 

 trace of this bird. 



Another striking and interesting example of the incorrectness of 

 local indications in the * Manuel d'Ornithologie,' is given in the total 

 absence of the Ixos obscurus from Spain or any other country in 

 the south of Europe. 



Two specimens of T. minutus are in the collection of the British 

 Museum, which likewise possesses a very complete set of all the 

 other known species of the genus. 



3. Andropadus erythropterus, G. R. Gray, MS. 



Obscure olivaceus, alis totis et imprimis tectricibus distincte rufes- 

 centibus ; remigum marginibus internis pallidis ; subalaribus fla- 



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