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11. C. leucurus (Licht.)- 



V. leucurus, Liclit., Eversm., Reise. Nach. Bucli, p. 137. 

 V. flavipes, Sav. L' Egypt. ZooL, pi. 6, fig. 2. 



Hah. Middle Asia; N. Africa; rare in India (Blyth.). 



(Collection of the Academy.) 



12. C. crassirostris (Hart.). Cabanus Journal III., p. 427. 

 Hah. Borders of tlie Nile (Hart). 



13. C. aralensis (Eversman.). 



V. aralensis, Evers., Bull. Mosc, 1853, p. 497. 

 Hah. Russia (Evers.). 



14. C. dominicana (Linn.). 



Para dominicana, Linn., Syst. Nat., p. 705. 

 Ch. Brissonii, Wagl., Syst. Av., sp. 55. 



Hah. St. Domingo (Linn.). 



15. C. ludoviciana (Gm.).' 



Parra ludoviciana, Gm., Syst. Nat., p. 706. 



V. miles, Bodd. 



Ch. callceas., Wagl. Syst. Av., sp. 52. 



Hah. Araboina (Forster). 



16. Chettusia nivifrons, nov. sp. Plate I. 



Fore part of head extending to the occiput, including the sides 

 and foreneck white ; the occiput, nape, and breast bluish-black ; 

 the remaining under parts, upper tail coverets, large and small 

 wing coverets are also white ; back and scapulars, light brownish- 

 gray, with the tertiaries darker, slightly glossed with green ; the 

 three first primaries nearly of the same length, and are brownish- 

 black ; the tail brown, inclining to a bluish-black at the tip, ex- 

 cepting the portion under the coverets, which is white ; the base 

 of the bill apparently of an orange color, with the tip black; legs 

 and feet of a reddish hue ; the tibia for about one-half its length 

 free of feathers. 



Dimensions. Total length about 11 inches ; bill, from gape, 1;!^ ; 

 wing 7| ; tail 3| ; tarsi 2| ; middle toe If ; outer toe If ; hind 

 toe ^. 



Hah. " Fazoglou." 



(In the museum of the Academy, from the Rivoli collection.) 



• (The species Nos. 12-15 have not been examined by me.) 



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