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Criniijer ffuiaris (Horsf.), {Ixos phaocephahs, Hartl. ; Trichopho- 

 rus caniceps, Lafr. ; Pycnonotus rufocaudatus , Eyton). — This is a true 

 Criniger, though the beak is rather wider than in the type species. 



Pį/cnonotus cyaniventris, Bl^th, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. (Malaco- 

 pteron aureum, Eyton) — The smaliest species of Pycnonotus with 

 which I am acąuainted. Mr. Blyth makes it the type of his genus 

 Ixidia. 



Pycnonotus melanocephalus (Gm.), {Ixos atriceps, Tem. PI. Col. 

 147.) — This seems to be the Ixos metallicus of Mr, Eyton, in which 

 case the length, eight inches. assigned by him (Ann. Nat. Hist. v. xvi. 

 p. 228), is probably a misprint, as the specimens before me hardly 

 eKceed six inches. 



Pycnonotus crocorrhous, Strickl., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. xiii. p. 412. — 

 A specimen before me has the vent pale scarlet, and is evidently the 

 Hamatornis chrysori-hoides, Lafr., Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 367, but is 

 other\vise identical \vith that formerly described, in which the vent 

 is ochreous-yellow. These differences may be sexual. It difFers 

 from Pycnonotus hcemorrhous of Southern India in having the ear- 

 covers and Io\ver parts nearly white, and in other respects. 



Myiagra pyrrhoptera (Tem.), PI. Col. o9Q. f. 2. (Muscipeta plumosa, 

 Blyth ; Philentoma castanea, Eyton.) — This bird is intermediate be- 

 tween Myiagra and Muscipeta, but the development of the uropygial 

 feathers aUuded to by Mr. Eyton is hardly sufficient to form a generic 

 distinction. It is probable that the long downy feathers of the lower 

 back and rump, which admit of being expanded laterally, likę an 

 umbrella, over the wings, and A,vhich \ve meet -svith in many distinct 

 groups of tropical Insessores, as the Formicariina of America, the 

 LaniariincB of Africa, and the Pycnonotina; ;ind TimaliincB of Asia, may 

 be a provision of nature against the violent and long-continued rains 

 of the torrid zone. The species of Flycatcher before us, and tlie one 

 ■vvhich follows, may, from their mode of life or geographical distri- 

 bution, be more exposed to rain than the other species of Myiagra, 

 and may be provided with extra clothing accordinely. 



Myiagra pectoralis, Lord Arthur Hay in ?>ladras Journ., March 

 1846. — This is another species, in which the dorsal and hypocliondrial 

 feathers are lengthened and thickened, even to a greater degree than 

 in the lašt, The whole plumage is uniform plumbeous blue, except 

 the lores and chin, which are blackish ; the flanks, which are streaked 

 with whitish ; and the inner webs of the remiges and rectrices, which 

 are black. Beak and legs black, the former strong, the rictal bristles 

 reaching two-thirds of its length. The first three remiges graduated, 

 the fourth and fifth equal. Totai length, 7į inches ; beak to front, 

 7 lin. ; to gape, 11 lin. ; height, 2į lin. ; breadth, 4J lin. ; wing, 3 in. 

 10 lin. ; medial rectrices, 3|- in. ; external ditto, 3 in. 5 lin. ; tarsus, 

 7 lin. A younger specimen is mai-ked with rufous on the wing- 

 covers, abdomen and lo\ver tail-covers. According to Lord A. Hay, 

 the above-described is the female, the malė having the breast claret- 

 coolured, a statė of plumage which I have not seen. 



