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general plumage inclines to be dense, and is unadorned with bright 

 colours and glossless in the only known species. 



M. cinerea, nobis. Length about six inches; of wing nearly 

 three and a half; and tail two and a half: bill to forehead (through the 

 feathers) five-eighths, and to gape three-quarters : tarse three-quarters 

 of an inch. General colour ashy-brown above, greyer on the head, 

 and tinged with fulvous on the exterior margins of the secondaries; 

 beneath albescent, a little brown across the breast: bill light horn- 

 colour ; and feet have probably been bluish-leaden. From the Island 

 of Ramree, Arracan, where discovered by Capt. Abbott. 



Anthipes, nobis. This would probably be classed by Mr. Swainson 

 with his Fluvicolince, or " Water- chats." With the general form of 

 a Pratincola, it combines a Flycatcher's bill, and the toes and claws of 

 an Anthus or Pipit. Beak flattened, rather wide at base, and nar- 

 rowing evenly to the tip ; the ridge of the upper mandible distinctly 

 angulated, and its tip considerably overhanging that of the lower 

 mandible, and (as usual in such cases) emarginated : nostrils basal, 

 nearly closed by the membrane, their aperture a narrow lateral 

 fissure : gape armed with fine but firm vibrissa. Tarse slender, 

 as long as the middle toe with its claw : the toes and claws suited 

 for running, as in the Pipits ; the middle front claw greatly exceeding 

 the two lateral ones, and the hind claw as long as the toe, and but 

 slightly curved, as are also the other claws. Wings moderate, rounded ; 

 the fourth, fifth, and sixth primaries sub-equal and longest, the third 

 and seventh rather shorter, the second much shorter, and the first half 

 the length of the second. Tail even, of moderate length, or somewhat 

 short, the wings reaching half-way to its tip. Plumage full and dense. 



A. gularis, nobis. Length four inches and a quarter ; of wing two 

 and three-eighths, and tail an inch and three-quarters : bill to fore- 

 head half an inch, and to gape five-eighths: tarse three-quarters, and 

 hind-toe and claw the same. Upper-parts fulvescent olive-brown ; 

 the wings and tail inclining to dark ferruginous : lores conspicuously 

 whitish, continued as a streak over but not beyond the eye : throat 

 white, forming a large triangular patch, surrounded by a narrow 

 black border; the breast and flanks fulvescent, and middle of the 

 belly whitish. Bill black ; and legs and claws pale. From Arracan, 

 •where discovered by Capt. Phayre. 



