JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). [VOL. XV. 



Shafts of crown feathers 



rigid and glistening 

 Chin and throat white 

 Shafts of crown feathers soft, 



not separable from webs . . . 

 Bill black ; forehead pale 



rufous 



Tail equal to or shorter than 



wing, but always longer 



than half 

 Bill stout, straight; base of 



culmen straight ; when 



closed deepest at middle ... 

 Mantle not streaked 

 Bill stout, curved ; culmen 



regularly curved ; deepest 



at nostrils 

 Forehead and ear coverts 



black 



Sexes usually dissimilar ; 

 solitary ; tarsus long and 

 smooth usually ; wing 

 rounded, short ; habits 

 terrestrial ; eggs usually 

 spotted ... 



Tail much longer than tarsus 



Tail but little graduated or 

 nearly square ; outerf eathers 

 falling short of tip of tail 

 by less than half the length 

 of tarsus ... 



Tail not less than twice the 

 length of tarsus 



Second primary equal to or 

 exceeding the longest 

 secondaries 



Upper plumage blue, lower 

 bright chestnut 



Second primary much shorter 

 than the longest second- 

 aries 



Tail greatly graduated ; outer 

 feathers falling short of tip 

 by as much as length of 

 tarsus 



Sexes alike ; solitary or occur- 

 ring in small troops ; 

 not noisy ; habits entirely 

 arboreal ; never descending 

 to the ground ; eggs usually 

 spotted ... 



Dumetia ... 32 

 9 D. albigularis 



Pyctorhis 



10 P. nasalis 



Pellorneum ... 37 

 IIP. fuscicapillum 



Rhopocichla 

 12 R. nigrifrons 



Brachypteryginse 47 



— ... 41 



Larvivora ... 45 



13 L. brunnea 



Arrenga 



14 A. Blighi (only one 



species) 



Elaphrornis 

 15 E. Palliseri (only 

 one species) 



Sibiinae ... 54 



