214 Zoological Society. 



rioribus et alarum inferioribus leviter brunneo-rufis ; rectricibus 

 brunneo-rufis nigro terminatis ; rostro pedibusque nigris. 



Long. tot. 9 unc. 5 lin. ; alae, 5 unc. 7 lin. ; caudae, 4 unc. 4 lin. ; 

 rostri a rictu, 1 unc. ; a fronte, 6 lin. 



Hab. in republica Equatoriana. 



Wings and interscapulars black, growing lighter towards the crown, 

 and greyish white on front and throat ; breast darkish grey ; outer 

 web of the last four or five secondaries broadly edged with white, 

 forming a white mark on the wing ; lower back and tail-coverts and 

 whole body beneath below the breast, as also under wing-coverts, light 

 brownish rufous; tail-feathers the same, but broadly tipped with black. 

 For the loan of this and the following species I have to thank Mr. 

 Edward Wilson, who received them from M. Verreaux of Paris. I 

 was at first inclined to refer both species to the genus Agriornis of 

 Mr. Gould, but having had through Mr. G. Gray's kindness an op- 

 portunity of examining the type of that form, Agriornis lividus* (Kit- 

 litz), I now consider them better placed in the present genus Tceni- 

 optera, with which they agree in all their distinctive characters. 



T^NIOPTERA STRiATicoLLis, Sclater. T. suprcL saturate futnoso- 

 brunnea ; uropygio paulultlm rufescente tincto ; superciliis ru- 

 fescente-albidis ; pennis cauddque nigris ; secundariis tertiariisque 

 leviter brunnescente marginatis ; infrcL leviter brunneo-rufa ; gut- 

 ture toto colloque albis nigro striatis ; rectricibus remigibusque 

 brunneo-rufis nigro terminatis ; rostro pedibusque nigris. 

 Long. tot. 9 unc. 5 lin. j alee, 5 unc. 3 lin. ; caudse, 4^unc. ; rostri a 

 rictu, 1 unc. ^ lin. ; a fronte, 7^ hn. 

 Hab. in republica Equatoriana. 



Above dark smoke-brown ; an obscure whitish line from the bill to 

 the top of the eye ; quill-feathers brown-rufous, outer margins and 

 ends black ; secondaries, tertials, and wing-coverts nearly black, mar- 

 gined with light brown ; beneath brown-rufous ; chin, throat and 

 neck white, with longitudinal striae of black ; tail-feathers brown- 

 rufous, the two outer broadly tipped with black ; the rest have also 

 the outer web black, except the two medial, which are wholly black. 

 This species is of the same form as the former, from which it may be 

 distinguished by its shorter and weaker beak, and the want of the 

 rufous colouring on the rump and upper tail-coverts, as also by the 

 conspicuous striae on the neck and throat. 



2. Notes on an undescribed species of Tailor-Bird. 

 By Dr. Nicholson. 



It may appear irregular to use what has been meant and applied 

 as a specific name, as a generic one, but then that name appears to 

 me to include, and to be indiscriminately applied to, two or three di- 

 stinct birds, as we may gather by looking at the accompanying 

 sketch, by the examination of the species described by Colonel Sykes 

 as inhabiting the Dukhun, and by reading the following description, 

 taken from Forbes, ' Oriental Memoirs,' p. 34. vol. i., under the 



* Tyrannus gutturalis, Voy. de la Favorite, Ois. t. 11. 



