Genus Zoo rnera.

Cuaractreres GENERICI.

Rostrum forte, elongatum, subcurvatum, subcompressum, culmine elevato; mandibuld superiori
subemarginata, dente subapicali vix decernendda; naribus ovalibus, lateralibus; rictu
vibrissis rigidis munito.

Ale subbreves, subrotundate; remzgibus prima brevi, secund& multo longiore, tertid quarta
quintaque feré zequalibus longissimis, sexta his breviori at prima longiori, ceteris gradatim
decrescentibus.

Pedes subelongati, subfortes, acrotarsis integris ; digztis anterioribus subfortibus, externis ad
basin membrana connexis, internis liberis, medio longissimo; halluce elongato fortissimo,
ungue forti elongato.

Cauda subbrevis, zequalis ; rectricabus duodecim.

TaB. XXII.
ZOQOOTHERA MONTICOLA.

Zooth. saturaté brunnea; colli in fronte nota longitudinal, pectoris notis parcis, abdomineque
albis, hoc brunneo squamatim notato; femorum tectricibus, crissoque fuscis, hoc albo ma-
culato.

Longitudo corporis, 11+ unc.; rostri, 1; ale a carpo ad apicem remigis 4te, 6; ¢arsz, 1%;

caudee, 4.

Tuts very singular species, of which a solitary individual formed part of the collection, was at the time of the
publication of the ‘‘ Century” the only one known to science: since that period, however, a second specimen
has been received from the Nepaul hills, and which now forms a portion of the Honourable East India
Company’s collection.

The general plumage of this bird over the whole of the upper surface is dark brown ; the throat and fore-
part of the neck is marked with a whitish longitudinal streak ; the breast is brown, obscurely blotched with
a darker tint, presenting also a few spots of white; the under parts are white, spotted irregularly with
brown; the beak and tarsi dark horn brown.

The group to which this species belongs seems to have many characters in common with Pomatorhinus,
Horsf., the chief mark of separation consisting in the strong and elevated bill. The alliance between these
two groups may serve to indicate the affinities of the latter, whose place in the general system has been hitherto
undetermined.

The bird is figured of the natural size.