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Margarops fttscatus. 

 CiCHLHERMiNiA Bonap. 



<.1854. — Cichlherminia Bonap., Coll. Delattre, p. 26. 



=1859. — Cichlerminia Sclat.^ Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend., 1859, p. 335. 



Size larg^e. Plumage spotted and squamated underneath. Wing 

 rounded, third, fourth, and fifth primaries being equal and longest; 

 second primary about two and a half times the first; secondaries long. 

 Bill very large and stout; culmen arched from the base; commissure 

 with very distinct subterminal notch, only a little more than twice the 

 length of the long gonys. Bristles along gape numerous, and very long 

 and strong; on the apexmalaris a tuft of numerous stiff bristles. The 

 booted tarsus stout and lengthened, not being, however, more than two 

 times the exposed culmen. Tail very slightly rounded and short, so 

 that the outstretched legs are reaching nearly to the tip of tail ; tail- 

 feathers scarcely more than twice the length of the tarsus, and very 

 much shorter than the wing. Below and behind the eye a large naked 

 space. 



Eemarks. — As has already been stated, the genus CicJilherminia, re- 

 stricted as above, belongs to the Turdidw, whereas the other species, 

 generally admitted to it, form a well-defined genus, Margarops Sclat., 

 and belong to quite a different family, being characteristic members of 

 the Mimina'. All those specimens which I have had opportunity of 

 examining have booted tarsi, Merula-like bill, and a very characteristic 

 Thrush-like plumage, while in Margarops these parts are character- 

 istically Mimiue. (See fig. of M.f Kscatus given ahoy e.) Unfortunately, 

 however, 1 have not been able to i)rocure a young specimen, and conse- 

 quently I cannot tell whether its markings agree with those of the 

 young of the other Turdidw, although I have but little doubt that this 



