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DESCRIPTIONS OF SEVEN NEW SPECIES OF BIRDS AND 



ONE NEW SUBSPECIES FROM FLORES, AND OF 



ONE NEW SUBSPECIES FROM DJAMPEA, 



ALL COLLECTED BY MR. ALFRED EVERETT. 



By ERNST HARTERT. 



1. Brachypteryx floris sp. uov. 



<J. Above dull indigo-blue; Ibreliead aud crown with a brown shade, which 

 may be a sign-of immaturity, as it is well pronounced in one, but not very perceptible 

 in the other specimen. From the base of the bill to above the eyes a faint grey 

 line, continued in a pure silky white concealed line above the eye, as we find it in 

 other species of the genus. Lores and ear-coverts dark brownish ashy. Primaries 

 and secondaries blackish brown, edged with the colour of the back, in the younger 

 male with brown. Throat and middle of abdomen greyish white ; under wing- 

 coverts, chest and sides of abdomen, thighs and under tail-coverts ashy. Wing 

 70 — 73 mm. ; tail 60 — 63; exposed culmen 13 ; tarsus 34. 



? ad. Above of a warm brown ; crown darker ; back, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts strongly washed with rnfous. Wings deep brown ; outer webs edged with 

 rnfous brown. The same concealed white superciliary line as in the male. Lores 

 ashy brown ; ear-coverts brown, the shafts of the feathers light. Chin, throat, aud 

 middle of the abdomen white; chest aud sides of abdomen pale ashy grey; lower 

 flanks and thighs brown. Under wing-coverts and under tail-coverts light rufous. 

 Total length about 145 mm. ; wing 69 — 70 ; tail 58 — 60 ; tarsus 34. 



At and above 350U feet in South Fh)res. 



'^- OrthnocicMa everetti sj). nov. 



(? ad. Head and hind-neck russet (a little more reddish than fig. 16, PI. Ill, in 

 Ridgway's Nomencl. Col.), an indistinct paler stripe over the eyes ; sides of the head 

 brownish buff. Back, rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail brown (nearest to " raw 

 umber," fig. 14, PI. IIL, Ridgway's Nomencl. Col., but darker). Quills deep blackish 

 brown, their inner lining greyish buff ; outer webs much like the back, but lighter 

 and brighter, and with a slight greenish tinge. Under ])arts whitish ; breast grey, 

 lighter in the middle ; flanks grey, with a brownish tinges ; thighs brownish olive- 

 grey. Under wing-coverts grey ; iris dark brown ; maxilla sepia-brown ; mandible 

 ochreous yellow. Legs very pale olive-brown. Total length about 90 — 95 mm. ; 

 wing 53 — 56 ; tail 18 — 19 ; tars. 22 — 23 ; culm, from base 16. 



? ad. Like male, but slightly smaller. Wing 50 — 52 mm. 



Hab. South Flores. 



3. Microeca oscillans sp. nov. 



<? ad. Forehead, crown, and nape dark brown, with an olive tinge ; back 



similar, but lighter ; rump with a rnfous wash ; uj>i)er tail-coverts rufous. Wings 



deej) brown, inner lining rufous bufl", outer webs pale russet (between figs. 16 and 



19 on Ridgway's PI. III.). Tail chestnut-brown; shafts of rectrices lighter and more 



