68 TIMKLIID^. 



under surface white, the flanks inclining to dull rufous-buff ; thighs 

 blackish ; the wings black, the quills rather browner ; the lesser 

 and median coverts pure white, forming a shoulder-patch ; two of 

 the innermost secondaries also bordered with white, forming a 

 narrow longitudinal bar down the wing ; four centre tail-feathers 

 entirely black, the next two with a white tip, this gradu;illy in- 

 creasing in extent towards the outermost feathers, which have the 

 basal half black, the terminal half white ; under wing-coverts 

 white ; the edge of the wing black, the lower surface of the quills 

 ashy brown, inclining to huffy white along the inner web ; " feet 

 grey ; iris brown" (Grandidier). Total length 6-8 inches, culmen 

 0-7, wing 2-9, tail 3, tarsus 1-05. 



Ad nit female. General colonr above rusty brown, greyer on the 

 hind neck ; back slightly shaded with grey ; lesser wing-coverts 

 ashy grey, slightly washed with brown and mottled with half-con- 

 cealed white bases ; median and greater wing-coverts dusky brown, 

 edged with rusty brown, with a white patch formed by the inner 

 median and greater series ; bastard wing and primary-coverts dusky 

 brown ; quills diisky brown, externally edged with rusty brown, 

 two of the inner secondaries externally white, forming a longitu- 

 dinal bar of white ; upper tail-coverts deeper reddish brown ; tail- 

 feathers blackish, edged with rusty brown, the three outer feathers 

 tipped with white, inci'easing in extent towards the outermost; 

 crown of head brighter rusty brown than the back ; lores white, 

 washed with rusty, extending above the eye, and forming a narrow 

 eyebrow ; ear-coverts rusty brown, with whitish shaft-lines ; cheeks, 

 lores, throat, sides of neck, and fore neck ashy grey ; throat white ; 

 breast, abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts white ; sides of 

 bodj^ and flanks light tawny ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 white, washed with pale tawny ; quills below dusky brown, the 

 inner edge of the quills whitish. Total length 7 inches, culmen 

 G"65, wing 3'05, tail 3, tarsus I'Oo. 



Hah, Madagascar ; the western side of the island. 



a. S ad. sk. Nossi Vola, Nov. 10, 1869 {A. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Crossley). 



b. J ad. sk. 25 miles north of Antananarivo F. T>. Godman and 0. Sal- 



{A. Crossley). vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



c. c? ad. sk. N.E.Madagascar, July 20, 1805. MM. Pollen and Van Dam 



[C.]. 



d. (5ad.sk. ForestofAnkafana, March 1881. Eev. W. Deans Cowan 



[C.]. 



e. 2 ad. sk. Analatsoy, April 1881. Rev. W. Deans Cowan 



[C.]. 

 /. S fid. sk. Madagascar. Purchased. 



18. AEDONOPSIS. 

 Cossypha, pt., auct. 

 Aedon, pt., Gray. 



Rcmge. Confined to South-eastern Africa. 



