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y. Orthnocichla subulata Shaiiie. 



Tlu're is a good series of this rare little bird from Atapnpn. "The iris is 

 clay-brown: the bill pale brown, mandible horn-wliite; legs piukish white." The 

 bird was found right at the sea-level. Tliis Ortltnociclda differs cousiderably from 

 0. ereretti Hart, of Flores in being verj' much smaller, the beak being narrower and 

 more pointed, the wing shorter, legs smaller and lighter in colour, in having a very 

 distinct bnffy white superciliary line, which is not developed in ". everetti, and in 

 its white breast, which is pale ashy grey in 0. everetti. 0. whiteheadi from Monnt 

 Kina Bain in Borneo differs in having a mnch darker, almost black crown, the back 

 being mnch darker brown, the superciliary line rusty, sides of breast and flanks 

 darker: under the superciliary stripe runs a blackish brown line from the eye to the 

 neck, along the sides of the head. This line is not developed in 0. eeeretti and 

 0. subulata. While 0. whiteheadi Sharpe is evidently a mountain bird, both 

 O. eceretti and 0. subulata occur in the low country. 



10. Dumetia bivittata (Bp.). 



This bird, which is rare iu eoUoitinns, was found in numbers near Atapupu. 

 "The iris is yellowish brown; the bill black, mandible lead-grey; legs and claws 

 l>ale brown." 



11. Cisticola cisticola (Temm.). 

 Atajiupu and Filaran. Two rather dark specimens with rather dark tails. 



12. Acanthopneuste presbytis (Blyth). 



See my remarks in Nov. Zool. IV. p. ^y>:^, No. ii'i. We have now received two 

 birds, lioth marked " j ", from Atapupu. Although they are only two, they are 

 sufficient to show that the Flores bird is different, for they both agree with the 

 Timor skins in the British Museum in being below very pale yellowish, of a some- 

 what striped appearance ; chin and throat distinctly white. In the Flores birds the 

 breast and abdomen are bright yellow ; the chin and throat not white, but of a paler 

 yellow. Sides of head and ear-coverts much lighter in the Timor specimens. 

 Wings 40 — 51 mm. in the Timor .skins, .54 — CO in the Flores bird, the smaller ones 

 being i\\(i fi'inales. Under the circumstances it becomes necessary to sej)arate the 

 Flores bird as 



Acanthopneuste floris sp. nov. 



I am of opinion that the genus AanithopiiCKste, to which also Cri/ptoloplm 

 mrasinorum M. & W'g. of Celebes belongs, must be placed among the Flycatchers, 

 but confess that the line cannot easily be drawn between many of the so-called 

 Si/lviidae and the Muncicaindae. 



1:5. Gary gone everetti Hart. 



Both sexes from Ata])ni)U. c^ and V . -Iris (irann-c-vcllnw : bill and legs 

 black." 



14. Siphia hyacinthina (Temm.). 



A magnificent series, shot iu July and August at Atajjupn. " Iris (J sid.) 

 warm lirown : bill and legs black." 



