504 POMATORHIXUS MELANURUS. 



The figures in the Plate accompanying this article represent the hill olive-coloured form and the low- 

 country rust-coloured one. The former is from the Horton Plains, and the latter from the Kuruwite hills in 

 Satfrasam. 



Genus DUMETIA. 

 Bill high at the base, compressed, the culmen curved gradually to the tip. Nostrils oblong ; 

 \\ loral bristles present. Wings short, rounded ; the 5th and 6th quills subequal and longest. 

 Tail broad, cuneate at the tip. Tarsus rather short ; toes slender, the lateral ones subequal. 

 Of small size. 



