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rectrices graduated. Legs somewhat slender for the Timaliinc 

 group, with moderate feet and claws : tarse-scale divided. 



The type of this genus, in the shape of the bill, approaches 

 Pomatorhinus ; in the clothing of its nostrils it is an exaggerated 

 Garrulax ; in the sober uniformity of its coloration it resembles 

 Malacocercus, and in the comparative slenderness of its legs and 

 feet exceeds Leucodioj)terum. I should like to name the species, 

 in honour of its discoverer, 



Pterorhinus davidi, sp. nov. 



General plumage umber-brown ; the downy or basal half of 

 each feather bluish-grey. A short superciliary mark of brown- 

 ish-white passes over the eye, and some of the frontal feathers 

 are edged with the same colour. Cheeks and under neck pale ; 

 tibia, abdomen, and under tail-coverts deep umber ; a ring on 

 the tarsal edge of tibial feathers whitish. Chin black, giving 

 out divergent black vibrissce ; near the symphysis of the lower 

 mandible a few small whitish feathers occur ; and below the 

 black chin-spot the feathers of the throat are inclined to 

 whitish-grey. Quills brown, edged with greyish-white. Tail 

 umber-brown on the two middle feathers, deepening towards 

 their tips, where faint cross bars appear; the other rectrices 

 blackish-brown. Bill (in the dried specimen) pale ochreous- 

 yellow, brownish on the upper mandible except at its edges. 

 Legs and claws (of the same specimen) liver-brown. On the 

 ticket was inscribed in pencil "12 April, 1867 ; Pekin. ? adult. 

 Iris clear brown." 



Length of skin 9'2 in. ; wing 3-3 in. ; tail 4' 7 in. The first 

 wing-quill falls short of the longest by 1-25, the second by '7, 

 the third by '3 in. Outer tail-feather 1'4 in. shorter than the 

 longest. Tarse 1*2 in. 



The second novelty from Pekin belongs to the Drymoecina, 

 and seems to occupy a place close to Suyn, from which, however, 

 it differs in having twelve rectrices instead of ten. I do not know 

 to what restricted genus to refer it, and will therefore, for the 

 present, place it under Drymceca in its broad sense. The oc- 

 currence of one of this group so far north is so worthy of note 

 that I propose to name this bird 



