10 DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW SPECIES OF BIKDS. [1844-45. 



The Peninsular species, 

 G. relii/iosLt, Liune. 

 inches. 



Total length .... 8-,% 



Wing 5iT)- 



Tarsus liij 



Middle toe 1-nj 



Hallux 1 



Tail 2t^o- 



Bill from base .... 1 



„ rictal angle . . 1-^ 



The difficulty attending the description of species so apparently similar and yet differing so 

 materially in particulars, Avill, I trust, plead some excuse for any faultiness in the above remarks. 

 Should Cuvier's name of indica be found to apply to our common species or to the Malay bu-d, 

 I would propose that of intermedia for the species I have provisionally retained to G. indica. 



The outline of the bill given in Swainson's ' Synopsis ' agrees with our Peninsular species, 

 and is evidently meant to represent that of Linne's G. religiosa. 



CeBLEPVRIS CULMINATUS, n. sp. 



I received this species from Malacca, and it seems to differ from any that have as yet been 



described. General cast of the plumage iron-grey, uniform on the head, back of the neck and 



black underparts and upper tail-coverts lighter, speckled and striated with white ; black mark 



M d Journ ^^^m the base of the bill to the eye ; primaries slightly edged with white, secondaries more so ; 



Lit. & Sc. under surface of the wings uniform hair-brown without white ; two middle tail-feathers cinereous 



xiu.p. _. ^j.jj^^.jj^ tipped with white ; bill moderate, not compressed, and high. Bill and feet black. 



Dinwisions. inches. 



Total length 6-,^ 



Wing 3/„- 



Tail . 3^„- 



Tarsus yo 



Bill from base ^u 



gape y\,- 



MCSCICAPA BELLA*, n. sp. 



General dorsal aspect cobalt-blue, the head and shoulders of a ligliter and more brilliant tint ; 

 the blue on tlic back of the neck changing in some liglits almost to violet ; chin, tliroat, cheeks, 

 and breast dull blue-black ; lower part of tlie breast, the belly, vent, and under tail-coverts pure 

 white ; flanks dusky ; wings hair-brown beneath ; under shoulder-coverts light blue ; spurious 

 quill very short and dark, without any blue on the outer edge ; all the primaries excepting the 



• [^XantJiopijffia crjanomelcena (Tcmm.). — Ed.] 



