( TO ) 



'-t. Chlorocharis squamiceps sp. nov. 



Capitis superioriti iiliimis nigro-bruuneis, argenteo-griseo lu.irgiuatis, meilio 

 angnste albo lineatis, notaeo reliquo fusco-viridi. Gulae pluiuis albidis, uigres- 

 cente marginatis. Abdomine flavo, corporis latcribus viresceutibus, subcaudalibus 

 flavis. Long. tot. cr. 120 — 125 mm., a). 63 — iui, caud. -17 — 50, culm. 15. 



Ilah. Bontbaiu Peak, Celebes. 



A large series collected by Mn. Evkhett's men ou Bouthaiu Peak iu elevations 

 of 6000 feet and above. This species agrees structurally very well with Cltlorocharis 

 emiliac Sbarpe. This latter genus is one of the many genera of birds the charai^ters 

 of which were not fully described when introduced into science. Convenient as this 

 method is to the describer, it is very inconvenient and makes working nearly 

 impossible to those ornithologists who are not so fortunate as to have specimens 

 of the new genus at their disposal. 



"Genus simile generi ^ Ci/anoih-niia'' dicto, sed cauda niagis (juadratA nee 

 rotnndata." This is all the description (//>/»• iNsS, p. ;5'.)2) of the genus, tliongli 

 the coloration of the species is carefully described and a good figure is given. 

 I, however, with the type and a number of other specimens before me cannot at all 

 agree that " C/doroc/iaris'' has any relation whatever to C>jano(h'rma, a genus 

 most closely allied and hardly generically separate from Mixonih. There is no 

 resemblance in the wing-formnla, no resemblance in the structure of the plumage, 

 nor any in coloration, form of tail, etc. In fact the structure almost entirely 

 agrees with that of the genus Zosferops. To this latter genus, in my opinion, 

 Clilorocliaris is closely allied, but not to any of the Timeliidae. 



The present new species is dark green above, brightest on the rump, toj) of 

 head blackish-brown, each feather with a distinct narrow whitish shaft-line and 

 margined with silvery grey. Ear-coverts yellowish silvery white. Chin and throiit 

 whitish, the feathers of the latter witli blackish margins. Chest dirty yellow. 

 Abdomen yellow, sides of breast and abdomen olive-green. Under tail-coverts 

 yellow. Primaries and rectrices blackish, outer webs edged with the colour of the 

 rump, inner webs witli brownish white. Under wing-coverts whitish. Bill black, 

 feet brown. The sexes seem to be entirely alike. 



'■>■ Cataponera turdoides gen. et sp. nov. 



Genus ex afiinitate genemm " Garnilii.r," •' Rhinocichla,'' et " A llocotops " 

 (lictorum, sed cauda fere aequali distinguenda. Ala rotnndata, remige jirimo dimidio 

 secundi, sexto longissimo. Digitus uiedins paullum tarsn lirevior. Tarsus lamina 

 perpetua vestitus, imo parte panels tantum scutellis. Xaribus oblongis, jiluniis 

 usque ad nares attingentibus. Spatium postoculare calvum. Uictus et mentum 

 setis ornatis. Typus est -.-^ 



Cataponera turdoides. 



(-'olore supra olivaceo-brunneo, capite dilutiore. IStria supraocularis lata a 

 rostri basi usque ad occiput vergens. fSubtus brunneo-olivaceo, abdomine ])allidi(>re, 

 imo fere albescente, subcaudalibus brunnescentibus, ]iallidiore striatis. Kostro 

 aurautiaco. Mento albido. Long. tot. cr. 2.50 mm., al. Il:i, caud. lo5, culm. 24, 

 tars. Ho, dig. med. cum ungue :52. 



Iloh. Boiilhaiii Peak. 



