200 NEWTONIA OLIVACEA. 



breast, the under wing-coverts and the edge of the wing; 

 thighs chestnut-brown; chin, upper throat and under tail- 

 coverts ashy white. Wing much rounded , first primary 

 about half the length of the wing , fifth and sixth prima- 

 ries the longest, about 2 mm. longer than the fourth, 

 third primary equal to the secondaries in length (in most 

 of our 1 1 specimens of N. brunneicauda the fourth primary 

 is equal in length to the fifth). The tail is composed of 

 12 feathers and strongly rounded. 



Color of iris not mentioned, bill black, bristles strongly 

 developed , feet (in the dried skins) leaden gray. Wing 

 5,1 — 5,3 cm.; tail 4,1; culmen 1,3; tarsus 2,1; middle 

 toe with claw 1,5; hind toe with claw 1,2. (Wing, tail 

 and bill of N. brunneicauda are equal to the same of the 

 present species, but the tarsus measures only 1,8, the middle 

 toe with claw 1,2, and the hind toe 1 cm.). 



Two specimens from Savary, N. E. Madagascar, collected 

 by Audebert (1878). 



(The wing in the drawing given by Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Br. Mus. Ill, p. 148, is represented as having the third 

 primary the longest, which does not agree with the num- 

 erous specimens of Newtonia in the Leyden Museum). 



Leyden Museum, November 1896. 



r>3^otes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XVlIl. 



