giv(Mi [irfliiuinary desci-iptious of sl'vlmi new s|iecics autl a new siiljspeuius IVoiu 

 Floies, aud Mr. Walter Rothschild described a new hill-wreu {Pnoepijga evei-etti, 

 antea, p. 168). 



I have marked the species hitherto not recorded from Flores with an asterisk. 



PASSERES. 



1. Pratincola caprata (L.). 

 Above 3000 feet, October. 



*2. Geocichla andromedae (Temm.). 

 Fonr adnlt birds from about 350li feet. New to the ornis of Flores. Females 

 are smaller and have the breast a little jjaler. The innles have the wing 136 to 

 137 mm., the female only 12.5. Also the bill, feet, and tail are smaller in the 

 female. Tarsus in the adult male 32 mm.; cnlmen from base 35; tail 90. 



*3. Geociclila dohertyi Hartert. 

 Several adult specimens of both sexes from above 3000 and 3500 feet. They 

 resemble in every way the typical birds from Lombok aud Sambawa (Nov. Zool. 

 III. p. 555). 



*4. Geocichla interpres (Temm.). 

 A series from S. Flores, agreeing with sjiecimens from Lombok and Sambawa. 

 The red colour of the crown varies iu depth, which may prove to be a se.xual 

 character, but this must remain doubtful, for all our specimens are sexed by natives, 

 and therefore cannot be relied on implicitly. 



•5. Phylloscopus borealis (Bias.). 

 Fhylloscopi were common iu Novembe]-. All those sent are the same as those 

 which we have received in numbers from most of the other Sunda Islands, but 

 whether they all belong to the same species or subspecies I am unable to say, for 

 there are considerable variations iu size. Tlie wiugs measure 64-8, 66, 71, 73 mm. 



0. Cisticola cisticola (Temm.). 



Three skins with rather dark heads agree with Wallace's C. fuscicapilla from 

 Timor and Flores, but Dr. Sharpe was probably right in uniting this supposed 

 species with Cisticola cisticola (Temm.) (cf. Cat. B Brit. Mus. VII. i)j). 250-264). 

 Tliis bird would tlius be one of tlie most widely distributed /V.i.sc/vs, a fact of which 

 mention is not generally made when such nearly " cosmopolitan " birds are 

 mentioned, as this little bird is not known to most writers, excejjf ornithologists. 



7. Cisticola exilis (Vig. & Horsf.). 

 Several specimens from the low country. 



*8. Orthnocichlaieveretti Hart. 



Antea, p. 170, I characterised this bird as follows : — 



c? ad. Head aud hindneck russet, an indistinct paler stripe over the eyes; sides 



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