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TRICH0GL0S81DAE, 



Tricho glossus caeruleiceps. -? a^*-, ^ ^-^.Kh-^^-^ , 

 Trichogiossus T. nigrigulari Gr. simillimus, sed minor et capite 

 omnino caemleo distinguendus. 



Capite toto caeruleo, striis laetioribus ornato; gula nigricante; 

 fascia nucbali lata flavo-viridi; dorso viridi; interscapulii plumis 

 intus fascia lata obtecta rubra ornatis; pectore summo rubro- 

 aurantiaco, plumis apicem versus distincte flavescentibus, margine 

 stricto nigricante; abdomine medio atro-viridi et rubro-vario; late- 

 ribus rubris, plumarum marginibus viridibus; abdomine imo, tibiis 

 et subcaudalibus tlavo-viridibus, plumarum apicibus viridibus; alis 

 superne viridibus; remigibus pogonio interno basin versus lata üavis; 

 subalaribus rubris; cauda superne viridi, subtus flavo-olivacea 

 nitente ; rectricum lateralium pogonio interno flavo ; rostro aurantio ; 

 pedibus nigris; iride rubra. 



Long. tot. 0,265; al. 0,135; caud. 0,103; rostr. 0,021 Mtr. 

 Hab.: Fiume Fly (Neu-Guinea). 



COLIIDAE. 

 Colins leuGOcephalus. 

 Reich enovr, Ornith. Centralbl. 1879. p. 120. 

 Pileo et capitis lateribus albis; gutture, colli lateribus, cervice 

 et interscapulio et tectricibus minimis in fundo albo-cinereo tenue 

 transversim fasciolatis, gula nigricante; tergo, alis caudaquecinereis; 

 epigastrio vinaceo ; ventre crissoque fulvis. ßostro plurabeo • pedi- 

 bus roseis. Periophtalmiis nudis nigro-cinereis. 



Long. tot. 290; ala 85; cauda 210; rictus 12 Mm. 

 Hab.: Kinakomba (Ostafrica). 



CUCULIDAE. 

 Indicator malay anus. 

 Sharp e, P. Z. S. 1878. p. 794. 

 on General colour above ashy, washed with olive-yellow, dimly 

 di the head and mantle, the feathers of tbe back and wings more 

 mstinctly edged with olive-yellow, the primaries scarcely perceptibly 

 yargined; tail feathers dark brown, edged indistinctly with olive- 

 iellow, all but the two centre tail feathers internally whity brown, 

 tncreasing in extent towards the outermost, which is almost en- 

 irely whity brown, obliquely dark brown towards the tip; sides 

 of face and ear-coverts dingy ash-colour with a very faint olive 

 tinge; under surface of the body pale yellowish, creamy white on 

 the chin and upper throat, abdomen, thigs and under tail-coverts ; 

 the feathers of the breast and fore neck with mostly concealed 

 greyish bases, imparting a somewhat mottled appearence ; lower 

 flanks mesially streaked with dark brown ; under wing coverts 

 yellowish white, as also the edge of tlie wing; quills dark brown 

 below, whitish along the edge of the inner web. Tot. length. 5,7 

 inches, culmen 0,55, wing 3,9, tail 2,45, tarsus 0,55. 

 Hab.: Malacca. 

 Cuculus validxis. 



