270 



MELIPHAGID^E. 



Cauda rotundata, elongata. 



Pedes subelongati : digitus 

 medius longior, cum ex- 

 teriore basi leviter con- 

 nexus : vngues compressi, 

 arcuati, posteriore ma- 

 jore, validiore. 



Tail rounded, elongated. 



Legs rather elongated : the 

 middle toe longest, and 

 united slightly to the base 

 of tiie exterior : clmos com- 

 pressed, bent, the hinder 

 one largest and stout. 



Sp. 1. Po. moutanus. Linn. Trans. {Horsf.) v. xiix. p. 165. 

 Po. castaneus, capite cinerascente-nigro , strigd post ocular}, gula 



pectoreque albis. 

 Chesnut Pomatoriiius, with the head ashy-black ; a stripe behind 



the eyes, the tliroat and breast white. 

 Mountain Creeper. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. iv. p. 267. 



Inhabits Java. Length seven inches and a half : 

 general colour of the plumage chesnut : head cinere- 

 ous-black : behind the eyes a white streak : chin and 

 breast white ; wings rounded : tail elongated and 

 rounded. 



GENUS CCLXXVIII.— PRINIA, Horsfield. 



Rostrum mediocre, rectum, 

 basi latiusculum, ultra 

 nares sensim attenuatum, 

 apice validiusculo : mandi- 

 bula superior basi recta, 

 apice levissime arcuata ; 

 culmine inter nares cari- 

 nato, deinde rotundato, ex- 

 tremitate obsolete emargi- 

 nato ; inferior recta, ultra 

 medium levissime sursum 

 inclinata. 



Beak moderate, straight, its 

 base somewhat broad, a 

 little attenuated beyond 

 the nostrils, the tip rather 

 stout : the iipper mandible 

 straight at the base, the 

 tip slightly bent ; the cul- 

 men carinated between the 

 nostrils, then rounded, the 

 tip obsoletely notched ; the 

 lower straight, beyond the 

 middle very slightly in- 

 clined upwards. 



