1 32 TIMELIID J5. 



to -whity bro-u-n on the outer edge of the primaries ; tail-feathers 

 brown, barred across with dusky under certain lights, edged with 

 lighter brown, the outermost narrowly margined with whity brown 

 at the tip and along the inner web ; lores and a tolerably well 

 defined eyebrow fulvous ; ear-coverts and sides of face fulvous, the 

 former browner along their hinder margin; cheeks, throat, and 

 chest yellowish wbite, plainly streaked with dusky brown ; remainder 

 of under surface yellowish, browner on the sides of the breast; the 

 flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts deep fulvous, almost tawny in 

 shade ; axillaries and under wing-coverts deep fulvous ; quills ashy 

 brown below, ashy fulvous along the edge of the inner web ; " feet 

 leaden-grey; iris clear brown" {Grandklier). Total length 5'25 

 inches, culmen 0"75, wing 2-G5, tail 3, tarsus 1*05. 



Yonnc). A little duller brown than the adult, and not showing 

 any streaks on the under surface, the breast being plain fulvous 

 brown, and the flanks also of this colour, but a trifle brighter ; sides 

 of face also dull brown. 



Hah. Madagascar. 



a. Ad. sk. Madagascar. Purchased. 



b. Ad. sk. Fianarantsoa, Betsileo. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



c. Juv. sk. Madagascar. R. B. Sliarpe, Esq. [P.]. 



2. CalamocicMa brevipennis. 



Calamodyta brevipennis, Keulemans, Nederl. Tijdsch. Dierk. 8vo, iii. 

 p. 368 (1866, ex Dohrn, MSS.) * ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 207, 

 no. 2928 (1869). 



Adult. General colour above russet-brown, rather duller on the 

 head, and a little more clear on the lower part of the back and 

 rump ; wing-coverts and quills dusky brown, margined with a little 

 clearer russet than the back ; tail-feathers uniform brown, narrowly 

 edged with russet-brown ; lores dull white, the feathers above the 

 eye and eyelid fulvescent, but no distinct eyebrow ; ear-coverts 

 dingy brown ; cheeks, throat, and underparts dull white, slightly 

 washed with yellowish buff ; sides of the breast, and flanks, as well 

 as the thighs and under tail-coverts, yellowish buff or light tawny 

 buff ; axillaries and under wing-coverts of the same colour as the 

 sides of the breast ; quills light brown below, fulvescent along the 

 edge of the inner web. Total length 6-25 inches, culmen 1-85, 

 wing 2-4, tail 2-5, tarsus 1. 



Hah. Confined to the island of San Nicolas, Cape-Verd archi- 

 pelago. 



a Ad.sk. S. Nicolas, Cape-Verd Islands. Dr. Dohrn [C.]. 



* Aa far as I can find out, this species has never been described. I therefore 

 adopt Dr. Dohrn's MS. name. 



