Compendium der neu beschriebenen Gattungen und Arten. 99 



albo circumscriptis ; subalaribus griseis; rostro brevissimo, 

 nigro; pedibus nigris; iride fusco-brunnea. 



Long, de l'aile 92, queue 49, bec depuis la commissure 11, 

 depuis les narines 4, tarse 8 Mm. 



Hab.: Nord du Perou. 



FAM. MUSaiGAPlDAE. 



Alseonax fantisiensis. 



K. B. Sharpe, Cat. Brit. Mus. Vol. IV Passeriformes 1879 

 p. 131. 



Similar to A. epulata, but witli a longer wing, though nar- 

 rower bill ; legs dark brown, instead of yellowish ; colour of 

 Upper surface dark ashy grey, with dark-brown centres to the 

 feathers of the head, producing a mottled appearance; the co- 

 lour of the Upper surface and of the sides of the body is more 

 of a cindery-grey than a dark-bluish grey as in B. epulata. 

 T. 1. 4 inches; culmen 0,4; wing 2,2; tail 1,6; tarsus 0,45. 



Hab. Western Africa, Gold-Coast districts, Gaboon. 



Cyornus poliogenys. 



W. E.^Brooks, Stray Feathers. vol. VHI, No. 6. Dec. 1879. 

 p. 469. 



Length about 6 inches; wing 2,75; tail 2,4; bill at front 0,43; 

 from gape 0,7; tars. 0,72; 3rd and 4th primaries longest, 2ncl 

 equal to 8th. 



Head greyish brown, sl^aded into olive brown of back; tail 

 reddish brown, and reddest towards base; sides of face and neck 

 greyish brown or rather brownish grey; this reaches to a little 

 beyond the ear~coverts; a broad stripe of dull yellowish white 

 from the chin to upper breast, where it is shaded into the deeper 

 dull buff or ochraceous colour of the breast and flanks; centre 

 of abdomen dull whitish including lower tail-coverts; wings dark 

 brown, wdth rufous tinge; bill black; legs and feet pale brown. 



Hab. Salbaree, Sikkim Terai. 



Niltava sumatrana. 



T. Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. Vol. XIV p. 201. 



Supernc saturate caerulea, fronte, superciliis et uropygio 

 laetioribus; lateribus capitis nigris, gula saturate caerulea, in- 

 ferne collare stricto caci'uleo laetiore marginata; gastraeo reliquo 

 laete rufo, alis et cauda dorso concoloribus, hoc laetiore; rostro 

 nigro; pedibus fuscis. Fem. superne brunneo-olivacea, pileo et 

 cervice grisescentibus, supracaudalibus et cauda brunneis; alis 

 fuscis, plumarum marginibus externis brunneis; gula brunneo- 

 olivacea, coUo antico inferne macula alba caelata notato; pectore 

 et lateribus cinereis; abdomine medio albo; subcaudalibus rufis, 



Long. tot. 0,155; al 0,084; caud. 0,070; rotri 0,010; tarsi 

 0,019 M. Hab. Sumatra. 



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