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wing-coverts deep black, tipped by white : the tail is 

 rounded, fasciculated, and only extends half an inch 

 beyond its coverts ; the feathers are black, tipped 

 with white, particularly the outer pair : the tarsi are 

 short, only half an inch long, and naturally bluish- 

 black. 



Sp. 4. Fo. mentalis. 



Fo. supra cinereo-viridis, infrh virescentefiava ; capite mails nu- 



chaque nigricante-cinereis ; macula aurium nigra. 

 Ant- Wren above ashy-green, beneath greenish-yellow; with the 



head, cheek, and nape dusky-ash j and a black spot on the ears. 

 Myothera mentalis. Temm. PL Col. 179. f. 3. 



Length four inches : the head, cheeks, and nape 

 are dusky-ash : on the ear-feathers is a large black 

 spot : the throat is of a silvery-grey : all the under 

 parts are clear unspotted yellow, with a very slight 

 tinge of ashy-green : the upper parts are ashy-green : 

 the wings and tail are deeper, with a brown hue : the 

 lesser coverts are dusky, with white lunules : the inner 

 edge of the wing is white : the beak is black-blue, 

 and the legs are ashy. 



Sp. 5. Fo? cirrhata. 



Turdus cirrhatus. Steph. x. 311. 



Sp. 6. Fo? rufimarginata. 



Fo? supra cinereo-viridis, infra cinereo-jlava ; vertice lineaque 



postice nigris ant rujescentibus ; pogoniis externis remigium 



rufis, internis nigris, 

 Ant- Wren ? above ashy-green, beneath ashy-yellow ; with the 



crown and occipital dash black or reddish ; the outer webs of 



the quills red, the inner black. 

 Myothera rufimarginata. Temm. PI. Col. 132. f. l.male;^ 2. 



female. 



