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described in the 'Proceedings' of the Committee (page 96) under 

 tlie name of Buteo Iiolospilus. These, from the apparent weakness of 

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

 although from the description of the courageous habits of the Baclta 

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

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

 suggested the subfamily of Eagles as a more appropriate station for 

 them ; where, united by many important characters to Pandion, they 

 apparently led off by the length of their tarsi to the genus Limnaeliis 

 ('Memoirs of Sir S. Raffles,' Append, p. 648.) and others of the long- 

 legged Eagles. The three species of the group wei-e exhibited ; their 

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

 cific differences explained. These consist chiefly in size, the Hicmat. 

 holospilus being one-third smaller than H. Dacha ; while H. undulalus 

 considerably 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 wing-coverts, and by ocelli bearing an undulated 

 appearance on the abdomen, the breast also being crossed by undulat- 

 ing/ascJiT. 



MusciCAPA 5IELAN0PS. Mas. Musc. unicoloT ccEsio-cccrulea ; regione 



riciali circumocularique atris; caudu subiits fusco-atra. 

 Foem. minils intense colorata ; viridisque magis quum carulea. 

 Species Miisc. Indigo, Horsf. simillima, ejusdemque staturas : difFert 

 colore magis intenso, notaque capitis atra. 



TuRDUs ERYTiiROGASTEU. Mas. Tiird. grisescoiti-ccsruleus ; genis, 



colli lateribus,remigibusque atris; pectore, abdomine, crissoquerufis. 



Foem. Cinerascenti-brunnea, dorso imo obscure fusco fasciato ; collo 



in fronts aU)escenti,fusco-brunneo notato ; pectore, abdomine, cris- 



soque rufescenti-albo undulatim notatis. 



Statura Turdi saxatilis, Linn. 



CiNCLOsoMA ERYTHROCEPHALUM. dnclos. supra chieraceum, sub- 

 tics pallidius, colore rubro levifer tinctum ; nucha maculis atris 

 semilunaribus grandibus, pectore gracdioribiis notatis ; gula notis- 

 que auricularibus nigris ; capite notaque alarum castaneo-rujis. 

 Longitudo 9-A- unc. 



Myophonus Tejijiinckii, Mijoph. atcr, azureo nitens, corporis in 



fronte plumis in wedio metalUce splendentibns ; abdomine fusco- 



atro ; capite supra in fronte reginncque carpali alarum lazulinis; 



tectrlcibiis cdarum puree ccEsio-albo maculalis : rostroflavo. 



Statura M ijoph.flavirostris {metallic}, Temm.), cui simillimus : differt 



rostro graciiiori, colore splendidiore corporis caudteque, capitisque 



vertice lazulino. 



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

 that portion of it which, from their long legs and short wings and tails, 

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

 characterizing a form which 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 distinguishing points of 

 modification. 



ZoOTNEKA. 



