22 TIMELIID^. 



1. Pseudocossyphus sharpii. 



Cossvpha sharpii, Gray, Ann. ^ Maq. Nat. Hist. (4) viii. p. 429 

 (1871); Hartl. Voq. Madag. p. 128 (1877); Mihte-Edwards !^ 

 Grandid. in Grandi'd. Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. p. 369, pi. 140 (1882). 



Cossypha imerina, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 316 {nee Hart!.). 



Adult. Tipper surface slaty grey, lighter and more blue on the 

 forehead, the back shading off into orange, the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts orange-chestuut ; wings dark brown, the coverts washed 

 with slaty blue, the primaries margined with grey, the secondaries 

 with orange ; two centre tail-feathers blackish brown, orange at 

 base, the rest of the tail orange-chestnut, broadly tipped with black, 

 the outer feathers blackish for the terminal half of the outer web ; 

 sides of face and of neck, entire throat, and fore neck slaty blue, 

 the rest of the under surface rich orange ; thighs greyish ; under 

 wing-coverts orange ; feet black ; iris brown. Total length 6-5 

 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3-2, tail 2-65, tarsus 1. 



Young. Mottled all over, the feathers of the upper surface spotted 

 with orange, each feather margined with blackish, the rump more 

 reddish ; tail dark brown, more or less inclining to chestnut on the 

 inner web ; under surface of body yellowish, the feathers all margined 

 with blackish, less distinct on the abdomen. The adult plumage is 

 assumed by a direct moult. 



Hab. Madagascar. 



a. Ad.sk. Madagascar. Mr.A. Crossley [C.]. (Type 



of species.) 



b. Juv. sk. Madagascar. Mr. A. Crossley [C.l. 



c. d. Juv. sk. Saralalan, Madagas- Mr. A. Crossley [0.]. 



car [Crossley). 

 e,f. 6,9-9. ad. sk. Betsileo. Rev. J. Shaw [C.]. 



h, I. c? ad. sk. Ankafana forest. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [C.l 



k, I. (S ad. ; m. $ Fianarantsoa. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [C]. 



juv. sk. 



7. NOTODELA. „ 



Type. 



Notodela, Less. Compl. Buff. viii. p. 433 (1837) N. albifrons. 



Muscisylvia, Hodgs. P. Z. S. 1845, p. 27 N. leucura. 



Myiomela, Grag, Gen. B. i. p. 128 (1846) N. leucura. 



Range. Eastern Himalayas, ranging through the hills of Burmah 

 and Tenasserim. 



Key to the Sjyecies. 



a. No white frontal band ; a half-concealed white 



patch on the side of the neck. 



a'. Underneath black leucura, p. 23. 



h' . Underneath blue hke the back montium, p. 24. 



b. A white frontal band ; no white patch on side of 



neck , diana, p. 25. 



