. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 148 MCSCICAPID-E. the entire throat and upper breast dark rifle-green, the chin and a spot on the fore part of the cheeks white. Hob. South-eastern xifrica. a,b. [ c? 2 ] ad. sk. Zambesi. Dr. Kirk [C.]. 9. NEWTONIA. Newtonia, Schlegel S,- PuUen, Faun. Mcuhnj. p. 101 Type. (1868) N. Wing of Newtonia hnmncicauda. lianye. Confined to Madagascar. 1. Newtonia briuineicauda. Ervtlirostenia bruuueicauda, A. Newton, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 180; U. Neidon, Ibis, 18G3, p. 347. Newtonia brunneicauda, Schl. P. Z. S. 18C6, p. 422; Schl. ^- Poll. Faun.
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 148 MCSCICAPID-E. the entire throat and upper breast dark rifle-green, the chin and a spot on the fore part of the cheeks white. Hob. South-eastern xifrica. a,b. [ c? 2 ] ad. sk. Zambesi. Dr. Kirk [C.]. 9. NEWTONIA. Newtonia, Schlegel S,- PuUen, Faun. Mcuhnj. p. 101 Type. (1868) N. Wing of Newtonia hnmncicauda. lianye. Confined to Madagascar. 1. Newtonia briuineicauda. Ervtlirostenia bruuueicauda, A. Newton, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 180; U. Neidon, Ibis, 18G3, p. 347. Newtonia brunneicauda, Schl. P. Z. S. 18C6, p. 422; Schl. ^- Poll. Faun. Madag. p. 101, pi. 18. fig. 3; Grandid. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 38o; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 392; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 42, no. 390; Hartl. Vog. Madag. t^. 170; CoUett, Christ. Forhandl. 1877, p. 6. Pratincola avborea, Gray, Ha7ui-l. B. i. p. 228, no. 3280 ( Pollen, MSS.). Muscicapa bruuneicauda, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 323, no. 4846. Saxicola arborea, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 392, footnote. Adult male. General colour above ashy brown, the wing-coverts uniform with the back ; primary-coverts dark brown ; quills dark brown, the feathers edged with light brown ; tail ashy brown, the centre feathers greyer; lores ashy whitisb ; sides of face and ear- coverts ashy brown like the back, the ear-coverts with whitish shaft- lines ; under surface of body white ; the lower throat, chest, and flanks pale fulvous, deeper on the latter, which are also shaded with ashy brown internally; iinder wing-coverts and axillarics light buff, with which colour the quills are edged along the inner web; " iris yellowish white, tarsus greyish slate-coloiir" {Grandidier). Total length 4-1 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2-] 5, tail 1-7, tarsus 0-75. Bab. Madagascar. rt. Ad. sk. Madagascar. Purchased. b. S ad. sk. Madagascar. Purchased. c. Ad. sk. Madagascar. Sir Andrew Smith [P.].. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally e
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