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er at the base, provided with strong bristles and stiff fea- 

 thers, those of the loreal region almost entirely covering the nos- 

 trils, while the same are uncovered, or nearly so, in Turdinus. The 

 wings and tail are comparatively longer, the primaries being nar- 

 rower and longer, but the tertiaries shorter, than in Turdinus. On 

 the whole this last named genus appears to possess more of a Tur- 

 dine while 2\irdirostris has more of a Timaline aspect. 



53. Mixornis nigricollis, T e m m. 



Planches Col. pi. 594, fig. 2 ; T. erythronotus, Bly th, J. A. S. B., 

 XI, p. 793 ; BracJnjpterix nigrogularis, E y t o n, Ann. and Mag. 

 N. H., 1845, XVI, p. 228. 



If the generic distinction between Mixomis and Timalia is to be 

 retained the present species, should be placed in the former genus, 

 on account of its comparatively very strong bill and the very short 

 rictal bristles, the reverse being the case in Timalia, which besides 

 has the 5th and 7th primaries equal, while Mixomis has the 7th 

 sensibly shorter than the two preceding. 



B ly th 's description of the bird is excellent; $ and $ are quite 

 similar. Wing 2f" ; tail 2i" ; bill at front g" ; from gape |f" ; tar- 

 sus ff** The species is very common in Penang and the Welleslejj 

 Province. 



54. DftYMOCATAPIIUS NIGROCAPITATUS, E y t O n. 



Brachypteryx nigrocapitata, E y t o n, Proc. Zool. S. Lond. 1839, 

 p. 103. 



B 1 y t h in Catalogue, p. 178, quoted this species first as a doubt- 

 ful Brachypteryx, and then, in Appendix 3, as Drymocataphus, 

 which genus he proposed for the species in Vol. XVIII, Journ. 

 Asiat. S., 1849, p. 815. Its distinction from Brachypteryx is indeed 

 very marked, not only the bill being different, but the tail much 

 longer, and the primaries shew totally different proportions. The ha- 

 bitus of the bird is that of a Pomatorhinus and of Pelomeum, differ- 

 ing from the former by the hooked and notched bill, and from both 

 by the proportions of the primaries. In 1849 (1. cit.) when pro- 

 posing the genus, Mr. B 1 y t h simply quotes E y t o n 's species 

 as the type, and describes another species, B. fuscocapillus from 

 Ceylon, which he says is allied to the former. Since then (Ibis 



