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Brachypus GULARis. Brūch. flūvus, stipri oUvaceo tinctus ; ca- 

 pite auribusąue nigris; caudd oUvaceo-brunned ; remigibus brun- 

 neis. 

 Long. tot. 5-1- poli. ; alts, 4į-; caudce, 3^: rostri, ■§•; tarsi, į. 

 Rostrum nigrum ; pedes saturatė brunnei. 

 Hab. in India Orientali apud Travancore. 



More diminutive in size than Brach. dispar, Horsf., but nearly 

 allied to it. 



Genus Stenorhtnchus. 



Rostrum capite longius, gracile, compressum, subfornicatum ; 



mandibula superiore leviter emarginata, culmine in frontem de- 



pressissimum producto. 

 Nares ovales, apertae. 

 Alee breviusculae, subrotundatse ; remige Ima brevissiir.ž, 4tž lon- 



giore ; 5ta et 6ta 4tam subsequantibus. 

 Cauda mediocris, rotundata ; rectricibus decem ? 

 Pedes robusti : acrotarsiis subscutellatis ; halluce ungueąūe pos- 



tico fortibus, tarsum longitudine subseąuantibus, digito inter- 



medio brevioribus. 

 Plumce moUes. 



Stenorhtnchus ruficauda. Sten. suprd. sordidi saturati brun- 

 neus, rtifo caudam versvs tinctus ; caudd, secundariis, scapulari- 

 busęue saturatė rufo-bmnneis ; subtiis brunnescenti-cinereus, in 

 rvfo-brunneum ad latera vergens. 



Long. tot. 9-į-poll.; rostri, I4 ; aJce, 4-J; caudee, 3-f ; tarsi, 1. 



Rostrum nigrum ; pedes brunnei. 



Hab. 



As only one specimen of this bird has yet been seen, it is doubt- 

 ful whether it may not possess t^velve tail-feathers; but, after a care- 

 ful examination, Mr. Gould can discover no more than ten. 



Merula Nestor. Mer.fuliginoso-nigra; capite colloque sordidi 

 cinereis ; cauda tectricibus inferioribus maculd longitudinali fla- 

 vescenti-albidd notatis. 



Long. tot. 7-,: poU. ; rostri, 1 ; ala, 4^ ; cauda, 3; tarsi, H. 



Rostrum tarsiąne fla^d. 



Hab. in Nova Cambriž, Australi. 



This appears to be in every respect a true Merula. It is the first 

 of that genus that has been received from New Holland. It formed 

 part of Captain Sturt's collection made in the Murrumbidgee 

 country. 



Ianthocincla pectoralis. lanth. ferrugineo-cinerea; capite 

 supra oUvaceo-cinereo ; cervice lateribusgue ferrugineis ; plumis 

 aures tegentibus cinereis, rachibus nigris ; lined nigrd a basi man- 

 dibula inferioris aures cingente cum alterd pectus lunulatim cir- 

 cumdante conjunctdį corpore subtiis albo ; remigibus brunneis, 

 pogoniis eaternis cinereis; caudd rotundatd, basin versus olivaceo- 



