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three inner tertiaries having white shafts and margins. Tail 

 deep hair-hrown, the four outer rcctrices being tipped with 

 white increasing outwardly, and on the two outermost in- 

 cluding the outer web. Bill light brown. Legs, toes, and 

 claws brownish flesh-colour. 



Length about 5 inches ; wing 2*7; tail2'4; bill to gape 

 '55^ breadth at base "22 ; tarse '66. The tarse is thick, and the 

 hind toe and claw strong ; the other claws are smaller, cul- 

 trated, well curved, and sharp. 



Wing. The third quill, whicli is slightly longer than the 

 fourtli, is the longest in tlie wing ; the flrst is '45 shorter, and 

 the second *! shorter than tlie third. 



Tail consists of twelve broad, greatly graduated feathers ; 

 the fifth and sixth rectrices are nearly equal in length ; the 

 first is "72 shorter, the second '35, the third "2, the fourth "l. 



The two specimens from which this description is taken 

 were obtained in the Tingchow Mountains, about 100 miles 

 from Amoy (China). 



Family Brachy^odidae. 

 Ixus Andersoni, sp. nov. 



Crown composed of rather long, soft feathers, black, which 

 colour runs under the eye, and from tlie base of tlie bill forms 

 a short moustache. At the base of the lower mandible occurs 

 a minute blood-coloured spot. Upper parts light brown, very 

 pale on the cheeks. Throat and under-ncck white. A band 

 of light brown about half an inch in depth crosses the breast. 

 Tibials the same colour. Under parts cream-colour, tinged 

 with brown on the flanks. Vent light orange or golden yel- 

 low, a touch of the same appearing on the lower edge of the 

 wing. Wing-feathers deep hair-brown, margined with light 

 brown tinged with olive. Tail also dark hair-brown, narrowly 

 tipped with white, which soon disappears from abrasion of the 

 feathers. Bill and feet black. Iris deep brown. 



Length about 7 inches ; wing 3*4 ; tail 3*7 ; bill to fore- 

 head '53, to rictus "7 ; tarse "8. The sexes do not differ in 

 colour or size. 



I found this species common about Ichang, 1000 miles up 

 the river Yangtse (China). Dr. Anderson of Calcutta procured 

 the same bird on the western borders of the province of Yun- 

 nan, entering by the Burmese side. I saw his specimen in 

 the collection he sent to England with Mr. Blanford ; and as 

 Dr. Anderson procured the species before myself, I feel in 

 justice bound to dedicate it to him. 



