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female only, as of two whicli we watched for a long time, 
suspecting they had a nest, one only uttered this note, and 
the other occasionally a few low notes like a Skylark when 
hovering near his nest ; it haunts low brushwood, and is 
seldom seen out of deep jungle ; the flight is short hut rapid, 
and on alighting the bird flings up its tail two or three times, 
and then usually sings a few notes. As far as we have been 
able to ascertain, the food consists chiefly of insects. 
Sub-fani. Motacillinae, 
Gen. Motacilla. 
Motadlla cinereocapilla (Gray and Mitchell). 
„ bistrigata (?) (Raffles, Lin. Trans.). 
Above j body olive-green ; head gray. 
Below ^ chin whitish, and thence to tail bright yellow. 
Wings; covers the same as the back; quills brown with the outer 
edges faint yellowish green. 
Tail ; centre feathers brownish black ; the outer feathers on each 
side, white edged with black on the inner v/eb. 
Length, 7 inches. 
„ of bill from gape, 8 lines. 
„ of bill front, 6 lines. 
„ of wings, 3^ inches. 
„ of tail, 3 inches. 
„ of tarsus, 11. lines. 
„ of middle toe, 10 lines. 
„ of hallux, 10 lines. 
This bird much resembles the English Yellow Wagtail in 
its habits, frequenting bare ground and short grass, and catch- 
ing insects by short flights or jumps. 
Pam. Turdidaj, 
Sub'fam. Formicarinae. ; / 
Gen. Malacopteron, ' 
Malacopteron coronatum ? 
Above ; from the nape to the tail, olive-brown. 
Below ; white. 
Head ; above, chesnut on the forehead, each feather being tipped 
with rich blackish brown, in those immediately above the beak this 
tip is very small and narrow ; on the feathers of the croivn it is larger 
and broader, while on the hind head the feathers are all of this 
colour ; the small feathers of the ears and round the eyes are light 
