6. SCOTOCICHLA. 553 



1. Scotocichla fuscicapilla. 



Diymocataphus fuscocapillus, Bhith, J. A. S Bena Tvin r. rik 



(isslj. ^ ' ^"^"'■'^' ^'^'*- ^" ^^"9- ^^<'t- Hist. sii. p. 269 



Macronus fuscocapUlus, Gmj/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 319, no 4772 a869^ 

 S°^ '#o^ iuscicapillus, HoUMo. P. Z. \ 1873, p. 447 j S " 

 ^J'^. J'.lb.3,p.299,note; i^^^a, i5«, 1874, p. ibf 1875,5^ SI; 



PellomeumfuscicapiUum, Z.^^., ^. Ceylon, p. 509, pi. xxiii. fig, 1 



k\.it}l{ ^T'S "'^''"''. '''"'"''^ ^™^' ^tli fulvous shaft-lines to 

 the feathers of the mantle and back ; lower back and rump nSrm 



lTvT^"''r'' ^'^' '^' ^^^^ ^^^ ^th fulvous slS -^ rea™ 

 ome of them edged with reddish buff; quills light biwn ex- 

 ternaUy edged with reddish brown, the primaries rather Tor^ M- 

 vous-brown on the outer web; upper tail-coverts and tairShers 

 ohye-brown the latter tipped with rufous: head blackish tow^ 

 with shalt-streaks of rufous-buff ; lores, a narrow evebrow sides^f 

 face, and sides of neck vinous brown; entire uhder'smS of bodv 

 sienna-brown, the flanks, abdomen, and under tail-"overts rath^ 

 paler and more fulyescent; under wing-coverts and axillaries l£ 



edl ofTl ' •'^'^^' ^^f ^' ^^:°^" '^^^«^' ^8-^^ sienna-brown don. the 

 edgeot the inner web; "iris varying from light reddish to dark 

 red ; eyehd ohvaceous ; biU, upper mandible deep brown wiSi a 



thZT""' ^r'" fi^^'^-^^l«"^' l^g« and feet brownish fleskj toes 

 darker than tarsi; claws pale brownish" ( TF. V. Leqae) Tota 

 length 6 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 2-8, tail 2-5, tarsus 1?-^' 

 d^Vj"^^^ IS smaller than the male. Dimensions given by 

 Capt. J^egge for this species are as foUows :-Iength 6-4-6^ inches 



r°i.!"f ^' '"^ f'^--^^' ''''''' 1-1-1' -i^dle toe 7-075' 

 He also observes :-" There are two races of this little iird in 



is&;'lf the'f "" Pt~'^° '''1'' ^^^^^*"^8 '"^^ north of tie 



po?tion:t%t%;™'""^^ -^ --tral 



p"ng. Birds of the year have the iris browner than adults and 



the rump pakr than the back ; the drop-marks on the sides of the 



t^o::\^^r ""'^ '''°^*' ^^' *'^ *^' ^-^ ^^^^^^^- ^^^^ 



Hah. Ceyion, where it is widelv distributed. 



7. CROSSLEYIA. 



Crossleyia, Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 168 (1877) C. xalthophrjs. 



Range. Madagascar. 



