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Genus Microtarsus, n. g. 



Rostrum fer& capiti aequale, altius qu^m latum, ad apicem incisum, 

 ultraque uares corapressum, ad basim setis arraatum; nares mem- 

 branacese, parvse, rotundatse. 



Tarsi brevissimi, superiore parte plumati; digit i debiles, extern! vix 

 longiores qukin intern! ; posteriores medios sequantes ; ungues com- 

 pressi, posteriores longissimi ; scuta tarsi indivisa. 



Ala mediocres rotundatse, prima pennarum spuria, secunda breviore 

 tertia, terti^ duabusque proximis inter se sequalibus. 



Cauda rotundata tectricibus superioribus mollibus et longis. 



Obs. The above genus is closely allied to Micropus of Swainson. 



Microtarsus mklanoleucos. Micr. ater, tectricibus primariis 



apicibus albis ,- rostro pedibusque atris. 

 Long. tot. 6+ unc. ; rostri, ^ unc. ; tarsi, 6^ unc. 

 Native name, Mirba tando. 



Genus Malacopteron, n. g. 



Rostrum ferh capiti aequale, altius qukm latum, ad apicem incisum, 

 ultraque nares compressum, ad basim setis armatum ; mandibula 

 inferiore ad basim tumida. 



Tarsi mediocres ; digiti extern! vix longiores quam intern!, poste- 

 riores medios sequantes ; ungues compress! posteriores longissimi ; 

 scuta tarsi vix divisa. 



Alcehreves, rotundatse ; pennis secondariis primarias fer^ sequantibus ; 

 prima pennarum spuria, secunda breviore tertia, quae longissima 

 est. 



Cauda paucarum pennarum composita, rotundata ; tectricibus supe- 

 rioribus mollibus et longis. 

 Obs. This genus is allied to Microtarsus in some particulars and 



to Brachypus in others : it agrees with both in the soft and downy 



nature of the tail coverts. 



Malacopteron magnum. Mal.fronte cauddque ferrugineis, nuchd 

 atrd, dorso strigdque transversd pectore, cinereis, alis brunneis, 

 rostro flavo. 

 Long, tot., 6 unc; rostri, -rV unc; tarsi, ^?^■ unc. 

 Fern, mare minor, capite nuchaque ferrugineo et atro maculatis. 

 Native name, Burong Map. 



Malacopteron cinereus. Mal./emina speciei preecedentis similis 



sed magnitudine multiim inferior. 

 Long. tot. 5-i unc. ; rostri, 5 lin. ; tarsi, 8 lin. 

 Brachypus entylotus, Jard. and Selb. Native name, Merfa. 



Brachypteryx nigrocapitata. Bra. vertice atro, genis cinereis, 

 guld albd, dorso cauddque brunneis, pectore abdomineque ferru- 

 gineis h6c obscurissimo ; rostri mandibuld superiore fuliginosd, in- 

 feriore flavd, tarsis pedibusque brunneis. 



Long. tot. 6^ unc. ; rostri, ^ unc. ; tarsi, IxV unc. 



Dicrurus Malabaricus, Steph. Native name, Chanwee. 



Obs. Die. (cratus of Stephens is the female of this species. 



Lanius virgatus, Temm. Native name, Burong Tana. 



