Compendium der neu beschriebenen Gattungen und Arten. 439 



(exactely as in P. minimus). Upper parts liglit plumbeous-gray, 

 in very marked and abrupt contrast with the brown of the nape. 

 Bill, legs, and feet deep blacl:. Wing 2; tail 2,30; the outer fea- 

 ther 0,50; of an inch shorter; culmen 0,20; depth of the bill at 

 base 0,12; tarsus 0,60; middle toe 0,30. 

 Hab.: Lower California. 



Fani. TIMELIIDAE. 



194. Aedonopsis n. g. 



R. B. Sharp e, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. Vol. 7 p. 68. 

 Typus: Cossijpha signa" i Sund. 



195. Anorthura pallescens. 

 Stejneger, Proc. Un. St. Nat. Mus. Vol. 6 p. 93. 



Above dull smoky-brown, the lower back, rump, and upper 

 tail-coverts distinetly barred with dusky; indistinct superciliary 

 stripe, lores, malar region, chin, throat, and sides of breast dull 

 pale brownish-buff; lower breast and upper belly dull brownish 

 white; sides, flanks, and crissum brownish-white, broaclly and dis- 

 tinetly barred with dusky. Wing 2,15; tail 1,60; culmen (from 

 frontal feathers) 0,50; bill from nostril 0,38; tarsus 0,75; middle 

 toe 0,55. 



Hab.: Bering Island. 



196. Anuropsis n. g. 



R. B. Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 7 p. 588. 

 Typus: Brachypteryx malaccensis Hartl. 



197. Argya hyperytlira. 



R. B. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. Vol. 7 p. 390. 



Similar to A. subrufa, but reddish brown instead of olive- 

 brown; the upper tail-coverts and tail dark reddish brown; ear- 

 coverts like the head; cheeks and under surface bright chestnut, 

 much deeper than in A. subrufa; forehead dull ashy whith black 

 shaft-lines, not distinetly hoary grey as in the last-named species. 



Total length 10 inches; culmen 0,85; wing 3,4; tail 4,3; 

 tarsus 1,35. 



Hab. : Madras. 



198. Bebrornis. 



R. B. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. Vol. 7 p. 102. 

 Typus : Drymoeca rodericana Newton. 



199. Galamocichla. 



R. B. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. Vol. 7 p. 131. 

 Typus : Galamoherpe Newtoni Hartl. 



200. Calamonastes n. g. i' 



R. B. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. Vol. 7 p. 333. 

 Typus: Drymoica fasciolata Smith. 



201. Cinclosoma mar ginatum. 



R. B. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. Vol. 7 p. 336. 



Adult male. Similar to C. castanothorax but distinguished by 

 the colour of its under tail-coverts, which are black margined with 

 white and washed with brown near the base; the breast-band also 



