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Descriptio?is of some supposed New, or 



Both the male and female birds were sent to me from Ma- 

 lacca, and after a diligent search amongst various Authors, 

 no mention can be found of them, and so I now describe them 

 as new. 



The male and female birds agree in the general tone of the 

 plumage, which is of a dark indigo blue, the points of differ- 

 ence between them being the rich claret coloured breast, blrck 

 throat, cheeks, superciliary stripe, and forehead, of the male ; 

 while in the female the whole plumage is uniform blue, 

 though perhaps darker on the throat and breast ; the dorsal 

 plumage is soft, long and puffy, and when ruffled shows white 

 at the base of the feathers, as do also the feathers on the 

 flanks ; the male bird is slightly larger than the female ; 

 the wings are moderate and slightly rounded, the fifth 

 quill is longest, the others graduated, the tail moderate and 

 even ; the tarsus is short and weak ; the inner toe is shorter 

 than the outer, and the inner and outer claws are remarkably 

 short. The bill is Musicapine, and resembles that of Chaptia 

 JEneus, though more depressed ; the upper mandible is dis- 

 tinctly notched, and the rictal bristles are strong, and numer- 

 ous ; the bill only commences to be compressed near the 

 end ; the base of the bill is thickly set with short stiff 

 feathers. 



Dimensions. 



Total length finches. 



Bill from base 6£ 



Wing from shoulder. 3 T 4 7 inches, 



Tail 3f 0 M 



Tarsus T V „ 



Muscicapa Zanthopygia — New Species. 



As this species seems to be undescribed, I add the follow- 

 ing description. 



Head, cheeks, lesser shoulder coverts, back, and the upper 

 tail-coverts, olive green, rump saffron yellow. Chin, throat, 

 telly, flanks, and under tail-coverts light straw yellow, mixed 

 with olive on the breast and flanks, inclining almost to white 

 on the under tail-coverts — primaries and tail hair brown — 



