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suggested of D. splendidum Buttik. from Djampea (Nov. Zool. III. ]>. KiT), which 

 differs from />. mac/doti in the lighter red tliroat, which is surmniided by a much 

 narrower and not blue-blaclv but blacliish grey line, and of D. icilhelminac Buttik. 

 of Sumba, differing from I), mackloti in the absence of the red rump and upper 

 tail-coverts, the broader black line in the middle of the breast, the undoubtedly 

 whiter (not so buff) abdomen and less extended whitish chin-spot, while the beak of 

 both 1>. wilhelminae and f). aplendidum is more like that of B. mackloti than of D- 

 iieylectum. 



The/emale of V. wMelminae has the red rump of its allies, which is absent in 

 the male ! Therefore the bird enumerated as (?) i>. mackloti on p. 581 of Vol. III. 

 of this journal is also a female of I>. u'ilhclminae, as a large series from Sumba now 

 clearly shows. The female of D. wilhelminae differs from that of D. mackloti, 

 which has the flanks like the abdomen, with only a shade of greyish olive, in 

 having olive-grey flanks with a slight greenish tinge, but it closely resembles that 

 of D. neglectum, which however seems to have no greenish tinge on the flanks. 

 For the present it will perhaps be best to treat these forms as species, although 

 they are all closely allied. 



4. Stigmatops ocularis (Gould). 



Evidently common in 8avu. S juv. " Iris slate-grey ; bill black ; legs 

 plumbeous grey." 



5. Philemon timoriensis (S. Mull.). 



A small series from Savu. The males are conspicuously larger than the 

 females. This species diflers from P. ne^jlecttis Biittik. chiefly in having a con- 

 spicuous silvery white line along the sides of the crown, and in the crown itself 

 being paler. Some of the Savu skins show broad whitish edges to the feathers of 

 the interscapulium and sides of breast. 



li. Zosterops citrinella ISp. 



The common Zosterops of Savu is Z. citrinella — at least 1 cannot find any 

 cluiracters by which to separate them from that species, though some are rather 

 pale on the abdomen. " Iris sienna-brown ; bill black, basal half of mandible 

 lead-grey; legs blackish plumbeous." 



7. Anthus rufulus medius (Wall.). 



This i)ipit is common in Savu. The specimens are almost pure white lielow, 

 the spots on the chest well marked, very blackish, the sujierciliary stripe almost 

 white. In these respects they agree with skins from Lonibok, Sambawa, and 

 Sumba, but on the whole they arc a little nujre brownish above than the Sumba, 

 Sambawa, and Lombok birds, which are very dark and very greyish. In any case 

 they differ from Anthns rufulus rufulus and .1. r. mnlni/ensis — if the latt(u- can be 

 separated, which is doubtful — in the colour of t he underside and superciliary line, and 

 are also above generally less tawny, so that they must be kept as A. r. Tnedius. 

 (Cf Nov. ZooL. III. pp. 558, 508, 580, 582.) 



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