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5. Brownii. Mai. capite subcristato collo antico tectricibus ala- 



rum rectricibusque iiigris, dorso coccineo, reinigibus fusco- 

 brunneis. 



Tectrices supra nigrœ, inferiores fulvescentes. Rcmiges fusco- 

 brunneœ subtus pallidiores. Rostrum nigrum. Pedes ilaves- 

 centes. Longitudo corporis, 3-^ ; ala a carpo ad remigem 

 quartam, If; caudœ. If; rostri,f; tarsi, f. 



In honorent Roberti Brown, Armigeri, Societatuni Regice et 

 Linneana Socii, ^-c. Botanicorum principis, qui Museum Lin- 

 neaniim avibus Navce Ilollandia propriis pretiosissimis ditavit, 

 hcec species perpulchra nominatur. 



This species is very nearly allied to M. melanocephalus in the 

 general disposition of the colours. It differs, however, in the black 

 being more intense, and covering the whole of the under parts, the 

 tail being darker, and the size of the bird much smaller. The bill 

 also is black, which is of a pale-yellowish colour in the preceding 

 species. It is marked by ISIr. Brown, to whom the Society is in- 

 debted for the specimen, as having been obtained at the Bay of 

 Inlets, near the inner entrance of Thirsty Sound, Sept. 1802. 



6. Ex I LIS. Lath. MSS. ISIal. supernt rufo-brunneus, strigis 



latis fuscis oriiatus, subtus pallidior ; remigibus rectricibusque 

 fuscis, his apice albido. 



Capitis dorsiqne plumas in medio fuscse. Tectrices inferiores 

 rufescenti-albidaî. Ixectrices fusca% prope apicem albidum 

 saturatiores, brunneo-rufo marginatte ; subtus grisescentes, 

 macula nigra prope apicem albidinu instruct». Rostrum 

 pcdesque tlavescentes. Irides avellaneœ. Longitudo cor- 

 poris, 4 ; alœ a carpo ad remigem quartam, 1-V ; caudie, 1-/^ : 

 rostri, ^ ; tarsi, f. Longitudo corporis Fœminae, 3-^. 



Exile Warbler. Lath. Gen. Hist. vu. p. 136. no. \65. 



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