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to me to be longer in M. r. rujiyula, being generally over 70 mm. long, wbile it is 

 below or not over 70 mm. long in J/", rnfgula colonus. Although the difference in 

 the width of the bill is only about 1 mm., it is very conspicnons, as confirmed by a 

 number of i)ersons withont any ornithological knowledge, who, when I .showed them 

 the two birds, have noticed the difference in size of their beaks at a glance. 



14. Gerygone everetti sji. nov. 



A large series of a Geri/yoiu' from Savn belongs to an nndescribed species. 

 The fnlly adnit bird resembles G. inornata Wall, from Timor, but it is easily 

 distinguished by its considerably longer bUl and more brownish upper surface. 

 The lores are darker than the crown, but in front of them is a tiny whitish spot. 

 Over the eye is a distinct though faint indication of a pale superciliary line. Crown 

 pale brown ; back and rump washed with rusty brown. Quills with whitish brown 

 outer edges, secondaries with yellowish brown outer edges. Under surface white ; 

 sides of breast washed with brown, flanks with yellowish buff. Wing 5U— 53 mm.; 

 tail 40—42; culmen from base 14,» exposed culmen 11; tarsus 20. The /ewafe is 

 like the male, though perhaps a little smaller.  



The j'oung of U. everetti is lemon-yellow below and slightly more brown on 

 the back. The adult bird has the "iris white; bill black; legs very dark grey, 

 almost black." The young birds have the " irides olive, or light olive yellowish; 

 bill dark brown, basal half of lower mandible pale yellowish; legs dark blackish 

 plumbeous." 



Even this bird, though not before described, must nut be considered to be 

 peculiar to the island of Savu, as a specimen collected in Timor by Mr. H. 0. 

 Forbes belongs to it, and not to G. inornata, which name it has on the label. 



15. Lalage timoriensis (S. Mull.). 

 Specimens from Savu agree with those from Timor and other localities. 



16. Hinindo javanica Sparrm. 

 An old and two young birds, not showing any peculiarities. 



17. Corvus macrorhynchus Wagl.f 



Qne^femnle. Wing 327 mm. Sec Buttikofer's valuable remarks on the crows 

 inhabiting the Malay Archipelago in Notes Leijden Museum, VoLXVlII. pp. l,s.5-9. 

 These remarks are very correct, but they do not exclude the possibility that 

 C. macrorhynchus might yet be separable into some local subspecies. The distribu- 

 tion of C enca, i.e. " Java, Celebes, and Snia Islands," is most remarkable. This 

 species will probably be also found in all the islands between Java and ('elebcs, or 

 otherwise I should suspect that some differences, after all, exist between C. enca, 

 enca from Java and those from Celebes. 



* In G. inornata 10 mm. 



f Mr. Everett aent this species also from Lomliok, 



