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Genus Prionors. Vierll. 
Prionops Talacoma. Front white, tinted with grey, top of 
head dusky washed with grey, behind ears a transverse black 
bar; eyes surrounded by a naked yellow membrane; back 
shining blackish green; beneath, and acollar round neck, pure 
white; quills black, the primaries towards middle white on 
inner vanes; and a broad band of the same colour extends 
along the wings; the two outermost tail feathers of each 
side white, the two middle ones entirely black, the inter- 
mediate ones black towards quills, white towards tips. Length 
7+ inches. Inhabits the country between Latakoo and the 
Tropic. 
Genus MarutA. fay. 
Merula Libonyana. Above grey with a faint tint of green ; 
chin rusty white with a band of brown stripes from each 
side of lower mandible ; breast pale ochrey-grey, sides of 
belly and insides of shouldersan ochre colour; centre of belly, 
vent and under tail coverts pure white; wings and tail brown; 
inner vanes of primaries ochre coloured towards quills; the 
tips of the three outermost tail feathers white. Length 9 
inches. Inhabits the country about and beyond Kurrichane. 
Merula obscura. Above a dull grey-brown; chin and 
beginning of throat dull white, marked faintly with narrow 
brown stripes, rest of throat, breast, and flanks, grey-brown ; 
centre of belly and vent an ochre colour ; under tail coverts 
greenish brown, tipt with dull white, and some of them 
striped in the course of shafts with the same colour; wings 
and tail brown. Length 10 inches. Inhabits the country 
towards the sources of the Orange River. 
Merula Litsipsirupa. Above grey, tinted with brown; sides of 
head and neck white, with an oval black ring behind each eye, 
and a line of black stripes from each side of lower mandible ; 
beneath white, the breastand belly variegated with closely set 
oblong dark brown spots: quills and tail brown, the mner 
vanes of former, except near tips, buff. Length, 8 inches. 
Inhabits the country between the Orange River and the 
Tropic. 
Genus Cratopus. Jard. 
Cratopus Jardineti. Above greyish brown; the feathers of 
the head, and of the back and sides of neck, dark brown 
in the course of the shafts and at the tips white; beneath 
brownish grey the middle of each feather of chin, throat, 
breast, and centre of belly, clear white towards the point ; 
wings and tail brown. Length 9 inches. Inhabits the 
banks of Rivers beyond Kurrichaine. 
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