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dark In-own stripes, starting from above the eyes and ruaning backwards to the najje 

 in C. moiitis from Borneo, are less couspicnons iu the Floras birds, not being so broad 

 and only starting from behind the eyes, so that, while they are conspicuous if looking 

 straight into the face of C. month montis, they are not visible from right in front in 

 C. montis floris. 



It is very interesting to find iu Flures a form so closely allied to one known 

 from the mountains of North Borneo, Sumatra, and Palawan, and it is a further 

 proof of a certain similarity between the highland fauna of the great mountains of 

 various islands of the Eastern Archipelago. 



The young bird looks rather dififerent from the old bird. It is of a less bright 

 yellow below ; the head is dull rufous, with two broii<l brownish black stripes over 

 the sides of the crown. 



*.j'J. Acanthopneuste presbytis (Blyth) (?). 



Muscicapa prenbytis, S. MuUer, Tijihchr. r. Xal. Gesck. rii P/n/.<. II. p. 331 (1835 — descr. nulli I) 



(" Sumatra " ! ). 

 Sylvia presbytis, Blyth, Ibis, 1870, p. 1G9 (descr. princeps) ("Timor" I). 

 Cf. Seebohm, Cat. B. V. p. 53 ; Gates, Fauna Brit. Iiul Birils, I. pp. 419, 420. 



There is a series of specimens of this form from elevations of '.5000 and 3500 

 feet, which is, I believe, best placed in the genus Ai-anthopmnistc, as in the shape of 

 the bill they do not agree with typical Cryptolopha, from which they also differ in 

 their stronger feet, while the wing is not long and strong enough for Phylloscopus. 

 (See Gates, t.c. pp. 340, 411.) Cryptolopha sarasinonan Mey. & Wigl. from 

 Celebes also belongs to this same group. It is, however, doubtful whether the 

 Flores bird can be united with the one from Timor, as the former is much deeper 

 yellow below; but nothing should be done without fresh material from Timor. 



I have no doubt that these birds are resident in Flores and Timor, and not 

 wanderers from the north, as Seebohm {/■(■■) supposed, without any reason. 



•53. Gerygone sulfurea Wall. (?). 

 One female from Endeh. This specimen differs from G. sulfurea Wall., of 

 which there is also only one skin in the British Museum, in being darker above 

 and paler yellow below. The spots before the eyes are also less white, but it 

 would be venturous to separate it from the Timor bird without further evidence. 



54. Hypothymis azurea (Bodd.). 

 From Endeh and Mangarai. 



55. Rhipidura diluta Wall. 



A fine series from Endeh and Mangarai, up to above 30U0 feet. M. sumbametisis 

 Biittik. (Nov. ZooL. III. p. 570) is very closely allied to R. diluta— in fact most of the 

 differences in colour stated in the author's original description are probably due to 

 comparison with one single very old specimen in Leydeu from Flores — but the bill 

 is larger. 



*56. Rhipidura semicollaris Mull. & Schleg. 



There are several skins of this Rhipidura from South Flores. They do not 

 diflfer from typical R. semicollaris from Timor in the British JIusenm, except that 

 the males have the wiugs about 3 mm. longer. 



