1870.] A Contribution to Malayan Ornithology. 309 



1867, III, p. 301) B 1 y t h referred the Ceylon species to Pellor- 

 neum, but does not say anything about the genus Drymocata- 

 phus, of which the Malayan species is the type. As the species is 

 not common, a brief description of the genus and of the type spe- 

 cies may be acceptable to Indian Ornithologists. 



Drymocataphus, B 1 y t h, 1849. Bill lengthened, gradually be- 

 coming thinner laterally, and on the upper terminal half slightly 

 arched, moderately curved and hooked at tip ; nostrils elongated, 

 free ; a few short rictal bristles ; wings very short, first quill smallest, 

 second, about half as long again, 3 — 7th graduated, the 7th being 

 longest, the eighth and ninth very little shorter and equal ; second- 

 aries elongated, tertiaries conspicuously shorter ; tail long, rounded, 

 the middle feathers being the longest ; feet strong with a long tarsus, 

 inner and outer toe subequal, the middle one lengthened, hind toe 

 shorter, but stronger, and with a very long curved claw, being 

 double the length of that of the middle toe. 



D. nigrocapitatus, E y t o n. Head above and occiput black, rest 

 of upper plumage rufous brown, lores and supraciliary stripe and 

 jower eyelids whitish ashy, the feathers having pure white quills ; 

 ear coverts rufescent ashy ; a moderate blackish brown mustachial 

 streak from lower mandible bordering laterally the white chin and 

 anterior throat ; lower throat and breast bright rufescent, chang- 

 ing to deeper brown on the vent and the lower coverts. Bill 

 black above, yellowish white below ; legs brown. Wing 2f " ; tail 

 2f" ; bill at front §•", from gape -jp, tarsus 1 1-*, middle toe including 

 claw f* ; hind toe, including claw \% *, claw alone - x \". I did not 

 observe the species farther North than Malacca. 



Fam. MELLIPHAGIDJE. 

 55. Ioea Lafresnayei, Hartlaub. 



Eev. Zool, 1844, p. 401. 



I obtained a single full grown male of this species from the 

 Wellesley Province. The one originally described by Hartlaub 

 was from Malacca, and appears to be a female. Mr. B 1 y t h de- 

 scribed another specimen from Arracan, also a female, under the 

 name of I. innotata, (vide J. A. S. B., XVI, p. 472). The species 

 seems to be very rare. 



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