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Sp. 1. Jo. scapularis. Linn. Trans. (Horsf.) v. xiii, p. 152. 



Jo. olivaceo-viridiflava; remigibus nigricantibus, externejlavido, 

 intern^ albo marginatis ; abdomine pectorequeflavis. 



Jora of an olive-yellow-green ; with the quills dusky, edged ex- 

 ternally with yellow, internally with white ; the belly and 

 breast yellow. 



Scapular Wagtail. Lath. Gen. Hist. vi. 336. 



Inhabits Java. Length five inches : plumage in 

 general greenish-yellow : breast and body yellow : 

 wings short : quills dusky, edged on the outer mar- 

 gins with yellowish, and on the inner with white : 

 tail even at the end, exterior feathers pale on the 

 edges. 



GENUS CIII.— BRACHYPTERYX, Horsfield. 



Rostrum mediocre, subcul- 

 tratum, basi latius, ultrS, 

 medium subconicum, at- 

 tenuatum ; culmen inter 

 nares carinatum, deinde 

 rotundatum, apicem ver- 

 sus arcuatum ; mandibula 

 lateribus marginatis, apice 

 inclinata. 



Nares maxima;, supra et 

 postice membrana clausae. 



Alee brevissimae. 

 Pedes elongati. 



Beak moderate, slightly cul- 

 tivated, broad at the base, 

 beyond the middle sub- 

 conic, attenuated; culmen 

 carinated between the nos- 

 trils, then rounded, arched 

 towards the tip ; the man- 

 dible marginated on the 

 edges, inclined at the tip. 



Nostrils very large, above 

 and behind closed by a 

 membrane. 



Wings very short. 



Legs elongated. 



Sp. 1. Br. montana. Linn. Trans. {Horsf.) v. xiii. p. 157. 

 Br. ccerulescente-grisea, subtus pallidior , abdomine albido; remigi- 

 bus rectricibusquefuscis, externt ccertdesceidc-griseo marginatis. 



