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belonging to an iindescribed genus and species. He charac- 

 terized tliem as follows : — 



Dammekia, gen. n. (Muscicapidse) . 



Remarkable for its strongs high, and arched beak, with 

 large nostrils plainly to be seen in front of the stiff, short 

 frontal plumes, which are continued on the beak to the 

 nostrils. In the well-developed wing the fiftli primary is 

 the longest, the first a little more than half the length of the 

 second. Tail composed of 12 feathers, rather more than 

 two-thirds of the length of the wing ; rectrices about equal in 

 length, slightly pointed at the tips. Metatarsus long, longer 

 than the middle toe with claw, covered in front with a lamina 

 which shows some two or three divisions only near the toes. 

 Sexes dissimilar in coloration. 



Dammeria henrici, sp. n. 



Adult male. Above dark slaty blue ; lores and feathers of 

 the forehead darker, nearly black. Above the lores, from the 

 eye to nearly the middle of the forehead, a line of pure white 

 feathers, similar to that found in many species of the geaus 

 Brachypteryx. Under surface dark slaty blue ; chin darker, 

 almost black ; in the middle of the throat a white, sometimes 

 concealed, patch. Feathers of the chest and breast with 

 narrower or wider longitudinal white spots near the tips ; 

 those of the belly and sides of rump tipped with white ; 

 under tail-coverts nearly black with white patches. E-emiges 

 brownish grey towards the bases of the inner webs ; under 

 wing-coverts slate-colour, partly tipped with white. Iris 

 brown, bill black, feet blackish plumbeous. Total length 

 about 130 mm., wing 68-69, tail 50, metatarsus 20, culmen 

 from forehead about 15, bill from end of nostril to tip 7. 



Adult female. Above olive with a rusty wash; a buff 

 superciliary line from the forehead to above the eye. 

 Remiges olive-brown, outer webs edged with rusty brown, 

 pale brown towards the base of the inner webs. Ear-coverts 

 with pale shaft-lines. Under surface rusty buff, brighter on 

 the throat and chest, and washed with olive on the sides and 



