276 BROAD-TAILED BABBLER. 



chief specific distinction, however, is the dusky 

 white margin of the feathers on the head, neck, 

 and throat, which from their semicircular form have 

 a very peculiar and distinct appearance. 



Total length, 9J; hill from the gape, 1^ ; wings, 

 4 T 2 o ; tarsus, 1^ ; hind toe and claw, T 8 ; middle 

 ditto, 1^ ; tail from the base, 4J. 



BLACK-CROWNED BABBLER. 

 Crateropus reinwardii, SWAINS. 



Above grey ; beneath paler ; wings and tail brown, with shades 

 of transverse darker lines ; head and ears black ; chin pure 

 white ; throat with dusky spots. 



Crateropus Reinwardii, Zool. Illust. ii. pi. 80. 



WHEN we first described and figured this bird in 

 the second series of the Zoological Illustrations, we 

 gave it as a native of India upon the information 

 of the Parisian collectors. Whether this habitat 

 may be correct or not we cannot determine, but it 

 is certain that the two specimens we have recently 

 received from Senegal are perfectly the same as that 

 we formerly described. 



This species, readily distinguished by the deep 

 black covering of its head and ears, is altogether a 

 larger bird than the Crateropus platycircus ; the 

 tail is longer, but the feathers are narrower ; and 



