Compendium der ueu beschriebenen Gattungen und Arten. 43!> 



443. Merxila lionräilloni. 



II. Seebohm, Cat. JJrit. Mus. Vol. 5. Passeriformcs. 1881. 

 p. 251. pl. 15. 



M. Kinnisi (Blyth) apud Humc, Str. F. 7. p. 35. 



Ad. S' Head black, rest of tlic upper parts duU black, showing 

 only obscure traces of very dark slate-grey margins to the feathers, 

 whicli are sligbtly more conspicuous on the wing-coverts ; under- 

 parts very dark browu with traces of dark slate-grey raargins to 

 the feathers of the flanks; below and behind the eye is a bare 

 place. Bill orange. Legs, feet, and claws yellow. 



Wiug 4,7; tail 3,94; culm. 1,1; tars. 1,2 inches. 



Hab.: South of India. 

 -4-444. M er lila flavirostris Gray so ni. 



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

 1882. p. 12. 



Above grayish brown, slightly grayer on the nape, decidedly 

 ashy on primaries, upper tail coverts, and outer webs of tail- 

 featherS; the wing-coverts and scapulars yellowish brown or raw- 

 umber-brown ; lores dusky. Malar region^ chin, and throat, white, 

 streaked (except on chin) with brownish dusky; jugulum light 

 grayish brown, or brownish gray, indistinctly streaked with darker; 

 breast, sides and flanks, piain light brown or grayish ochre; 

 axillars and liniug of wings deeper, more reddish, ochraceous; 

 abdomen, anal region, and crissum, white; tibian light dingy 

 grayish. Bill yellowish, dusky at tip and on basal portion of 

 culmen; iris reddish brown; legs and feet dull yellowish in life. 



Wing 4,80—4,85 ; tail 3,90—4,00 ; culmen 0,80—0,85 ; tarsus 

 1,35; middle toe 0,80-0,90. 



Hab. : Tres Marias Islands, off coast of Western Mexico. 



445. Merula maxima. 



H. Seebohm, Cat. Brit. Mus. Vol. 5. Passeriformes. 1881. 

 p. 405. 



M. vulgaris? Jerdon. Ibis. 1872. p. 137. 



M. vulgaris, Selby apud Scully, Str. F. 1876. p. 99. 



Wing with the fourth and fifth primaries nearly equal and 

 longest, second primary intermediate in length between the sixth 

 and seventh, bastard primary 1,0 inch. Bill, legs, feet, and claws 

 dark brown. Plumage intermediate between young in first plumage 

 and $ of the year, and probably, had the first moult been com- 

 pleted, would not have differed in colour from the European species. 



Wing 5,85; tail 4,9; culm. 0,95; tars. 1,5 inches. 



Hab.: Eastern Turkestan, Cashmere. 



446. Peliocichla n. subg. 



J. Cabanis, Journ. Orn. 30. Jahrg. 1882. Heft 3. p. 318. 



Weniger lange und spitze Flügel. Schnabel gelb , hochgelb 

 bis orange gefärbt. Alle Arten sind auf der Oberseite düster 

 einfarbig (aschgrau, graubraun oder olivenbraun) und an der 



Gab. Journ. f. Ornith, XXXII. Jahrg. No. 1G7 u. 168. Juli u. October 1884. 28 



