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back, for the most part slaty-black : on each side of 

 the forehead, from the nostrils, a patch of white, com- 

 municating with the chin, which is also white : behind 

 the eye another white patch : under parts from the 

 breast yellowish-white: wing-coverts white, marked 

 with longish dusky spots : quills brown : tail long, 

 cuneiform, the two middle feathers two inches and a 

 half long, the exterior one inch and a half ; colour 

 dusky, with the ends more or less pale, or whitish, the 

 two outer wholly white : legs long, blue-black. 



GENUS CXIII.—ENICURUS, Temminck. 



Rostrum elongatum, basi la- 

 tius, versus medium su- 

 bit6 compressum, attenua- 

 tum, apice abrupte cur- 



^ vato. 



Nares in sulco sitae, mem- 

 brana elevata. 



Unguis posticus robustus, 

 brevis, curvatus; tarsi gra- 

 ciles, elevati. 



Cauda furcata. 



Beah elongated, broad at the 

 base, suddenly compressed 

 towards the tip, attenu- 

 ated, the tip abruptly 

 curved. 



Nostrils placed in a groove, 

 with an elevated mem- 

 brane. 



Hinder claw robust, short, 

 curved ; tarsi slender, ele- 

 vated. 



Tail forked. 



Two species have been discovered of this genus ; 

 both of them inhabit Java : their manners greatly 

 resemble those of the Wagtails : they live solitary on 

 the borders of rivers or mountain torrents, pursuing 

 with rapidity insects and worms, upon which they sub- 

 sist : they flirt their tail like the above-mentioned 

 birds. 



