"The birds resemble in size and coloration the Ply-catch- 

 er genus Melaenornis , but the form of the wedge-shaped tail, 

 as well as the close sirailarity of the color to Aroydrus . indi- 

 cate a relationship to the brilliantly colored Starling, Lam - 

 protornithinae , and distingiaish the new genus as^wSll differ- 

 entiated and having its natui»al position in the system near 

 the Lamprotornit hinab. " 



"The bill is scarcely as long as the head, broader than 

 high. The nasal cavity is without feathers, and supplied with 

 a membrane with small, round, open apertures« Some very 

 weak bristles at the angle of the moutli. Wings moderate, the 

 third and fourth pinions the longest, the second and fourth 

 a llttle shorter, the first only 1§ mm. long, Tail longer 

 than wings, wedge-shaped, similar in structure to Lamprotornia 

 metallica." 



