6. XENOPIROSTEIS. 



Xenoph-ostrisdamii, //«;•</. roV/.iT/«f/ar/ T. TOO. /^,.„ ,-,-n 



silky Mhite feathers; tail-fcfthersda?k ^mV ' '^^ " ^'^ 



the least wing-covert; black S a nSow etif'^of T'' ^'^''^' 

 greater coverts and quills Vre like thrhfof^ .^ ^IT^, ^?'°' 

 and inner webs- head ind h,n,l t /^^ back with black bases 



7-4 inches, eulmen 1 wino- zi-Q^; * -i o I^ K>^<^ineg(i). iotal length 



above, the head aloM glossy black a frenf,^ TT ,1^ ^"^ 

 m front of the eve ehnel-. .J .' , ! ^°°''' '»'■'''. fcathere 



of bo<„ Jti ;?tLtthrS:„f ,"r*'o°"',h:'r "f -,?-"■» 

 ~«s.";ar^-;rti^/-r'"«^^^^^^^^^^^ 



-^«6. Madagascar. 



4. Xenopirostris pachycephaloides. 



Clytorliyncbus pachycephaloides, D. G. FMiot P 7 fi iR^n o ,-. 



pi. 19; Lm/ard, ife ]879 n lin r -T' T/. ' ^^'0, p. 242, 



^. L. LayLl, ii^, 1880, p. ^291 ' ^'''''■"'"' ^^"' ^^'^' P" ^^^^ ;' 



Adult male. General colour above, head, and scapulars d.rV ,- f 



brown; wing-coverts and qmlls brownik blS w h t f^ 



web margined with li"-hter rprlrlicl^ k, oiacK, witii the outer 



blackish, and the outerid^e I" T' 1''™'"^^ ^ ^'^^le more 



brown ; 'the ioj^^l^^^^^^^^^^ 



outer ones just tipped with Xe tL nth. > ^^ '-^ ^'°^"' ^^^ 



more tippe;! whife! so that Th term l^ tW ^0^7 ".°" ^"' 



has both the outer and inner web eithU lite t ^^^r pair 



brown, a little brighter nearer the bilf « .1 Tf ' ^""^ ''^°"'- 



whole under surface of thrSv Ho-i. 1 . ?' ear-coverts; the 



becomes more reddish nearer Lfhe/''i"'"^r^' ^^^^^ ''^^^^^ 



tail-coverts ; under wLeove^rVf ^'''^.k^ abdomen, and under 



white ; feet silvery grey, soles vellow • it' f > .°^ '""^'' ^^"^^^ 



{Laiiard). ** ' ^ ^''"^ ' ^'^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ fawn-coloured " 



The sexes are alike in i^lumage 



