AYES. 511 



Sp. Meliphaga eircinnata, Merops circinnatus Lath., Merops iiovce Hollandim 

 Gmel., Philemon cincinnaHis Yieill. Gal. PI. 183, Cuv. R. Ani., id. ill., 

 Ois. PI. 26, fig. 1 . Black, with green and violet reflections ; with white, 

 loose plumules on each side of the neck, elegantly rolled in spirals. New 

 Zealand. 



Note. — On some other sub-genera, omitted here, cons. Gkay, Genera of 

 Birds, I. 



Phyllornis BoiE, Bill moderate, in some a little longer than 

 head, with ciilmen keeled, subcm-ved, with tip curved, eraarginate. 

 Nostrils basal, placed in a fossa. Wings with ten primaries, fourth 

 and fifth subequal, fourth longest of all. Tail moderate, even. 

 Feet short; tarsi somewhat thick, shorter than middle toe, covered 

 above anteriorly with a continuous scute. 



To the genus Phyllornis belong light-green bright-coloured birds of the 

 East Indies and the Sunda Islands ; Gmelin and Latham referred the 

 species known to them to the genus Tardus. Sp. Phyllornis aurifrons 

 Temm. pi. col. 484, fig. I ; — Phyllornis cochinchinensis, Turdus cochinchi- 

 nensis Gm., Buff. PI. enl. 643, fig. 3, Temm. PI. col. 484, fig. 2; — Ph. 

 cyanopogon Temm. PI. col. 512, fig. i, &c. 



Hypsi2)etes Vigors. (Is this its place?) Bill moderate, keeled, 

 emarginate. Wings with fourth and fifth quills subequal, longest 

 of all. Tail long, with point broad, emarginate. Tarsi short. 



Sp. Hypsipetes psaroides Vigoks ; Himalaya. 



Note. — Here also, according to Cabanis, should be referred genera Sibia 

 Hodgson a,TidYiihina Hodgs. {suh-genera, Myzornis, Polyodon and Ixulus); 

 Gray has placed Yuhina amongst the Luscinidce. 



Family XLV. Liotrichince [LiotricMdce Caban.). Primaries 

 ten. Wing-coverts short. Tarsi covered anteriorly with transverse 

 scutes, posteriorly and on each side with a continuous scute. Bill 

 compressed, mostly short, almost always emarginate. 



Cissa BoiE, Gray. (Species of Kitta Temm.). Bill shorter 

 than head, strong, emarginate, with culmen curved. Nostrils basal, 

 covered by plumes of forehead. Bristles at the angle of mouth. 

 Wings with fourth, fifth and sixth quills subequal, the fifth longest 

 of all. Tail somewhat long, graduated. (Feathers of back decom- 

 posed, long.) 



Sp. Cissa sinensis, Coi-acias sinensis Gm., Corvus speciosus Shaw, Buff. PI. 

 enl. 620; — Cissa thalassina Temm., PL enl. p. 401. 



