. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 122 Lantz's Ellisia is a pale western race of E. tiipica, much clearer in colour. Upper aspect grej', slightly reddish on the back ; throat and abdomen whitish; tianks ashy; ring round the eye white, exactly like the other Ellislce, but the brown tints are replaced by grey ; " iris brown; feet brownish " (Orandidier), (Cf. Milne-Edw, Sf Grandid. I. c.) Hob. Southern and Western Madagascar. a, &. 2 ad. sk. c. Ad. sk. Ankafana forest, March 1881. Betsileo. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [C.]. Rev. A. Shaw [C.]. Subsp. y. Ellisia long
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 122 Lantz's Ellisia is a pale western race of E. tiipica, much clearer in colour. Upper aspect grej', slightly reddish on the back ; throat and abdomen whitish; tianks ashy; ring round the eye white, exactly like the other Ellislce, but the brown tints are replaced by grey ; " iris brown; feet brownish " (Orandidier), (Cf. Milne-Edw, Sf Grandid. I. c.) Hob. Southern and Western Madagascar. a, &. 2 ad. sk. c. Ad. sk. Ankafana forest, March 1881. Betsileo. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [C.]. Rev. A. Shaw [C.]. Subsp. y. Ellisia longicaudata. Ellisia longicaudata, E. Newton, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 299. Similar to E. ti/pica, but darker in colour, and having the bill and tail longer. Total length 7 inches, wing 2-5, tail 3-25, tarsus 1, culmen 0'65. (E. Newton.) Hah. Island of Anjuan, Comoro group. A very doubtful species, the tail being exceeded in length by some of Mr. Cowan's series from Ankafana forest. 15. MEGALURUS. Type. Megalurus, Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 159 (1820) M. palustris. Puodytes, Cub. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 42 (1850) M. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds]. London
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