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part of the neck, are plain black, extending on the 

 sides of the latter to the nape : the rest of the front 

 of the neck, the breast, all the under parts, and the 

 rump are pure white : the sides are of a slaty hue : 

 the wings are black, with the base of the feathers 

 white : the two lateral tail-feathers on each side, as 

 well as the base of all the others, are white ; the rest of 

 the feathers are black, except the tips of the two in- 

 termediate ones, which are white : the beak is black, 

 with short velvety black feathers at its base : and the 

 legs are flesh-colour. The female differs in having 

 the top of the head of an ashy-brown : the throat 

 whitish, and the dusky hue on the back more ashy 

 than in the male. 



GENUS CXIV.— MEGALURUS, Horsfield. 



Hostrum mediocre, rectum, 

 validiusculum, subcom- 

 pressum, valde gradatim 

 attenuatum ; admen ro- 

 tundatum, inter nares ca- 

 rinatum. 



Alec cauda breviores. 



Pedes validi ; tarsi elongati ; 

 digiti laterales aequales, 

 medias longus. 



Beak moderate, straight, ra- 

 ther stout, slightly com- 

 pressed, very gradually at- 

 tenuated; admen round- 

 ed, carinated between the 

 nostrils. 



Wings shorter than the tail. 



Legs stout ; tarsi elongated ; 

 the lateral toes equal, the 

 middle long. 



Sp. 1. Me. palustris. Linn. Trans. (Horsf.) v. xiii. p. 159. 

 Me. fuscus, dorso griseo -testa ceo vario ; capite griseo et fusces- 



cente vario ; subtus albidus, pectore tenuiter fusco strigato. 

 Brown Megalurus vvith the back varied with testaceous-grey ; the 



head variegated with grey and brownish ; beneath whitish, with 



the breast lightly striped with brown. 

 Fenny Warbler. Lath. Gen. Hist, v'ri.p. 125. 



