148 MCSCICAPID-E. 



the entire throat and upper breast dark rifle-green, the chin and a 

 spot on the fore part of the cheeks white. 

 Hob. South-eastern xifrica. 



a,b. [ c? 2 ] ad. sk. Zambesi. Dr. Kirk [C.]. 



9. NEWTONIA. 



Newtonia, Schlegel S,- PuUen, Faun. Mcuhnj. p. 101 Type. 



(1868) N. bnmneicauda. 



Wing of Newtonia hnmncicauda. 

 lianye. Confined to Madagascar. 



1. Newtonia briuineicauda. 



Ervtlirostenia bruuueicauda, A. Newton, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 180 ; U. 



Neidon, Ibis, 18G3, p. 347. 

 Newtonia brunneicauda, Schl. P. Z. S. 18C6, p. 422 ; Schl. ^- Poll. 



Faun. Madag. p. 101, pi. 18. fig. 3 ; Grandid. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 



1867, p. 38o; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 392; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 42, 



no. 390; Hartl. Vog. Madag. t^. 170 ; CoUett, Christ. Vid.-Selsk. 



Forhandl. 1877, p. 6. 

 Pratincola avborea, Gray, Ha7ui-l. B. i. p. 228, no. 3280 (e.v Pollen, 



MSS.). 

 Muscicapa bruuneicauda, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 323, no. 4846. 

 Saxicola arborea, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 392, footnote. 



Adult male. General colour above ashy brown, the wing-coverts 

 uniform with the back ; primary-coverts dark brown ; quills dark 

 brown, the feathers edged with light brown ; tail ashy brown, the 

 centre feathers greyer ; lores ashy whitisb ; sides of face and ear- 

 coverts ashy brown like the back, the ear-coverts with whitish shaft- 

 lines ; under surface of body white ; the lower throat, chest, and 

 flanks pale fulvous, deeper on the latter, which are also shaded with 

 ashy brown internally ; iinder wing-coverts and axillarics light buff, 

 with which colour the quills are edged along the inner web ; " iris 

 yellowish white, tarsus greyish slate-coloiir" {Grandidier). Total 

 length 4-1 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2-] 5, tail 1-7, tarsus 0-75. 



Bab. Madagascar. 



