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ZoOTHBRA*. 



Rostrum forte, elongafutn, subcurvatum, subcompressiim, cuhnine 

 elevato ; mandibuld superiori subemarginata, dente subapicali vix 

 decernenda ; naribus ovalibus, lateral ibus ; rictu vibrissis rigid is 

 nuinito. 



Alee subbreves, subrotundats ; remigibus prima brevi, secunda 

 multo longiore, tertia quarta quintaque fere aequalibus longissimis, 

 sexta his breviori at prima longiori, cseteris gradatim decrescentibus. 

 Pedes subelongati, subfortes, acrotars'm integris ; digitis anteriori- 

 bus subfortibus, externis ad basin raembrana connexis, internis liberis, 

 medio longissimo ; halluce elongate fortissimo, ungue forti elongato. 

 Cauda subbrevis, sequalis ; rectricibvs duodecim, 

 ZooTHKKA MONTicoLA. Zootli. sctturciti brunneci ; colli in fronte 

 notd longiiiidinali, pectoris notis parcis, abdomineque atbis, hoc 

 brunneo squnmatim notato; femoruin tectricibus, crissoque fuscis, 

 hoc albo maculato. 

 Longitudo corporis, \]^ unc. ; rostri, \-l-, alee a carpo ad apicem 

 remigis 4t8e, 6 ; tarsi, l4j caudde, 4. 



Petrocincla cinclorhynciia. Petr. genis, dorso, alis cauddque 

 itigris ; peciore, ubdomine, crisso, uropygioque rufis ; capite suprci, 

 jugulo, regioneque carpali alarum cano-lazuUnis ; macula alarum 

 alba. 

 Longitudo 6-| unc. 



This bird was observed to bear an affinity to the family of Merulidce 

 by the strength and Thrushlike form of tlie bill ; and l)y its general 

 character of form and colour to that portion of it which includes the 

 Rock Thrushes ; where it was provisionally placed, until more accurate 

 comparison of the species with contiguous groups determined its 

 station. Its bill was more that of the true Thrush, than of the Rock 

 Thrush. Its colours were those of Phcenicura ; under which genus it 

 was erroneously ranked by accident, on the plate. The bill is too 

 powerful to admit the species among the Si/lviada. 



Phcenicura frontalis. Phan.fusco-atra ; abdomine, crisso, uro- 

 pygio, rcctricumque apicibus, duaruin mediarum exceptis, rujis ,• 

 fronte lazuVuw splendente. 

 Longitudo, 5^ unc. 



Picus NANUS. Pic. superne fusco-brunneus, alis cauddque maculis, 

 dorso fasciis albis, notatis ; subtils albescens, fusco-brunneo late 

 striatus ; strigd superciliari alterdque suboculari albis ; capitis 

 fronte verticeque brunneis, occipile nigro, strigd gracili auriculari 

 coccined. 

 Longitudo, 4^- unc. 

 CucuLUS HiMALAYANUS. Cuc. corpore suprci rufo,fusco fascialo ; 



* The group seems to have many characters in common with Pomalo- 

 rhinus, Horsf. The strong and elevated bill constitutes the cliief mark of 

 separation. The alliance between the two groups may serve to indicate tlic 

 general affinities of the latter genus, whose place in the system has been 

 hitherto undetermined. 



