AND ALLIED GENERA. 



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Rchw. Orn. Centrbl, 1879, p. 155, is afterwards (J. f. 0. 

 1891 , p. 219) declared by the same author to be a Ca- 

 lamocichla and still later united by Sharpe (Ibis 1892, 

 p. 154) with Calamonastes. 



Genus Ophrydomis , n. g. 



Type: The only species of the genus. 



Bill slender, but broader than high at the nostrils, and 

 much shorter than the head , nasal aperture placed obliquely 

 in front of the nasal groove, rictal bristles very rigid and 

 long, reaching far beyond the nostrils, tail rounded, not 

 much graduated, much shorter than the wing, which is 

 very long for the size of the bird , and twice and a quarter 

 of the length of the tarsus; this latter and the toes very 

 thin and slender. Centre of breast and abdomen and a 

 distinct eyebrow, beginning at the base of the nostrils and 

 ending above the hind angle of the eye, pure white, the 

 feathers of the fore-part of the eyebrow rigid, erect and 

 somewhat lengthened , a few of them rusty yellow. This 

 genus differs from Malacopteron by a quite other propor- 

 tion between tarsus and tail, by the shorter and broader 

 bill and by the white, peculiarly shaped eyebrow. 



1. Ophrydomis alhigularis. 



Setaria alhigularis Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bang. XIII, p. 385(1844); 



Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 232 (1874). 

 Malacopterum alhigulare Sharpe, Cat. B. VII, p. 568 (1883); Everett, 



Journ. Straits Branch R. As. Soc. 1889, p. 106. 



Hab. Malacca and Borneo. 



Four specimens from Borneo in the Leyden Museum. 



Genus Malacopteron. ^). 



Type: Malacopteron magnum Eyt. P. Z. S. 1839, p. 102, 



Bill long and rather stout, not fully as long as the 



1) Setaria cinereicapilla (Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 234) is mentioned in a foot- 

 Notes from the Leyden ÜMuseum, Vol. XVII. 



