Compendiiim der neu beschriebenen Gattungen und Arten. 427 



f~ 4 1 6. Mi in US gilvus Laiorencei. 



R. ßidgway, Proc. Un. St. Nat. Mus. Vol. 5. 1882. June 5. 

 1882. p. 10. 



DiÖering from thrue M. gilvus in much longer wing and tail, 

 decidedly smaller and slenderer bill, decidedly lightcr and browner 

 gray of upper parts, much less distinct light supcrciliary stripe, 

 and other details of coloration. From var. gracilis much less 

 distinct black wings, with less sharply contrasted light markings, 

 Upper parts browner, bill smaller and more slender. 



Wing 4,30—4,50; tail 4,y0— 5,20; culmen 0,65—0,67; tarsus 

 1,20—1,35; middle toe 0,80-0,85. 



Hab.: Isthmus of Tehuantepec. 



417. Pnoepyga rufa. 



R. B. Sharpe, Cat. Brit. Mus. Vol. 6. Passeriformes. 1881. 

 p. 304. 



Microura squamata Bp. Consp. gen. av. 1. p. 258 (nee Gould). 



Ad. S- Similar to P. pusilla; but every where more rufous, 

 especially ou the lores, forehead, ear coverts, and spot on the 

 wings, the latter being much more rufous in appearance than in 

 the Himalayaii bird ; a rufous eyelid also conspicuous ; underneath 

 white, with a tinge of fulvous on the breast, the feathers edged 

 with dusky brown; sides of breast mottled with dark brown 

 centres; sides of body rufescent brown, with a scaly appearance 

 caused by the rufescent ochre markings on the feathers which are 

 further edged with dusky. 



Tot. lg. 3; culm. 0,55; wing 2; tail 0,5; tars. 0,85, inches. 



Hab. : Java. 



418. Pomatorhinus Austeni. 



0. Hume, Stray Feathers. Vol. 10. 1881. No. 1—3. p. 152. 

 Like P. ochraceiceps, but with the upper surface olive brown 

 and the flanks olivaceous. 



Lg. 10,2; tail 4,5; wing 3,66; tars. 1,26; bill 1,47. 

 Hab.: Eastern Manipur, India. 



419. Sericornis fulvipectoris. 



E. P. Ramsay, Proc. L. S. NS. Wales. Vol. 4. Pt. 4. 1879. 

 p. 468. 



General color above earthy-brown, almost black on the head 

 and lores, browner on the outer webs of the tail ; wings, blackish- 

 brown, brown ou the outer webs ; all the under surface, fulvescent, 

 almost white on the throat, deepening into rieh fulvous (or light 

 cinnamon) on the ehest, breast, and flanks, and under tail-coverts ; 

 the centre of the abdomen white; under wing-coverts like the 

 breast; bill, dark brown above, lower mandible whitish; legs, light- 

 yellow. 



Total length 4,4; wing 2,4; tail 1,9; tarsus 0,95; bill 0,7. 



Hab.: Goldie River, 30 miles inland (Neu Guinea). 



420. Sphenoeacus intermedius. 



G. Shelley, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882. Pt. 3. p. 337. 



