. Animals in menageries. on the under : the tail has a rufoustinge, and the middle feathers have a black central stripe ; theyare all graduated and marked as in Orthotomus. 186. Cryptolopha green above ; yellow beneath: crown of thehead fulvous yellow, bordered on each side by a broadblack stripe, {fig. 70.) Inhabits India. Linnsan Societys Museum,z 4 344 TWO CENTENARIES AND A QUARTER Total 5 length 4 inches ; bill,gape i; front q^; wings 2,^;tail, beyond fjj; base 1^; tarsusi§; hind toe and claw ^. Thecrown resembles that of the Sei-surus auricapillus, but the blackstripes a
. Animals in menageries. on the under : the tail has a rufoustinge, and the middle feathers have a black central stripe ; theyare all graduated and marked as in Orthotomus. 186. Cryptolopha green above ; yellow beneath: crown of thehead fulvous yellow, bordered on each side by a broadblack stripe, {fig. 70.) Inhabits India. Linnsan Societys Museum,z 4 344 TWO CENTENARIES AND A QUARTER Total 5 length 4 inches ; bill,gape i; front q^; wings 2,^;tail, beyond fjj; base 1^; tarsusi§; hind toe and claw ^. Thecrown resembles that of the Sei-surus auricapillus, but the blackstripes are darken, they widen be-hind, and then end abruptly: theyellow is deepest on the belly andin the middle of the body. 187. Erythrosto3ius cyano-gaster. Bright green : body, andbelly beneath, rich purpleblue, glossed with lilac : taillengthened, rounded, tipt withpurple. Inhabits Brazil. Mus. Nost. Total length nearly 12 inches; wuigs 6\base 5 ; tarsus ^ ; middle toe and claw equal, and longest; the first tinged. tail, beyond, 3;Second and thirdwith blue. This beautiful species may, probably, have been described on theContinent; but it is very rare, even in Brazil. 188. EiDOPSARis hicinctus. Body, above, grey; beneath, paler : middle of theback, and sides of the tail, olive: nape, sides, andupper part of the head, black, with a broad crescent-shaped band of white uniting the eyes. Inhabits Tasmania. Sent by Thomas James Lem-priere, Esq. Mus. Nost. Total length 6 inches ; bill, gape ^ ; front ^; wings 3 ;tail, beyond, ]i ; base 2f ; tarsus-^. The plumage above, andon the sides of the neck and breast, is cinereous grey : the regionof the chin is pure white : the nape may be said to have twobands, — the first of white, the second of black. 189. EuDYNAMis Australis. Entirely black. The bill yellow. Wings nine incheslong. Female. — Spotted: the third quill Australia. Mus. Nost. OP NEW OR LITTLE KNOWN BIRDS. 345 Total length 18 inches ; bill, ^ape \i ; f
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