4GG Miscellaneous. 



with those of the Australian genus Myotheles. The bill is strong, 

 with the nostrils situated like those of Butrachostomus, and of simi- 

 lar form. 



These characters induce the proposal of a new division for this 

 remarkably curious species, under the appellation of Otothrix. 



Otothrix hodgsoni. 



Head black, each feather banded and slightly margined with ru- 

 fous-white ; the back and wing-coverts ferruginous, mottled with 

 black, and varied with occasional blotches of white ; the quills, 

 secondaries, and tertials brownish-black, marked on the outer and 

 inner margins with blotches of rufous-white ; tail ferruginous, 

 speckled with black, obliquely banded on each web with rufous- 

 white, which is irregularly margined and marked with black, and 

 tipped with black, slightly edged with white. Beneath the body 

 white, tinged in some parts with rufous, and each feather irregularly 

 marked at or near the tip with black. 



Total length lOf', wings 5£". 



Young bird. — Pale rufous, having each feather barred with black, 

 a band over the eyes crossing the forehead, and some spots on the 

 scapulars pure white. Under surface white, tinged with rufous, and 

 barred with brown. 



This remarkable bird is named after Brian IT. Hodgson, Esq., as 

 it forms part of the enormous collection of Birds made by that gen- 

 tleman in Northern India, especially Ncpaul, Behar, &c, many of 

 which were new to science. Some of these have been described by 

 Mr. Hodgson in the ' Asiatic Researches,' ' Journal of the Asiatic 

 Society,' &c, while others have been recently described in Dr. Ilors- 

 field's ' Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the East India 

 Company.' Not content with forming such large collections of 

 skins, he, at the same time, had them represented in a series of in- 

 structive drawings, introducing the sterna and other anatomical illus- 

 trations of peculiarities in their organic structure ; while many of 

 them also show the formation of the nests, &c, most of which par- 

 ticulars were hitherto unknown. These collections together form a 

 series of materials for ornithologists that has been but rarely equalled 

 by the collection of any other naturalist of late years. We are 

 therefore well warranted in designating this singular bird in honour 

 of Mr. Hodgson, as showing our appreciation of his labours in the 

 cause of ornithological science. 



Enicurtjs nigrifrons, Hodgs. 



Black ; upper tail-coverts, a band across the middle of each wing, 

 the base of the middle feathers and the two outer feathers of tail, 

 and under surface white ; the throat and breast mottled with black 

 and white ; bill black ; legs pale yellow. 



Total length 6", wings 2" 11'", tarsi 1". 



This species is easily distinguished from all the rest of the species 

 of Enicurus by the black forehead and mottled breast. — Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. Feb. 8, 1859. 



