112 LANIID-E. 



Male. Total length 7-8 iuclies, culmen 0-9, wing 3"6, tail 3-4, 

 tarsus 0-8. 



Mr. Laj'ard's " two specimens difler somewhat from the type 

 described bj- Mr. Elliot ; both are larger, and then, again, only two, 

 instead of four, central tail-feathers are immaculate, the others being 

 all more or less tipped with white, which in the female is tinted with 

 isabelline colour." 13ut this whitish terminal tip on the outer 

 central pair of tail-feathers would have been worn off in a short 

 time, as is, in fact, the case in the specimens in the British Museum. 



Hah. New Caledonia and jS^ew Hebrides. 



a. S ad. sk. Dombea, June 20, 1868. E. L. Layard, Esq. [C.l. 



b. 5 ad. sk. New Caledonia. E. L. Layard, Esq. [C.]. 



PTERERYTHRIUS. 



Type. 



Pteruthius, Swaitis. Faun. Bor.-Amer., Birds, p. 491 



(1831) P. erythropterus. 



AUotrius, Temyn. PI. Col. iii. pi. .589. fig. 1 (1838) . P. flaviscapis. 

 Pterervthiua, Strickl. (1841). 

 Pterythrius, Cab. (1847). 



Bill short and straight ; culmen with a prominent ridge, curved 

 downwards at the last third, hooked and notched ; base of bill some- 

 what broadened and flattened out, the transverse section through max- 

 illa being therefore triangular. Nostrils wide, oval, pervious, in front 

 of a coriaceous groove, nou-operculated, partly covered by the long 

 nasal bristles ; rictal bristles weak. First primary shorter than half 

 the second ; tip of wing formed by fourth, fifth, and sixth primaries ; 

 outer secondaries equalling the second primary in length. Tail 

 graduated or square, equal to or much shorter than the length of 

 the wing. The scales covering the tarsus anteriorly frequently 

 fuse together so as to form one long scutum. The sexes differ in 

 plumage. 



Bange. The hiUy and mouutaiuous districts of the Indian Eegion. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Length of wing about 3'5 inches. (Pteeerythbius.) 



a. Back grey. 



a'. Innermost secondai'ies rich chestnut .... erythropterus, p. 113. 



6'. Innermost secondaries dull aoldeu < ' P' , V_ 



^ j cameranoi, p. 1 lo. 



b. Back chestnut; secondaries black rujiventer , p. 115. 



c. Back black flaviscapis, p. 1 16. 



B. Length of wing under 2-5 inches. (Allotrius.) 



a. Abdomen bright yellow. 



a'. Dark brown frontal band ; occiput olive. 



a". Centre of breast yellow a-nobarbus, p. 116. 



h". Centre of breast red-brown intermeditis, p. 117. 



h'. Forehead yellowish ; occiput grey inelanntis, p. 117. 



b. Underparts dingy white; crown grey xanthochloris, p. 118. 



