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the longest (tip l-'rukoi'. Tail \ erv lontr. composed of twelve 

 feathers and sli^-hiiy \vedt;e-':-liEipe(:. tlje middle pair being 

 about an inch lon<:':cr than tlie outer pair. 



1. PlTHECOPHAC-A JEFFEKYI, Sp. 11. 



Top of the head pale whitish buff with dark middles to the 

 feathers^, which are rather naiTOw and pointed, especially 

 those on the occiput. Arhich form a loi:g full crest. General 

 colour above ricl; brown, most of the feathers Avith paler 

 margins^ especially the quill -feathers and wmg-coverts ; tail- 

 feathers dark bro^vri, the two medi;,u pairs with wide dark 

 bands ; shafts of quills and tail-feathers creamy white ; under- 

 parts uniform creamy white, the thighs and long flank- 

 feathers with reddish-brown shaft- stripes. 



Total length about oo"0 inches; bill, greatest depth measured 

 from base of cere to ridge of culmen I'o^ from base of cere 

 to tip 1-5 ; wing 20*5 ; tail i5'0 ; tarsus 4"65 : middle toe with- 

 out claw 2'7 , claw (measured in a straight line from base to 

 tip) r45 ; hind toe without claw 1-8, claw 2"0. 



" Iris dull creamy brown, with an outer ring of brownish 

 redj the two colours melting into one another and not 

 sharply defined; face and base of bill dull french blue, tip 

 of bill black; legs and feet dull yellow; claws black. ^^ 

 (/. Whitehead.) 



2. Rhabdornis minor^ sp. n. 



Adult male. Differs from the male of JR. mystacaJls in 

 Laving the general colour of the upper parts reddish brown, 

 almost like those of the female, instead of dark greyish 

 brown, and the bill much sliorter. ''Iris reddish brown ; 

 bill black; feet dusky ^^ [J. IVhitehead). 



Total length 5-5 indies, culmen 0-82, wing S'l, tail 1 Q, 

 tarsus 0'7'2. 



Adult female. Similar to the female of R. nnjstacalis, but 

 smaller and with the culmen much shorter. From the male 

 of R. viinor it is only distinguished by the ear-coverts being 

 brown instead of black. 



