23. KExoPiA. 573 



length 5"3-o-G inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2-75-3-1, tail 2-4-2-5, 

 tarsus 0-85-0-9. 



Hah. Central Madagascar. 



a. Ad. sk. Fianarautsoa, Betsileo. Rev. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



(Type of species.) 



6, e. Ad. sk. Fianarantsoa, Betsileo. Rev. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Betsileo. Mr. G. A. Shaw [C.l 



e,f. 2 ad.sk. Ankafana forest, March Rev. Deans Cowan [C.l. 



1881. 



(/.Ad.; h. 5 juv. Ankafana forest, March Rev. Deans Cowan [C.j. 

 sk. 1881. 



23. KENOPIA. 



Kenopia, Blyth, 1855 (teste Gray) K. striata. 



Range. Malayan peninsula and Borneo. 



1. Kenopia striata. 



Timalia striata, Bhjfh, J. A. S. Beiig. xi. p. 793 (1842). 

 Brach^-ptervx maculatus, Eyton, Ann. ^- Mag. Nat. Hist. xva. p. 228 



(1845); 'Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xv. p. 10 (1845). 

 Macronus striatus, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 210 (1846). 

 Alcippe striata, Blyth, Cat. B. Mas. As. Soc. i. p. 149 (1849) ; Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 260 (1850) ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 277 ; Horsf. ^ 



Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mas. i. p. 407 (1854). 

 Myiothera leucostipna, 8. Mull., in Mas. Lugd., undb 

 Turdirostris leucostignia, Bp. Consp. i. p. 218 (1850, desc. nulla). 

 Malacopteron leucostigma. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 317, no. 4732 



(1869). 

 Brachvpteryx striata, Giehel, Thes. Orn. i. p. 477 (1872). 

 Kenopia striata, Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 223, tav. v. fig. 2 (1874) ; 



Sharpie, His, 1879, p. 258; Hmie, Str. F. 1879, p. 61. 



Adult male. General colour above foxy rufous, prettily varied 

 with longitudinal white streaks down the centre of the feathers, 

 these markings being broader and more ovate on the hind neck 

 and mantle, gradual!)' becoming narrower on the rest of the upper 

 surface ; rump rather lighter rufous than the back ; wing-coverts 

 darker brown than the back, with very distinct oval spots of white 

 near the tip of each series ; primary-coverts uniform dusky brown ; 

 quills brown, the primaries lighter brown externally, the inner 

 secondaries more rufous-brown, the shafts faintly streaked with 

 white near their ends ; upper tail-coverts chestnut, with lighter 

 shaft-lines ; tail brown, with dusky cross-barrings under certain 

 lights, the feathers margined with rufous on the outer web, and the 

 outer feathers with a very narrow edging of white at the tip ; 

 crown of head black, with large ovate spots of white in the centre, 

 apparently disposed in two lines ; base of forehead and lores orange- 

 buff, forming a conspicuous spot in front of the eye, the feathers 

 round which are also washed with buff ; a tolerably distinct super- 

 ciliary streak of white feathers edged with blackish : ear-coverts 

 and sides of neck dull ashy white, the feathers edged with dusky 



