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cliiiugod iu Europe, I miisl ;i'iil I'ithi ni'iri't to iJio Floi'cs list, allliou-h I c.uiiiot 

 lielp feeling some relnctaucc in doiiif^ so. 



01. Pitta conciuna Gonlil. 



A fine .series from the low country of S. Flores. " Iriiles chocolate ; bill jet- 

 black ; leg.s pinkish white." 



STlllGES. 



G2, Pisorhina albiventris (Sharpe). 



Common in the low country of S. Flores. 6. " Irides deep orange ; bill and 

 cere dull yellow-green, blackish on sides of maxilla; feet dull dirty ochreons." 

 ? . " Irides golden yellow ; bill and cere dull yellow-green, the edges of the mandibles 

 and tip of the upper one dusky black ; feet pale dull ochreons, with an olivaceous 

 tinge." 



li:!. Pisorhina sylvicola (AValL). 



(? ad. Above pale greyish brown, with longitudinal black markings in the 

 middle of the feathers and deep brown vermiculations, scapulars with large very 

 light whitish ochreons markings. Remiges deep brown, onter webs with ochreous 

 sjwts, inner webs with whitish cross-bars towards the base, less developed on the 

 primaries, much more so on the secondaries. Disc round eyes buff, with brown 

 spots ; bristles in front of eyes whitish, with black tips. Feathers under the chin 

 buff, with deep brown " herring-bone " markings. Breast and sides of body light 

 huffish brown, with longitudinal black central markings, some white spots near the 

 shaft and some dark brown wavy ci'oss-lines. Centre of abdomen and l)elly white. 

 Under tail-coverts white, with some brown cross-bars near the tip. Thighs white, 

 outside spotted across with dark brown. Tail deep brown, with pale fulvous cross- 

 bars and vermiculations. Under wing-coverts whitish, with deep brown bars near 

 the outer edge of the wing. " Iris dnll orange ; rim of eyelids and feet ochre- 

 yellow; claws greenish horn-colour ; bill dark horn-grey; cere, cnlmcn, and under 

 surface of mandible light dull yellow." Total length about "270 mm. ; wing 210 to 

 223 ; tail 108 ; tarsus 30 ; entire culmen 38; bill 28. 



This fine large owl was found in the shore-jungle in S. Flores, and was ])airing 

 in November. It resembles P. scmitonjHca from Japan, but is larger, and has no 

 l)utf crescent on the upper back. It also resembles 1'. irhitelu'adi, but is much 

 whiter below, and without tin; white crescent on the hindneck and without the white 

 lines above the eyes. 



Wallace only procured a young bird (sex doubtful) in down, with only a few 

 feathers, which are exactly marke<l as those of our birils. It is true that the 

 dimensions of the type are very much larger, but I do nut hesitate to consider our 

 birds to be the same species. 



*<i4. Pisorhina alfredi sj). no v. 



<? ? ad. Above rufous, darker or lighter, forehead sjieckled witli white, 

 feathers of hindneck and back with concealed whitish buff cross-markings at their 

 bases, scapulars with some large white spots on the outer webs. Remiges blackish 

 brown, outer webs and tijis rufous; onter webs of primaries, except those of the 



