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Genus PRIONOPS. Vieill. 



Prionops Talacoma. Front white, tinted with grey, top of 

 head dusky washed with grey, behind ears a transverse black 

 bar ; eyes surrounded by a naked yellow membrane ; back 

 shining blackish green ; beneath, and a collar round neck, pure 

 white ; quills black, the primaries towards middle white on 

 inner vanes ; and a broad band of the same colour extends 

 along the wings ; the two outermost tail feathers of each 

 side white, the two middle ones entirely black, the inter- 

 mediate ones black to wards quills, white to wards tips. Length 

 7^ inches. Inhabits the country between Latakoo and the 

 Tropic. 



Genus MERULA.. Ray. 



Merula Libonyana. Above grey with a faint tint of green ; 

 chin rusty white with a band of brown stripes from each 

 side of lower mandible ; breast pale ochrey-grey, sides of 

 belly and insides of shoulders an ochre colour ; centre of belly, 

 vent and under tail coverts pure white ; wings and tail brown ; 

 inner vanes of primaries ochre coloured towards quills ; the 

 tips of the three outermost tail feathers white. Length 9 

 inches. Inhabits the country about and beyond Kurrichane. 



Merula obscura. Above a dull grey-brown; chin and 

 beginning of throat dull white, marked faintly with narrow 

 brown stripes, rest of throat, breast, an4 flanks, grey-brown ; 

 centre of belly and vent an ochre colour ; under tail coverts 

 greenish brown, tipt with dull white, and some of them 

 striped in the course of shafts with the same colour ; wings 

 and tail brown. Length 10 inches. Inhabits the country 

 towards the sources of the Orange Eiver. 



Merula Litsipsirupa. Above grey, tinted with brown ; sides of 

 head and neck white, with an oval black ring behind each eye, 

 and a line of black stripes from each side of lower mandible ; 

 beneath white, the breast and belly variegated with closely set 

 oblong dark brown spots : quills and tail brown, the inner 

 vanes of former, except near tips, buff. Length, 8 inches. 

 Inhabits the country between the Orange Eiver and the 

 Tropic. 



Genus CRATOPCTS. Jard. 



Cratopus Jardineii. Above greyish brown ; the feathers of 

 the head, and of the~back and sides of neck, dark brown 

 in the course of the shafts and at the tips white ; beneath 

 brownish grey the middle of each feather of chin, throat, 

 breast, and centre of belly, clear white towards the point ; 

 wings and tail brown. Length 9 inches. Inhabits the 

 banks of Eivers beyond Kurrichaine. 



