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Mr. F. Moore on some new species of Birds, 34^ 



terms, some of which have hitherto heen arranged in widely different 

 families : — 



1. Stenorhynchus, Gould (1835), P. Z. S. p. 186. 



2. CiNCLocERTHiA, G. R. Gray (1840), List of Gen. p. 22. 



3. Ramphocinclus, Lafr. (1843), Rev. Zool. p. Q^. 



4. Herminierus, Lesson, (ubi?) 



5. Legriocinclus, Lesson (1847), Descr. d. Mamm. et Ois. 

 p* 278. 



6. CiNCLOPS, Bp. (1854), Notes Ornithologiques, p. 25. 



Of these, Mr. G. R. Gray's name Cinclocerthia is the oldest that 

 6an be adopted. 



Note, — Since writing the above, I have carefully examined the 

 two specimens of Cinclocerthia ruficauda in the British Museum. 

 They seem to agree in every respect with Lafresnaye's description of 

 Ramphocinclus tremulus, and, as the islands of Nevis and Guadaloupe 

 are so near, I think we may reasonably conclude that these two 

 birds are not specifically distinct. The rectrices are twelve in num- 

 ber, and not ten, as Mr. Gould supposed (P. Z. S. 1835, p. 186) 

 might be the case. 



The three species of this group ought therefore apparently to stand 

 as follows: — 1. Cinclocerthia ruficauda {Stenorhynchus rufi- 

 caudus, Gould; C. ruficauda, G. R. Gray; Ramphocinclus tremulus, 

 Lafr.). 2. Cinclocerthia gutturalis {Ramphocinclus gutturalis, 

 Lafr.); and, 3. Cinclocerthia brachyura {Turdus brachyurus, 

 Vieill. ; Ramphocinclus brachyurus, Lafr. ; Zoothera cinclops et 

 Cinclops melanoleucus, Bp.). 



Notice of some new species of Birds. By Frederic 



Moore, Assist. Mus. East India Company. : 



Genus Otocoris, Bonaparte. 

 Otocoris longirostris, Gould, MSS. 



AlUed in colour to O. penicillata, and in the markings of the head 

 and breast, but differs in its larger size, considerably more lengthened 

 bill, wings and tail, and thicker toes ; and in the feathers of the back 

 being broadly centred with brown. 



Length 7f inches ; of wing 5 inches ; tail 3 Jths ; bill to frontal 

 plumes ^ths ; to gape f ths ; tarsus \^ths ; middle toe and claw 

 ■y^jths ; hind ditto -iV^hs of an inch. 



Hab. Neighbourhood of Agra. In Mr. Gould's Collection. 



Genus Emberiza, Linn. , ^.^.^jj^^, 



Emberiza stracheyi, Moore. '''■■ ^ ' 



Affined to E. Cia, but differs in having the markings about the 

 head more broadly developed, and of a deeper black colour, forming 

 three well-defined black bars, as seen laterally ; the throat and sides 



