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consist of teu, uot twelve, rectrices, and that therefore the kej- of the genera in the 

 Catalogue of Biir/s, Vol. VII. p. 175, requires a great alteration. 



According to my views, the status of the species and subspecies of the genus 

 Phi/llerqates — which, contrary to my former views, should not be confounded with 

 Orthotomm — is now as follows : — 



flnner web of outer rectrix white : P. coronatus (Ilimalayas to Slalay 

 1.] Peninsula, but birds from the latter country require further attention). 

 llnner web of outer rectrix mostly olive : 2. 



flnner wel) of outer rectrix without any white: F. cucullatiis (Java, Sumatra, 

 Malay Peninsula, and Borneo. Birds from Borneo are said to have 

 purer grey hindnecks, and may be called P. ctwullatas cincreicollis. 

 Those from the Malay Peninsula are also worth special attention). 

 .Inner web of outer rectrix with whitish edge : 3. 

 /■Hindneck grey ; beak shorter, above grceuer : P. cucullatus pkilippinus 

 3. -I (Luzon). 



iHindneck olive : beak longer, above more olive : P. eceretti (Flores). 



12. Parus atriceps Horsf. 

 Tvro nudes and n /etnale from S. Flores. {Parus cinereus of Wallace's list, 

 P. Z. S. 1863, p. 485.) 



13. Dicaeum igniferum Wall. 

 This species was discovered in Flores by Wallace. Everett found it fairly 

 common in the low country near Nauga Ramau, but in October and November they 

 were all in moult. There is no difference in size between specimens from Flores and 

 Sambawa. (Cf. Nov. Zool. III. p. 506, No. 7.) 



*14. Dicaeum sanguinolentum Temm. 

 One male, shot at 3500 feet in South Flores, does not seem to differ materially 

 from D. sanguinolentum of Java, the only island whence tlio species lias liltherto been 

 known. The occurrence in Flores is the more remarkable as it has not been found 

 in any of the islands between it and Java. The specimen from Flores has the red 

 on the breast a shade lighter than most of the Java skins. The ear-coverts are 

 distinctlv greyish, while they are as pnrple as the back in the adult Java males, but 

 as this is also a sign of nonage, it is probable that it is also so in the Flores bird. 

 Otherwise there does not seem to be the slightest dilTerenee. Wing 50-3 ; tail 2Vt : 

 tarsus 12 ; calmen from base 1 15 ; exposed culmcn 8-5 mm. 



1-"). Acmonorhynchus annae Buttik. 

 In Zool. Ergebn. Reise Niederl. 0. Ind. p. 301, Dr. BUttikofer described this 

 pretty bird from a single spirit-specimen. Mr. Everett has now sent us both sexes 

 in numbers, from elevations of about 3000 to 3.500 feet in the hills of South Flores. 

 The vmle agrees very well with Biittikofer's descrii)tion, but is perhajis more greenish 

 above. Beak and feet are black. The wing measures OU to 02'S mm. The hitherto 

 undescribed female differs from the male in wanting the brilliant 3'ellow spot on the 

 rumj), in being smaller, and in having the mandible flesh-colonred, with only a dark 

 brown tip. The wing of the female measures 05 to GT'5 mm. The young male 

 resembles ihs female. 



