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Show G MESSRS. HARTLAUB AND FINSCH ON [Jail. 9, TEPHRAS, Hartl., n. gen. Char. gen.-Rostrum mediocre, rectum, acutum, integerrimum, apice subcompresso, carinatum, culmine apicem versus subar-cuato; vibrissis vix conspicuis. Aloe mediocres, caudce basin superantes, rotundatee vel subtruncatce ; remige primo et quarto, secundo et tertio subcequalibus. Cauda mediocris, subcequalis, rectricibus debilibus, angustatis, apicem versus sub acuminatis. Tarsus mediocris, scutellatus ; pedesparvi; digitus externus vix longior interno; ungues parvi, debiles. Ptilosis mollis. 6. TEPHRAS FINSCHII, Hartl., n. sp. (Pl. III.) Supra obsolete fusca, subtus pallide cinerascens : cauda et alis intensius fuscis; subalaribus, subcaudalibus et hypochondriis magis brunnescentibus ; rostro et pedibus nigricantibus. Long. 5±", rostr. 6'", ake 2" 4'", caudae If, tars. 9"'._ Tephras is a new form of the Zosteropine group. It differs from Zosterops in its differently formed beak, in the tail (which is rotundate in Tephras, emarginate in Zosterops), in the different form of the tail-feathers, in the less-pointed wing, and in the want of an eye-ring. There are some other genera with which Tephras agrees in many points, such as the West-African genus Parinia, and the Indian genera Myzornis and Yuhina; but it is decidedly different from these, as well as from other more or less allied forms. One specimen in good condition. I have named this interesting new bird after m y dear friend and coadjutor Otto Finsch, a young ornithologist whose well-known merits do not need any further eulogium. 7. RECTES TENEBROSUS, n. sp. Av. jun. Fuliginosus, subtus pallidior, subrufescens ; capite ni-gricanti- fusco, pileo obscuriore; rostro fusco, basi pallidiore; pedibus plumbeis. Ptilosis mollis, laxa, sericea. Pris flava. Long. 8", rostr. 9'", alee 3" /"', caudee 2" 3'", tars. I". One specimen, not quite adult, and perhaps not quite typical. 8. RHIPIDURA LEPIDA, n. sp. Notceo toto abdomineque leete ferrugineis; subalaribus rufis ; mento, gula fasciaque lata pectorali albis; macula gutturali magna rotundata nigra; rectricibus fuscis, apice latissime rufis; remigibus fuscis, minoribus dilute rufo limbatis ; rostro et pedibus nigricantibus. Lris nigra. Long. 6£", rostr. 5'", alee 3", caudee 3" 1"', tars. 11'". One adult specimen of this species, allied to Rhipidura torrida of Wallace, but certainly different. 9. MYIAGRA ERYTHROPS, n. sp. Supra plumbea, subfuscescens, alis distinctius fuscescentibus • fronte et gastrceo dilute rufis ; subcaudalibus albis ; subalari- |