11. MXSTACOENIS. 531 



11. MYSTACORNIS. 



Type. 

 Bernieria, pt., Gr undid. 

 Mystacoruis, Sharpie, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 392 , , , . . M. crossleyi. 



Range. Madagascar. 



1. Mystacoruis crossleyi. 



Bernieria crossleji, Grandid. liev. et Mag. de Zool. 1870, p. 50. 



Mystacornis crossleyi, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 392, pi. xxix. ; id. 

 Cat. Afr. B. p. 20 (1871) ; id. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 866 j Hartl. Tog. 

 Madag. p. 166 (1877) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 196 ; Milne- 

 Edwards ^' Grayidid. in Grandid. Hist. 3fadag. p. 345, pis. 121c, 

 122, 124 (1881). 



Adult male. Above olive-brown; wing-coverts like the back; 

 quills dark brown, externally olive-brown like the back, the pri- 

 maries a little more russet-brown ; tail-feathers brown, olive-brown 

 on the edges ; forehead bluish grey, extending on the sides of the 

 crown to the sides of the nape, whence it spreads a little on the 

 sides of the neck ; lores, eyebrow, and upper half of ear-coverts 

 blue-black, forming a band which is continued onto the sides of 

 the neck ; upper and under edge of eyelid white ; a broad streak 

 commeuciug at the base of the lower mandible, embracing the 

 cheeks, and extending across the lower half of the ear-coverts to 

 the sides of the neck, also white ; moustachial line, throat, and 

 fore neck slaty black, shading off into bluish grey on the breast ; 

 flanks olive-brown ; centre of abdomen white ; thigh-feathers olive- 

 brown edged with white : under tail-coverts dull white, washed 

 with olive-brown ; under wing-coverts like the sides of the body ; 

 quills dark brown below, lighter along the edge of the inner web. 

 Total length 6 inches, culmen 0*8, wing 2-7, tail 1-7, tarsus 0-9. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in wanting the black throat. 

 The base of the forehead and eyebrow are bluish grey ; sides of 

 face and ear-coverts white, the cheeks washed with oUve-brown ; a 

 broad streak of black above the ear-coverts extending to the side 

 of the neck ; upper ear-coverts tipped with black ; throat white, 

 somewhat washed with dingy brown ; fore neck and chest light 

 ashy grey, shading off into white on the abdomen. Total length 

 6 inches, culmcu 0*8, wing 2-9, tail 2-7, tarsus 0*9. 



Young. Differs from the adults in being rufous above, except on 

 the wings aud tail, which, however, are more russet than in the 

 old birds ; head and neck chestnut ; lores aud a broad streak above 

 the ear-coverts black ; sides of face and ear-coverts white ; cheeks, 

 throat, and underparts light chestnut, except on the centre of the 

 breast and abdomen, which are white. 



Hab. Madagascar. 



(T. cj ; 6, c. 2 ^'^- Saralalau, Madagascar. Mr. A. Crossley [C.]. 



sk. 

 d 2 ad.:e. Juv.sk. Noce Vola (A. Crossley). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 f. S ad. sk. Noce Vola, Xov. 20, 1869 F. D. Godman and 0. 



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



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