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female only, as of two which we watched for a long time, 

 suspecting they had a nest, one only uttered this note, and 

 the other occasionally a few low notes like a Skylark when 

 hovering near his nest ; it haunts low brushwood, and is 

 seldom seen out of deep jungle ; the flight is short but rapid, 

 and on alighting the bird flings up its tail two or three times, 

 and then usually sings a few notes. As far as we have been 

 able to ascertain, the food consists chiefly of insects. 



Sub-i'am. Motacillinae. 

 Gen. Motacilla. 



Motacilla cinereocapilla (Gray and Mitchell). 

 „ bistrigata (?) (Raffles, Lin. Trans.). 



Above ; body olive-green ; head gray. 

 Below; chin whitish, and thence to tail bright yellow. 

 Wings ; covers the same as the back ; quills brown with the outer 

 edges faint yellowish green. 



Tail ; centre feathers brownish black ; the outer feathers on each 

 side, white edged with black on the inner web. 

 Length, 7 inches. 



„ of bill from gape, 8 lines. 



„ of bill front, 6 lines. 



„ of wings, 3^ inches. 



„ of tail, 3 inches. 



„ of tarsus, 11 lines. 



„ of middle toe, 10 lines. 



„ of hallux, 10 lines. 



This bird much resembles the English Yellow Wagtail in 

 its habits, frequenting bare ground and short grass, and catch- 

 ing insects by short flights or jumps. 



Fam. Turdidas. 



Sub-fam. Formicarinse . 

 Gen. Malacopteron. 



Malacopteron coronatum ? 



Above j from the nape to the tail, olive-brown. 



Below ; white. 



Head ; above, chesnut on the forehead, each feather being tipped 

 with rich blackish brown, in those immediately above the beak this 

 tip is very small and narrow ; on the feathers of the crown it is larger 

 and broader, while on the hind head the feathers are all of this 

 colour ; the small feathers of the ears and round the eyes are light 



