416 Mr. H. E. Strickland on some new 



tudinali acuminata (in pectoris plumis latissima), alba. Rostrum 

 albidum, maxillae basi fusca, pedes unguesque albidi. 



Habitat unknown, though doubtless American. 



The middle toe and claw are about equal in length to the tar- 

 sus ; hind toe shorter ; outer toe slightly longer than the inner. 

 Claws considerably developed, compressed, moderately curved. 



Above olive-brown; wings fuscous, the covers edged with olive, 

 and with the shafts and a subtriangular terminal spot white. 

 Remiges fuscous, margined with olive; tail dark fuscous, the 

 feathers obtusely pointed, the external ones slightly tipped with 

 whitish. Throat white ; cheeks and lower parts pale olive-brown, 

 each feather with a pointed white streak, very broad on the breast 

 and narrowest on the sides. Beak whitish, basal half of upper 

 mandible brown ; legs and claws very pale yellowish white. 



Total length 5| inches; beak to gape 1 inch 1 line, to front 

 10 lines, breadth 3^ lines, height 3 lines ; wing 2 inches 10 lines ; 

 medial rectrices 2 inches, external Ij inch; tarsus 11 lines; 

 middle toe and claw 11 lines, hind ditto 8 lines. 



HOLOCNEMIS CINNAMOMEA (Gm.). 



Turdus cinnamomeus, Gm, PI. Enl. 560. f. 2. 

 H. fronte, pileo, dorso toto caudaque tectricibus supernis rufo-ferru- 

 gineis, tectricibus alarum nigris, minoribus albo-, mediis majori- 

 busque ochraceo-, terminatis, remigibus rectricibusque fuscis, ex- 

 tus fusco-ferrugineo marginatis ; linea superciliari albo a naribus 

 ad pectoris latera descendente et abdomine albo confluente ; loris, 

 oculorum ambitu, genis, gula et pectore toto nigerrimis, hypo- 

 chondriis crissoque ferrugineis. Rostrum pedesque cornei. 



Taking H. flammata as the type of Holocnemis, the present 

 bird is somewhat aberrant, the tail being rather longer and more 

 rounded, the tarsi longer, the lateral toes equal, and the claws 

 shorter and less curved. The style of plumage bears much re- 

 semblance to Myrmeciza loricata (Licht.), and to Urotomus ? /or- 

 micivorus (Gmel.) 



The upper parts are deep ferruginous ; wing-covers black, the 

 lesser tipped with white, and the middle and greater with ochra- 

 ceous, forming two bars ; remiges and rectrices fuscous, mar- 

 gined with ferruginous. A narrow white line commences at the 

 nostrils, and descending the side of the neck and breast blends 

 into the white of the abdomen. The whole space inclosed by 

 this white line is deep black. Sides and lower tail-covers ferru- 

 ginous. Beak and legs corneous. 



Total length 5~ inches ; beak to gape 1 inch, to front 10 lines ; 

 breadth 3 lines, height 2 J lines ; wing 2 inches 7 lines ; medial 

 rectrices 2^ inches, external If inch; tarsus 1 inch; middle toe 

 and claw f of an inch, hind ditto 7^ lines. 



