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of the head brownish bnff. Back, ramp, upper tail-coverts, and tail brown. Quills 

 deep blackish brown, their inner lining greyish bnff; outer webs much like the back, 

 but lighter and brighter, and with a slight greenish tinge. Under parts whitish; 

 breast gre)', lighter in the middle ; flanks grey, with a brownish tinge ; thighs 

 brownish olive-grey. Under wing-coverts grey. Legs very pale olive-brown. Iris 

 dark brown, ilaxilla sepia-brown ; mandible ochreons yellow. Total length about 

 90 — 95 mm. ; wing 53 — 56 ; tail 18—19 ; tarsus 22 — 23 ; culmen from base 16. 



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



A series from close to the sea-level up to 3500 feet. 



•9. Brachypteryx floris Hart. 



Antea, p. ITO, this very interesting bird was described as follows : — 



cJ. Above dull iudigo-blne ; forehead and 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 bhxckish brown, edged with the colour of the back, in the younger 

 ?nale 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 rulbus. Wings deep brown ; outer webs edged with 

 rufous brown. The same concealed white superciliary line as in the jiiale. Lores 

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

 middle of the abdomen white ; chest and 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. 



Only two pairs were procured at about 3500 feet. 



•10. Pnoepyga everetti Rothsch. 



Antea, p. 168, Mr. Rothschild described this pretty little new species as chiefly 

 differing from P. s/jua»iata (Goidd) (= -P- albicentris Hodgs.) in the remarkable 

 fact that the sexes are not cousj)icuonsly difiercnt, while in the two Indian species 

 the male is of a white ground-colour below, the Jemale bright fulvous. The bill 

 larger than even in P. squamata. The colour much like that of the male of 

 P. pusilla ; the secondaries and wing-coverts with even larger and more conspicuous 

 fulvous spots ; back and rump more conspicuously spotted with fulvous ; the head 

 darker ; the feathers on the sides of the body with darker and more blackish edges. 

 The nearest ally is evidently P. rufa of Sharpe from Java, in which too the sexes 

 are said to be alike in colour, but that species is said to be much more rufous. The 

 wing of P. everetti is 62 — 54 mm. long : tail 16 ; tarsns 20 — 21; culmen from base 

 15 — 16 ; exposed part of culmen 10. 



Mr. Everett sent a series from Repok and other places of 3000 to 3500 feet in 

 S. Flores. 



