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6. Mylagra latirostris. 



Above, entirely dark glossy cinereous ; ears and sides of the 

 head the same ; chin and throat rufous-orange ; the rest of 

 the under plumage white ; bill short and very broad ; tail 

 rounded. 



^odus rubicula? Lath. Supp. ii. 147. Moucherette a gorge 

 rousse, Paris Mus. 



BILL and legs brown ; outer and middle toe con- 

 nected as far as the first joint ; inner toe much the 

 shortest ; two outer tail-feathers very slightly tipt 

 with white ; plumage glossy slate colour ; the 

 throat, from the chin to the upper part of the 

 breast, is coloured like that of the robin, beyond 

 which the under plumage is pure white. 



Total length, about 6^ ; bill, gape, ^ ; front, -$ ; 

 wings, 2/5 ; tail beyond, 2 T % ; base, 2^. 



7. Mytagraflampes. 



First very short, bright yellow ; plumage above, and on the 

 throat and breast, deep black, glossed with greenish ; body 

 beneath white ; head with a lengthened pointed crest. 



Inhabits Senegal ? Mus. Paris. Total length, 

 6 inches ; bill, gape, 1 ; front, ^ ; wings, 3^ ; tail 

 beyond, ^ ; tarsus, T 4 5 . The general structure of 

 this curious bird, as already intimated, is very pecu- 

 liar ; but, upon the whole, I am disposed to con- 

 sider it the crested species of the sub-genus 



