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length and strength, as long as the middle toe with its claw ; the 
claws suited for perching, compressed, and moderately curved, that 
of the hind toe rather large ; wings moderate, with the first primary 
reaching to about their middle, the second much shorter than the 
third, and the fourth longest ; tail rather short, weak and even, ex- 
cept that its outermost feathers are a little shorter than the rest ; 
plumage full and lax, the coronal feathers somewhat elongated and 
of a spatulate form.” 
4. Trichastoma Abbotti, Blyth. 
Syn. Malacocincla Abbotti , Blyth, Journ. A. S. Beng. xiv. p. 601 
(1845). 
Trichastoma Abbotti , Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xvi. p. 462 ; Catal. B. 
Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 147. Bonap. C. G. Av. p. 259. 
Malacopteron Abbotti , G. R. Gray, Gen. of Birds, iii. App. p. 9. 
Hab. Arracan (No. 919, Hodgs. Catal .). 
Spec. Char. “ Colour above plain olive-brown, tinged with rufous 
on the rump and tail ; the upper tail-coverts ferruginous brown, 
under parts paler ; the throat and middle of the belly white ; the ear- 
coverts, sides of the breast and flanks rufescent ; the lower tail-coverts 
weak ferruginous ; bill horn-colour, paler beneath. 
“Length, 6 inches ; of wing, 3; tail, 2-J-; bill to gape, -l-L; andtarse 
the same.” — Blyth. 
Mr. Blyth states Arracan to he the habitat of this bird. Speci- 
mens have lately been presented to the Company’s Museum by B. H. 
Hodgson, Esq., from Nepal, and by Capt. R. C. Tytler from Dacca. 
Fam. Sylviad^e, Vigors. 
Subfam. Saxicolina, Vigors. 
Genus Nemura, Hodgson. 
Syn. lanthia , Blyth. 
5. Nemtjra Hodgson i, nobis. 
Male : colour of the upper parts purplish blue, brightening to vivid 
ultramarine on the crown ; forehead, lores and sides of head, wings 
and tail black, the two latter margined with blue externally ; on the 
rump some of the feathers are tipped with white ; upper tail-coverts 
blue ; lower parts yellowish ferruginous ; under wing-coverts, flanks 
and under tail-coverts white. Female : ferruginous brown, richer on 
the rump ; wings and tail dusky, margined with ferruginous brown 
externally ; lores, ear-coverts and under parts pale dusky ferruginous ; 
under tail-coverts white ; bill black ; legs pale horn. 
Length, 3fths of an inch; wing, 3^; tail, 1^; bill to front, f ; 
to gape, ^ ; tarse, \ an inch. 
Hab. Nepal (No. 949, Hodgs. Catal.). 
