Genus Zooruera. 
CHARACTERES GENERICI. 
Rostrum forte, elongatum, subcurvatum, subcompressum, culmine elevato; mandibuld superiori 
subemarginataé, dente subapicali vix decernend&; naribus ovalibus, lateralibus; réctu 
vibrissis rigidis munito. 
Ale subbreves, subrotundate; remigzbus prima brevi, secundd multo longiore, tertid quarta 
quintaque feré zqualibus longissimis, sexta his breviori at prima longiori, caeteris gradatim 
decrescentibus. 
Pedes subelongati, subfortes, acrotarsis integris ; dzgztzs anterioribus subfortibus, externis ad 
basin membrana connexis, internis liberis, medio longissimo; halluce elongato fortissimo, 
ungue forti elongato. 
Cauda subbrevis, zequalis; rectricebus duodecim. 
TaB. XXII. 
ZQOOTHERA MONTICOLA. 
Sooth. saturaté brunnea; colli in fronte nota longitudinali, pectoris notis parcis, abdomineque 
albis, hoc brunneo squamatim notato; femorum tectricibus, crissoque fuscis, hoc albo ma- 
culato. | 
Longitudo corporis, 117 unc.; rostrz, 1¢; ale a carpo ad apicem remigis 4te, 6; tarsz, 14; 
caudee, 4. 
Tuts very singular species, of which a solitary individual formed part of the collection, was at the time of the 
publication of the ‘‘ Century” the only one known to science: since that period, however, a second specimen 
has been received from the Nepaul hills, and which now forms a portion of the Honourable East India 
Company’s collection. : 
The general plumage of this bird over the whole of the upper surface is dark brown; the throat and fore- 
part of the neck is marked with a whitish longitudinal streak ; the breast is brown, obscurely blotched with 
a darker tint, presenting also a few spots of white; the under parts are white, spotted irregularly with 
brown; the beak and tarsi dark horn brown. 
The group to which this species belongs seems to have many characters in common with Pomatorhinus, 
Horsf., the chief mark of separation consisting in the strong and elevated bill. The alliance between these 
two groups may serve to indicate the affinities of the latter, whose place in the general system has been hitherto 
undetermined. 
The bird is figured of the natural size. 
