12 DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW SPECIES OF BIRDS. [1844-45. 



with tlie same colour as the back. Bill and legs black, the head ornamented with a long black 

 crest. As there are some discrepancies between my specimen and Mr. Eyton's short description, 

 Madr.Joum. I add the latter: — " Toto corpore purpureo-atro, sed pectore imo abdominoque albo." It will 

 iii'i '; 100 ^^ sf'^" t'^'i^ ^^^ expression " toto corpore purpureo-atro " does not altogether apply to ray 

 specimen ; and as mine is from Hong-Kong, it may probably be a new species, in which case I 

 beg to propose the specific name of clcgam. 



Limensions. inches. 



■H-- " 5 



U mg 'iTa 



iarsus To 



Hallux -fo 



Middle toe th 



Body of tail 4 



Bill from gape -f^ 



„ base To 



The two middle tail-feathers exceeded the body of the tail by 1-^^ inches. 



Genus BRAcnyrus, Sw. (Subgenus Ilcematornis, Sw.) 



H^MATORNis ATEiCAPiLLA, Vieill. Chinese Bulhul. 



I received this interesting species from Amoy, and have no doubts in referring it at once to 

 Swainson's subgenus Ilamatornis, and as one of the most typical forms. 



The head is black and subcrestcd ; the chin and base of the lower mandible the same as the 

 win^s, which are of a light hair-brown, deepest upon the quills ; the tail and back are of the 

 same tints, the feathers of the back being deepest in colour towards the shafts ; the lower end 

 of the tail-feathers is the darkest ; all, except the middle pair, are broadly tipped with white, most 

 marked on the underside ; the cheeks, throat, breast, belly, flanks, upper tail-covcrts, and thigh- 

 coverts are of a uniform dirty white ; the under tail-coverts scarlet ; the bill is black, distinctly 

 notched, and is strictly that of a Ilamatornis ; at the gape there are but few bristles : the wings 

 are moderate, the first quill is very short, half the length of the second, the third, fourth, and 

 fifth are graduated, the latter longest ; the legs are black and feathered below the knees, the 

 tarsus short and strong ; the anterior scales simple ; the lateral toes are equal, the middle toe is 

 shorter than the tarsus, the claws are compressed and pointed: the tail is more or less square, 

 and consists of twelve feathers. 



Caprimulgus pulcuer*, n. sp. The Beautiful Goatsucker. 

 Marlr. .Tonm. I received this splendid Goatsucker from Malacca, and having failed in finding a description 



^li p lul ^^ ^^^ approaching to it, hesitate not in describing it as new. 



Black and deep brown predominate tluoughout its plumage, though markings of tawny 

 yellow mingled with light brown are perceived on the belly and breast ; the usual white mark 

 on the throat is seen in this Nightjar, but no other white markings are found in its plumage ; 



• l=Lijncorim temminck!, Gould, Icones Avium, pi. 6, viih 'Walden, Ibis, 1872, p. 3G9. — Ed.] 



