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nearly than to Pardalotus. The serrations of the tomia appear not 

 to have been hitherto noticed. 



Fam. Laniad,e ? 



Subfam. ? 



Genus .^Ethiops*, n. g. 

 Diff. Char. — Beak subcortical, slightly emarginate, dilated at the base. 

 Rostrum subconicum, subelongatum. Maxilla ad basin paulo dila- 

 tata, juxta apicem compressa, leviter emarginata, apice paulo de- 

 orsum curvato, tomiis inflexis. Culmen subcarinatus, gradatim 

 a basi ad apicem decurvatus. Nares ovatse. Commissura leviter 

 decurvata, gonys ascendens. 

 Alee mediocres, rotundata? , remige l a spuria, 3 a , 4 a , et 5 a subsequalibus. 

 Cauda breviuscula, rotundata. 



Tarsi breves, acrotarsiis scutellatis, paratarsiis integris. Digiti me- 

 diocres, medius tarsum sequans, postico longior ; externus inter- 

 num paulo superans. Ungues breviusculi, modice curvati, ad la- 

 tera sulcati. 



Habitat in Africa occidentali. Species unica. 

 ./Ethiops canicapillus. Mth. vertice, cervice, dorsoque canescente- 

 cinereis, verticis lateribus, uropygioque canescente-albidis. Fronte, 

 genis, guld, partibusque inferioribus omnibus nigerrimis. Alee 

 nigra, tectricibus minoribus omnibus, majoribusque dorso proocimis 

 macula, subapicali rotundata alba. Cauda unicolor nigra, tectrici- 

 bus superioribus nigrescente-plumbeis. Rostrum pedesque nigri. 

 Long. tot. 5 poll. Rostrum ad rictum 7^ lin., ad frontem 6 lin., 

 latum 3| lin., altum 3 lin. Ala 2 poll. 8 lin. Rectrices medii 1 poll. 

 1 1 lin., externi 1 poll. 7 lin. Tarsus 8 lin. Digitus intermedins cum 

 ungue 8 lin., externus 6 lin., internus 5§ lin., posticus 6 lin. 

 Hab. in insula Fernando Po. Mus. meo. 



Obs. This singular generic form is very difficult to classify. The 

 beak is somewhat similar in form to that of a Tanager, but its other 

 characters and the African habitat forbid such a collocation. The 

 beak also exhibits some resemblance to that of Artamus, but the 

 shortness of the wings makes a marked contrast to that genus. 



Fam. Fringillid^e. 

 Subfam. Tanagriiob. 



GenUS STEPHANOPHORUSf, n. g. 



< Tanagra, Tern., < Pyrrhula, Vieill. 



Diff. Char. — Beak very short, tumid, of equal height and length. 



Rostrum breve, subconicum, mandibulis subsequalibus, intumidis; 

 culmine gradatim deorsum, gonyde sursum incurvatis ; commis- 

 sura subrecta, leviter deorsum curvata ; maxilla juxta apicem ob- 

 soletissime emarginata. Nares subrotundae. 



Alee mediocres, rotundatse, remigibus 3 a , 4 a (hac longissima) et 

 5 tii fere sequalibus. 



* AiBioip, a negro, in reference to the colour and habitat, 

 f Sre^avos, a crown ; (pepu, to bear. 



