. Animals in menageries. ped with blackish above: Isabellabeneath: middle of the throat and breast white : tailand wings with transverse dark shades : bill and feetpale. Inhabits India. Mus. Nost. Total length 8i inches ; bill, gape fg; ditto, front fj^; wings2^, reaching only to the base of the tail; tail 4; tarsus 1^;hind toe and claw f^; middle ditto f^; inner toe shorter than theouter. Form and habit of Meg. jMlustris, Horsf., but smaller;the tail narrower ; the wings shorter ; terlials not lengthened,nor edged with any light colour; head and nape stronglystriated with black ; belly white;
. Animals in menageries. ped with blackish above: Isabellabeneath: middle of the throat and breast white : tailand wings with transverse dark shades : bill and feetpale. Inhabits India. Mus. Nost. Total length 8i inches ; bill, gape fg; ditto, front fj^; wings2^, reaching only to the base of the tail; tail 4; tarsus 1^;hind toe and claw f^; middle ditto f^; inner toe shorter than theouter. Form and habit of Meg. jMlustris, Horsf., but smaller;the tail narrower ; the wings shorter ; terlials not lengthened,nor edged with any light colour; head and nape stronglystriated with black ; belly white; no white on the sides ofthe head; wings very short; the fourth quill longest. S3. Grvllivora magnirostra. Glossy black: body beneath,stripe on the wings, and thefour external pair of the tailfeathers pure white. Bill large,thick; the culmen straight,and the tip much hooked.(///.46.«) Inhabits India.^ Mus. Nost. Totalfront ^ : length 8 inches; bill,wings 3fjj; tail, beyond, U ; base 4 ; tarsus l-^^and claw 1. middle toe. 34. Gryllivora intermedia. Glossy black: body beneath, stripe on the win u 2 292 TWO CENTENARIES AND A QUARTER and the four outer pair of tail feathers, pure white :bill moderate ; culmen arched from the nostrils.—Female ? dark glossy cinereous above : the throat andbreast, grey: chin and sides of the head tinged withrufous, {fig. 46. h.) Inhabits India. Mus. Nost. Total length 8i inches; bill, front %; wings 3^; tail, beyond,2^; base 3f; tarsus Ijg; middle toe and claw •^. This and thelast species are coloured precisely alike, but the differencein their bills is so great, that I am disposed to consider themdistinct, more especially in reference to the next. S5. Gryllivora brevirostra. Glossy black: chin, throat, and breast, grey : stripeon the wings, and three lateral tail feathers, pure small, straight, {fig. 46. c) Inhabits Java ? Mus. Nost. Total length 8 inches; bill, front -^; wings 3i; tail, beyond,21; base 3i; tarsus 1 ; middle toe and c
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