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TIMELIID.E. 



Lantz's Ellisia is a pale western race of E. tiipica, much clearer 

 in colour. Upper aspect grej', slightly reddish on the back ; throat 

 and abdomen whitish ; tianks ashy ; ring round the eye white, 

 exactly like the other Ellislce, but the brown tints are replaced by 

 grey ; " iris brown ; feet brownish " (Orandidier), (Cf. Milne-Edw, 

 Sf Grandid. I. c.) 



Hob. Southern and Western Madagascar. 



a, &. 2 ad. sk. 

 c. Ad. sk. 



Ankafana forest, March 



1881. 

 Betsileo. 



Rev. W. Deans Cowan 



[C.]. 

 Rev. A. Shaw [C.]. 



Subsp. y. Ellisia longicaudata. 



Ellisia longicaudata, E. Newton, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 299. 



Similar to E. ti/pica, but darker in colour, and having the bill 

 and tail longer. Total length 7 inches, wing 2-5, tail 3-25, tarsus 1, 

 culmen 0'65. (E. Newton.) 



Hah. Island of Anjuan, Comoro group. 



A very doubtful species, the tail being exceeded in length by 

 some of Mr. Cowan's series from Ankafana forest. 



15. MEGALURUS. 



Type. 



Megalurus, Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 159 



( 1820) M. palustris. 



Puod ytes, Cub. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 42 (1850 ) M. gramineus. 



Bill and wiug of Megalurus palustris. 



Range. Northern India, throughout the Burmese countries to Java, 

 Timor, Philippines, Papuan Islands, and Australia. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Upper tail-covorts and tail-feathers streaked with 

 dark brown down the centre. 

 a'. Fore neck and lower throat more or less di- 

 stinctly streaked with dark brown. 

 a". Size much larger ; wing over 3 inches : 

 under tail-coverts distinctly streaked 

 with dirk brown down the shaft palustris, p. 123. 



