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Prinia icterica, Stiickl. P . supri jlavo-oUvacea, loris, superciliis, 

 genis, margine alarum, tibiis, caud(Bque tectricibus infernis Iceti 

 favis, mento, guld, pectore et abdomine albidis, pallide isabellino 

 lavatis, hypochondriis flavo-olivaceis, rostro nigro, pedibus rubris. 



This bird appears to belong to the šame group as the lašt, but the 

 beak is rather more depressed, the tail shorter and less cuneate, and 

 the tarsi rather longer. In all other respects their structures corre- 

 spond. They both have short rictal bristles and the nostrils are 

 large, oblong, and situated in a large membranous depression of the 

 beak. Possibly they may hereafter form a distinct genus of Mahi- 

 rincB, distinguished chiefly by the depressed form of the beak. 



Totai length 3| inches ; beak to gape 7į lines, to front 6 lines, 

 breadth 2į lines, height 1^ line ; -^ing 1 inch 11 lines ; medial rec- 

 trices 1;^ inch, external I inch ; tarsus 95 lines, middle toe 6į lines, 

 hind ditto 65 lines. 



Hab. Fernando Po ; June. 



Mr. Fraser adds : " Irides light hazel ; note tmeet, ttoeet, tweet, hop- 

 ping about the topmost branches of a small tree likę a wren." In a 

 sketch of this bird by Mr. Fraser the tail is erect, as in Troglodytes. 



TūRDINiE. 



CossYPHA PDENSis, Strickl. C. corpore suprli fuUginoso-fusco, 



remigibus fvscis, omnibus (la ei 2a exceptis) basin verstis mfo- 



ferrugineis, sed scapis fuscis ; rectricibus fuscis, tribns externis 



ntrinąue albo terminatis (qui color in rectricis extima pagonio 



externo oblique versus basin producitur), corpore toto inferno fer- 



rugineo, guld obscnriore. Rostrum atrum, pedes flavescentes. 



Seems to be a typical Cossypha, allied to C. reclamator (Vieill.), 



with ■which it agrees in all essential characters. The specimen above 



described is a malė, and was procured at Clarence, Fernando Po. 



Totai length 7| inches; beak to gape 10 lines, to front 7 lines, 

 breadth 4 lines, height 2\ lines ; wing 4 inches 2 lines ; medial rec- 

 trices 3i inches, external 3 inches 4 lines ; tarsus I inch, middle toe 

 and claw i inch, hind ditto 8 lines, lateral toes equal. 



Mr. Fraser adds that this bird " feeds on the ground ; when sitting 

 quiet in a naked bush it is \vith difficulty to be discovered. Irides 

 hazel." 



Pycnonotik-e. 



Andropadus latirostris, Strickl. A. corpore miprd. olivaceo, re- 

 migibus fuscis, extiis viridi-oUvascente, intiis albido, marginatis, 

 rectricibus f usco-brunneis, olivaceo limbatis ; corpore subtus olivas- 

 cente, lateribus menti, alce tectricibus infernis, et abdomine medio 

 stramineis. Rostrum corneum, marginibus pallidis, pedes ungues- 

 que pallescentes. Rostrum depressum, tomiorum dentibus obli- 

 quis 6 vel 7 utrinque ; iltis maxillc£ distinctis, mandibulcB subob- 

 soletis. 

 In this species the beak is considerably depressed and formed likę 

 that of a Muscicapa ; the teeth of the upper mandible are distinct and 

 reo-ular, but disappear about the middle of the beak. The lo\ver 



