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40. Siphia omissa Hnitcit (dulea, \>. 71). 



Inrlrulainaii. 



?. " Iris (lark brown ; hill black; legs light |miiilisli brown ; claws pale sepia." 



47. Siphia bonthaina sp. nov. 



c?. Supra olivacea, remigum marginibus exterioribus riifescentibus ; cauda 

 tectricibiisque superioribus ca?taueis. Macnla supralorali magna pallide ocliracea. 

 Mento, gutture, jugulo, pectore oehraceis. Abdoniine subcaudalibusque albi.s. 

 Al. 65 mm., caud. 47 mm., culm. 13 mm., tars. 19 mm. 



? similis, pectore guttm'eque pallidioribus. 



Hah. Monte Ijonthain Peak dicta, Celebes. 



Above olive, quills margined with rufous brown on the outer webs and with light 

 brown on the inner webs. Tail deep chestnut, more brownish on the tip; upper tail- 

 coverts of the same colour. A large spot over the lores ; from the base of the bill to 

 the middle of the eye pale ochraceous. Chin, throat, and breast light ochraceous. 

 Abdomen white, bases of feathers slate-colour. Under tail-coverts white with an 

 ochreous shade; under wing-coverts very pale brownish. L. t. about 11(1 mm. ; wing 

 65 mm. ; tail 47 mm. The fe'inale has the wing only 61 mm., the tail 4.T mm., and 

 the chin, throat, and breast are very much paler than in the mate. 



The only pair sent was procured by Mr. lueiett's men, at an elevation of about 

 6000 feet, on Bonthain Peak. 



This species belongs to the little section of the genus Siphia, as limited in the 

 Cat. B. by Dr. Sharpe, in which the sexes are \ery much alike, both being olive or 

 brown above and with more or less rufous tails, to which 8. erithacus from Palawan 

 belongs. The birds from Bonthain Peak differ considerably from all the species I am 

 acquainted with and do not agree with any description. 



48. Gerygoue flaveola Cab. 

 One male from Indrulaman. 



49. Hypothymis puella (Wall.;. 

 Indrulaman and Makassar. 



50. Rhipidura teysmanni I'.iittik. 



Five skins from Indrulaman. 



" Iris dark brown ; bill dark sepia ; base of mandible while ; legs pnriile-grey." 

 The female and immature 7nale have the throat-patch not pure blai'k, but rather 

 washed with greyish. 



51. Culicicapa helianthea Wall. 



Bonthain Peak, from Indrulaman to alxne 6000 feet elevation. 



c? ? . Iris dark brown; maxilla dark sepia; mandible ochraceous orange; legs 

 and claws light sejjia ; soles of feet yellow. The sexes do not differ perceptibly, but 

 young birds have lighter breasts and are not so yellowish above. 



