( 1"-^ ) 



Tlio feet in S. omissn are described on tlie labels as "light pui-plisb brown," while 

 thev are given as "dark brownish grey '' on labels attached to skins of S. hnni/Kmns 

 from Borneo, also collectefl bv Mr. K\i'rctt. The legs of S. oriiissa look mostly much 

 ]ialer in dry skins tlian those of <S. hanyumas. 



23. Siphia djampeana s\). nov. 



(S mari S. onvissae similis, sed macula gulari alba, rostro majore, regione nialiui 

 et auriculari nigris distinguendus. ? maris S. omissae colore, .sed rost ro majore. 



Hab. Insula Djampea sic dicta. 



A good series of this fine new SijJiia from Djampea. It is remarkable that the 

 feinnle of S. djampeana does not resemble the fenuilf. of S. oraissa, but only diflers 

 from its own nivde in the almost total absence of the white throat-spot, thus closely 

 resembling the male of S. ortvissa, or rather more so that of S. hanyumas, which 

 also has a tinv whitish spot just below the black chin. In fact it can only be 

 distinguished from the 'males of S. bainjiimas and S. otiiissn by a slightly larger bill 

 and darker, almost entirely black, ear-coverts and malar region. 



The m/de of S. djampeana is above everywhere uniform blu<>, the forehead and 

 a narrow line to over the eye lighter and brighter blue. Lores, from nostrils to eye, 

 chin and malar region, with ear-coverts, black, the latter slightly tinged with lilue. 

 A white gular patch, larger in adults, smaller in young birds, under the chin; all 

 the rest of the under surface orange-rufous. Under wing-coverts white, washed with 

 orange-rufous. " Iris dark brown ; bill black ; legs and feet dark purplish grey ; 

 claws blackish." Wing 78 — 81 mm.; tail 67 — 69; tarsus 18 — 19; culmen 17. 



The young bird is above brownish, spotted with orange-rufous ; there is no black 

 on the chin, and the feathers of the breast have blackish edges. 



24. Siphia kalaoensis sji. nov. 



5 mari S. djampeanae similis, sed gula, jugulo, peeloreque alhis hand difficile 

 distinguendus. ? mari similis, sed macula gulari et pectoris lateribus tantuni alliis, 

 itaque mari S. djampeccnae simillima. 



Hah. Insula Kalao sic dicta. 



A good series of males and two females from Kalao. This species bears about, 

 though not quite, the same relationship to S. djampeana as the latter does to 

 S. omissa, the mxde of S. djampeana being obviously different, while the female 

 of S. hdaoeiisis is practically indistinguishable from the male (not so from the 

 female) of S. djamjjeana. 



6 ad. Upperside entirely like that of ,S'. djanipeana. On tlie underside the black 

 chin is often washed with blue, the throat and breast are white, the abdomen pale 

 orange-rufous, the under tail-coverts white, more or less washed with pale orange- 

 rufous. Under wing-coverts white, a little washed with orange-rufous. The female is 

 like the male, except that the breast is strongly washed with orange-rufous and that 

 the under tail-coverts are coloured like the abdomen. The female is, therefore, 

 practically indistinguishable from the male of S. djavipeana, but the breast is 

 paler. Wing 76—78 mm. ; tail 65— 68 ; tarsus 19— 20; cnhncn 16—17. The female 

 is a little smaller, with the wing 72 mm. 



The increase in white on the underparts in these fl3'catchers from Celebes and 

 Saleyer to Djjimppa and Kalao is very interesting, and it would be a pleasure (o 



