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wings 5; tail, beyond, 2f; ditto, base 5; tarsus 1^; hind toe 

 and claw 1. General colour drab brown, nearly as dark on 

 the body beneath as on the back : the front of the chin and 

 throat is lighter, almost Isabella brown, gradually deepening 

 downwards to the colour of the body : tail and wings like the 

 back, the former broad and much rounded ; quills very broad, 

 the basal half of all the primaries, and also the inner covers, 

 rufous or cinnamon ; a small spot of the same is on the tip of 

 the chin . bill short, straight, and rather thick. Sixth and 

 seventh quill longest : lateral claws almost even. 



32. Megalurus isabellinus. 



Light brown, striped with blackish above : Isabella 

 beneath : middle of the throat and breast white : tail 

 and wings with transverse dark shades : bill and feet 

 pale. 



Inhabits India. Mus. Nost. 



Total length 8i inches ; bill, gape fg ; ditto, front fj^ ; wings 

 2^, reaching only to the base of the tail ; tail 4 ; tarsus 1^ ; 

 hind toe and claw f^ ; middle ditto f^ ; inner toe shorter than the 

 outer. Form and habit of Meg. jMlustris, Horsf. , but smaller; 

 the tail narrower ; the wings shorter ; terlials not lengthened, 

 nor edged with any light colour ; head and nape strongly 

 striated with black ; belly white ; no white on the sides of 

 the head; wings very short; the fourth quill longest. 



S3. Grvllivora magnirostra. 



Glossy black: body beneath, 

 stripe on the wings, and the 

 four external pair of the tail 

 feathers pure white. Bill large, 

 thick ; the culmen straight, 

 and the tip much hooked. 

 (///.46.«) 



Inhabits I ndia.^ Mus. Nost. 



Total 

 front ^ : 



length 8 inches ; bill, 

 wings 3fjj ; tail, beyond, 



U ; base 4 ; tarsus l-^^ 

 and claw 1. 



middle toe 



34. Gryllivora intermedia. 



Glossy black: body beneath, stripe on the win 



u 2 



