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dial, even, broad; legs and feet suited to walking and perching; 

 tarse equal to mid toe and nail ; toes long and slender ; nails acute ; 

 hind much the largest, and equal to the digit ; exclusively Montico- 

 lous ; stomach muscular and strong ; feeds on hard and soft insects, 

 pulpy berries and small seeds. A shy forester ; not gregarious. 



Type, M. leucura, mihi. — Throughout deep indigo-blue, passing 

 to black on alars and caudals ; forehead and shoulders rich cobalt 

 blue ; tail basally and laterally whitened ; a white spot on the side of 

 the neck of the male ; bill and legs black ; iris dark. Length, 7-| 

 inches; bill, J; tail, 3 J ; wing, Sj; tarse, 1^^; central toe and nail, 

 if; hind, |. Weight 1 oz. 



Genus Nemura, mihi. 



General structure of Phcenicura, but slighter, with slenderer legs 

 and feet, and bill more armed at the point, and lateral toes unequal ; 

 wings and tail mucronated, as in the last, but the webs less broad 

 and the tips narrowed wedgewise ; nails long, slender and delicate, 

 like the digits and legs. Manners of Phcenicura, but a forester and 

 shy. Feeds on insects, soft and hard, and on pulpy berries. Found 

 in central and northern regions of hills. Types, N. rufilatus etjlavo- 

 livacea et cyanura. 



N. rufilatus, mihi. — Above and the cheeks indigo-blue ; brows, 

 shoulders and rump soft cserulean; below white, save the flanks, 

 which are bright rusty ; bill and legs black ; iris brown. Length, 5| 

 inches ; bill, f ; tail, 2f ; wing, 3 J ; tarse, \^ ; central toe and nail, f ; 

 hind, -5^. 



N. flavolivacea, mihi. — Possibly female of the last. Above olive- 

 green, with a yellowish tinge ; below sordidly fulvescent ; bill and 

 legs fleshy grey. Length, 5| inches ; bill, -5^^ ; tail, 2| ; wing, 3 ; 

 tarse, 1| ; central toe and nail, if ; hind, if. 



JV. cyanura, mihi. — Head, neck, breast and wings olive-brown, 

 more diluted below ; rump and tail verditer-blue ; flanks bright rusty ; 

 chin, belly and vent white ; legs and feet black. Sexes alike. Length, 

 5| inches ; bill, f ; tail, 2 J ; wing, 3 ; tarse, 1 ; central toe and nail, f ; 

 hind, less f . 



Sylvian^. 



Genus Tarsiger, mihi. 

 Bill equal to head, straight, subdepressed, feeble, gradually widen- 

 ing from the tip ; the upper mandible more than half exceeded by the 

 nareal fosse, and much overlaid by the soft frontal plumes ; nares 

 broad lunate, forward, apert, shaded by a nude membrane ; tip of 

 bill obtuse, and nearly unarmed; gape rather wide and ciliated; 

 wings submedial, round rather than acuminate, firm; fifth quill 

 longest ; 4-6 and 3-7 respectively equal ; alars and caudals wedged 

 and mucronate ; tail medial, rounded ; tarse very elevate, slender 

 and smooth ; toes ambulant, simple ; laterals unequal, hind rather 

 large ; nails large, slender, simple ; hind largest. Exclusively mon- 

 ticolous ; dwells in low brushwood solitarily, and is much on the 

 ground, feeding chiefly on small ground insects. Makes its nest on 

 the ground, saucer- shape, of moss, and places it under cover of some 



