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with black, tail much rounded, with a dark sub- 

 terminal bar Brachi/podius. 



C. Tarsus shorter than culmen, rump-feathers stiff and 

 very long, almost entirely reaching the tips of upper 

 tail-coverts Microtarsus. 



Genus Spizicvus Blyth. 



Type: Spizixos canifrons Blyth. 



Bill stout, not pycuonotine, culmen very strongly cur- 

 ved, yellow, nostrils hidden by dense plumes, nasal aper- 

 ture circular, tarsus longer than culmen , wing longer than 

 tail, this latter nearly square, general color green, tail 

 broadly tipped with black. — Three species known. 



Range. Assam, China and Formosa. 



Key to the species. 



a. Crest longer than tarsus, ear-coverts brown , not strea- 

 ked with white canifrons. 



b. Crest shorter than tarsus, ear-coverts streaked with 

 white. 



a'. Crown black, hind neck gray semitorques. 



b' . Crown gray like hind neck cinereicapillus. 



1. Spizixus canifrons. 



Spizixus canifrons Blyth, J. A. S. Bang. XIV, p. 571 (1845); Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. VI, p. 172 (1881); Gates, B. Br. Ind. I, p. 280 (1889); 

 Baker, J. Bomb. N. H. Soc. VII, pi. I , fig. 1 (1892). 



Hab. Assam. 



Two specimens, said to be from Nepal. 



2. Spizixus semitorques. 



Spizixus semitorques Swinh. Ibis 1861, p. 266; Sharpe, Cat. B. VI, 

 p. 173 (1881). 



Hab. China. 



One specimen, collected by Swinhoe. 



3. Spizixus cinereicapillus. 



Spizixus cinereicapillus Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 370; David & Oust. 

 Ois. Chine, p. 144 (1877); Sharpe, Cat. B.VI, p. 173 (1881). 



Notes from tlie Leyden Museum , Vol. X"VII. 



