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Brachypus GULARis. Bruch. fluviis, siipr^ oUvaceo tinctus ; ca- 

 pite auribusque nigris; caudd oUvaceo-brunned ; remigibus brun- 

 neis. 

 Long. tot. 54 poll. ; alee, 4^-; caudcz, 3^: rostri, |-; tarsi, 4. 

 Rostrum nigrum ; j'jerfes saturate brunnei. 

 Hab. in India Oriental! apud Travancore. 



More diminutive in size than Brack, dispar, Horsf., but nearly 

 allied to it. 



Genus Stenorhynchus. 



Rostrum capite longius, gracile, compressum , subfornicatum ; 



mandibula superiore leviter emarginata, culmine in frontem de- 



pressissimum producto. 

 Nares ovales, apertse. 

 Ala breviusculse, subrotundatse ; remige Im^ brevissirr.&, 4tS. lon- 



giore ; 5ta et 6ta 4tam subsequantibus. 

 Cauda mediocris, rotundata ; rectricibus decern ? 

 Pedes robusti : acrotarsiis subscutellatis ; halluce ungueq\ie pos- 



tico fortibus, tarsum longitudine subsequantibus, digito inter- 



medio brevioribus. 

 Plumes moUes. 



Stenorhynchus ruficauda. Sten. suprd. sordidi saturate hrun- 

 neus, riifo caudam versus tinctus ; caudd, secundariis, scapulari- 

 busque saturate rufo-brunneis ; subths brunnescenti-cinereus, in 

 rufo-brunneum ad later a vergens. 

 Long. tot. 9-J- poU.; rostri, I4 ; alee, 44; caudce, 3-J-; tarsi, 1. 

 Rostrum nigrum ; pedes brunnei. 

 Hab. 



As only one specimen of this bird has yet been seen, it is doubt- 

 ful whether it may not possess twelve tail-feathers; but, after a care- 

 ful examination, Mr. Gould can discover no more than ten. 



Merula Nestor. Mer.fuliginoso-nigra; capite colloque sordid^ 

 cinereis ; caudce tectricibus inferioribus maculd longitudinali fla- 

 vescenti-albidd notatis. 



Long. tot. 7-1 poll.; rostri, 1 ; alee, 4-i- ; caudce, 3; tarsi, 1-J-. 



Rostrum tarsic^Q flavi. 



Hab. in Nova Cambria Australi. 



This appears to be in every respect a true Merula. It is the first 

 of that genus that has been received from New Holland. It formed 

 part of Captain Sturt's collection made in the Murrumbidgee 

 country. 



Ianthocincla pectoralis. lanth. ferrugineo-cinerea ; capite 

 supra olivaceo-cinereo; cervice lateribusque ferrugineis ; plumis 

 aures tegentibus cinereis, rachibus nigris ; lined nigrd a basi man- 

 dibula inferioris aures cingente cum alterd pectus lunulatim cir- 

 cumdante conjunctd ; corpore subtiis albo ; remigibus brunneis, 

 pogoniis externis cinereis ; caudd rotundatd, basin versus olivaceo- 



