498 TiJiioLiiDJ':. 



nut on the breast ; thighs vinous brown; under wing-coveits and 

 axiUaries yellowish white ; quills dusky brown below, ruf'cscent 

 along the edge of the inner web ; " bill yellow ; feet greenish grey, 

 claws grey " {David). Total length 7 inches, culmen 0'7, wing 2-55, 

 tail 3'75, tarsus 1-05. (AIus. H. SeehoJnn.) 

 Ilah. Nankin District, China. 



37. CHOLORNIS. 



Type. 

 Choloniis, J. Verremi.v, Kouv. Arch. Mus. vi. Bull. p. 35 



( 1870) C. paradoxa. 



Banye. Western China. 



1. Cholornis paradoxa. 



Cholomis paradoxa, J. Verr. Nouv. Arch. 3Ius. vi. Bull.'p. 35 (1870), 

 vii. /Ml p. 34, pi. 1. tig. 1 (1871) ; Duuid ^- Oust. Ois. Chiiie, 

 p. 205, pi. 62 (1877). 



Adult. Back and rump olivaceous ; upper aspect of the tail and 

 the wings strongly washed with ashy ; top of the head earthy 

 brown, with a grey tinge on the forehead and a superciliary streak 

 of brown extending from the lores to the nape ; a white ring round 

 the eye ; upper part of the throat covered with a band of brown 

 colour ; feathers of the cheeks brown, bordered with grey ; rest of 

 the underparts earthy brown, slightly shaded with violet on the 

 breast ; " bill yellow ; feet greenish grey ; iris whitish. Total 

 length 7'9 inches, tail 3"L)5, wing 3-55, tarsus 1*3. {David Sf 

 Oustalet.) 



Bab. Moujnn, Western China. 



38. CINCLORHAMPHUS. 



Type. 



Cinclorhamphus, Gould, P. Z. S. 18-j7, p. 150 C. cruralis. 



Ptenoedus, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 39 (1850) C. rufescens. 



Range. Australia. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Larger : throat and belly blackish ; upper tail-coverts 



ashy brown cruralis, p. 498. 



h. Smaller : throat and belly whitish ; upper tail-coverts 



rufous rufescens, p. 500. 



1. Cinclorhamphus cruralis. 



Megalin-us cruralis, Vig. ^- Horsf. Trans. Linn. Sac. xv. p. 228 



(1820). 

 Cinclorhamphus crurahs, Gotdd, P. Z. 8. 1837, p. loO ; Gh-ai/, Gen. 



B. i. p. 168 (1848); Gould, B. Amtr. fol. iii. pi. 74 (1848) ; Bp. 



Comp. i. p. 279 (1850); Reichenh. Vog. Neuholl. p. 82 (1850); 



Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 394 (1865) ; Grag, Ilund-l. B. i. 



