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bird should prove a distinct species, I would suggest the name ot" 

 Sutoria agilis for it. 



Weight of the male 2y drachms. 



Length from bill to tail 5j inches. Alar extent 6y inches. 



Head : bill long, slender and curved towards the point. Culmen 

 slightly divides the frontal feathers, and is nearly on a line vnth the 

 top of the head : there is an almost obsolete notch at the end of the 

 upper mandible. Tongue short, slightly extensible, and divided into 

 several filaments at the point. Gape wide, commissure under the 

 eye ; a small denuded spot above the commissure. Nostrils basal, 

 pyriform, under a tegument ; some small bristles and feathers re- 

 flexed from the canthus of the eye towards the bill and over the 

 nares. Eyes small. Iris greenish yellow. Eyelashes edged with 

 small feathers. Eyelids bare. Four remarkable (but inconspicuous) 

 bristles, like feathers, project from the back part of the occiput. 



Wings short and perfectly rounded ; first quill only half as long as 

 the second ; fourth and fifth quills are longest ; the second, third 

 and fourth graduated ; the first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh 

 quills are emarginate on the outer web. 



Tail of twelve graduated feathers, the two outer being the short- 

 est ; under- coverts are long. 



Legs long, the tarsus |^ths of an inch ; the outer toe longer than 

 the inner. Hallux very strong, and as long as the outer toe, with a 

 large pad beneath the base, its claw the largest ; the tarsus is co- 

 vered with seven scales in front and one entire behind ; two large 

 scales lie across the front of the foot ; the claws are curved and 

 sharp. 



Contents of stomach a mass of insect exuviae. 



Colours : all above dull green, tinged with ash, light brown towards 

 the end of the tail and quills, which are lighter on the edges. Two- 

 thirds of the front breadth of the neck, round the eye, the breast, 

 belly and thighs (except a chestnut spot on the hallux) are silver- 

 white ; there is, besides, a remarkable spot on the neck, of a brown 

 colour, as if the white feathers had been deranged, showing the 

 roots of a different colour. Bill ash-brown or horn-colour, the 

 lower jaw lighter, and both lighter on the edges, as also are the 

 legs and claws of the same colour ; forehead of a fine chestnut ; 

 crown of olive-brown. 



3. Notes on a new species of Artamus, from India. 

 By Dr. Nicholson. 



(Aves, PI. XLIII.) 



These birds are only found in very thick jungles among the brush- 

 wood, where they are always moving about, and are shot with great 

 difficulty, and even then, if not killed outright, they are so tenacious 

 of life, that they creep into the first hole or crevice they come to. 

 The only note I ever heard was like * chick, chick.' I think they 



