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the name of Buteo holospilus. These, from the apparent vveakness of 

 their limbs, had hitherto generally been lanked among the Buzzards ; 

 although from the description of the couvageous habits of the Bachą 

 Falcon, the only one vvell known of the group, doubts had been ex- 

 pressed of the propriety of ranking them with that tribe. Mr. Vigors 

 suggested the subfaniily of Eogles as a niore appiopriate station for 

 them ; where, united bymany impoitant characters to Pandion, they 

 apparently led off by the length of their tarsi to the genus Limna'ėlus 

 ('Memoirs of SirS. RafBes,' Append. p. 648.) and others of the long- 

 legged Eaglea. The three species of the group were exhibited ; their 

 general similarity in colour and markings pointed out ; and their spe- 

 cific differences explained. These consist chiefly in si/e, the Hcemat. 

 holospilus being one-third smaller than H. Bachą ; while H. undulatus 

 considerabiy exceeds the latter. The first is spotted all over the body, 

 the second only on the abdomen ; while the third is marked by spots 

 on the vving-coverts, and by ocelli bearing an undulated appearance 

 on the abdomen, the breast also being crossed by undulating/ascitr. 



MusciCAPA MELANOPS. Mas. Miisc. UTiicolor Cčesio-coerulea ; regione 



rictali circumoculnrigue atris; caudd subtils fusco-atrd. 

 Fcem. miniis intense colorata ; viridisque magis qud,m ccerulea. 

 Species Muse. Indigo, Horsf. siniillima, ejusdemąue staturae : difFert 

 colore magis intenso, notaque capitis atra. 



TuRDUs ERYTHROGASTER. Mas. Turd. gTisesceuti'Cceruleus ; genis, 

 colli later'ibus, remigibusgue atris; pectore, abdomine, crissoguerujis. 



Fcem. Cinerascenti-brunnea, dorso inio obscure fusco fasciato ; colio 

 in fronte albescenti,fusco-brunneonotato ; pectore, abdomine, cris- 

 soąue rufescenti-albo undulatim notatis. 



Statura Turdi saxatilis, Linn. 



CiNCLOsoMA ERYTHROCKPHALUM. Ciūclos. supra cineraccum, sub- 

 tūs pallidius, colore rubro levifer tincfum ; nuchd maculis atris 

 semilunaribus grandibus, pectore gracilioribus notatis ; gulei notis- 

 que auricularibus nigris ; capite notague alarum castaneo-rufis. 



Longitudo 9^ unc. 



Myophonus Temmincku. Myoph. ater, azureo nitens, corporis in 



fronte plumis in viedio metallici splendentibus ; abdomine fu sco- 



atro ; capite suprd in fronte regionegue carpali alarum lazulinis; 



tectricibus alarum parce ccesio-albo maculatis;. rostroflavo. 



Statma. Myoph.flavirostris (rnetallici,Temm.), cui simillimus : difFert 



rostro graciliori, colore splendidiore corporis caudseąue, capitisąue 



verticelazulino. 



A species belonging apparently to the family of Merulidce, and to 

 that portion of it vvhich, from their long legs and short \vings and tails, 

 indicate their station to be on the ground, afforded an opportunity of 

 characterizing a form vvhich seems hitherto to have been unnoticed. 

 The length, strength, and arcuated culmen of the bill, and the length 

 and strength of the hallux, formed the most riistinguivshing points of 

 modification. 



