86 REVISION OF THE GENUS TURDINUS 



Crateroscelis murina Sharpe, Cat. B. VII, p. 590 (1883); Salvad. 

 Aggiunte, p. 135 (1890). 



Hab. New Guinea, Waigiou, Salawati and Mysol. 

 A great series, amongst which the typical specimens, 

 in the Leyden Museum. 



2. Crateroscelis monacha. 



Alcippe monacha Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, pp. 175 and 191. 

 Crateroscelis monacha Sharpe, Cat. B. VII, p. 591 (1883); Salvad. 

 Aggiunte, p. 135 (1890). 



Hab. Aru Islands. 



One specimen in the Leyden Museum. 



Genus A.mawrocic'hla. 



Type: The only species of the genus. 



Similar to Crateroscelis, but distinguished by the shape 

 of the wing, the first primary being nearly as long as the 

 second. Bill as long as head, rictal bristles absent, tail- 

 feathers somewhat acuminate (Sharpe). 



1. Amaurocichla Bocagei. 



Amaurocichla Bocagei Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 228. 

 Hab. Island of St. Thomas, West- Africa. 



Genus Trichostotna. 



Type: Trichostoma rostratum Blyth , Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XI, 

 p. 795 (1842). 



Amongst the plain-colored birds of the present group 

 this genus is distinguished by having the tail about twice 

 as long as the tarsus, surpassing a little the outstretched 

 feet. Upper surface olive-brown or olive-green , superci- 

 liary stripe indistinct or wanting. Wing about once and a 

 half to once and a fourth the length of the tail, bill 

 slender , never higher than broad , nasal aperture linear , 

 rictal bristles well-developed , reaching as far as , or even 

 beyond the nostrils , when directed forward. — Six species. 



Range. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and Celebes. 



Notes from the Leyden ]Museuxn, Vol. XVII. 



