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21. Halcyon sancta Vig. & Horsf. 



One from Kayeli (Dnmas coll.)- This bin! (marked S) is rather small, the 

 wing only 88 mm. 



22. Alcedo ispida moluccana Less. 



One male, Kayeli, Doherty coll. Bill black, rather long, 42 mm. from forehead. 



23. CoUocalia esculenta (L.). 

 <? Jlonnt Mada, Dnmas coll. Wiug 102, glossy green. 



24. Macropteryx mystacea Less. 

 Bara and Kayeli. Wings 210 and 21.j mm. (Small Molnccan race.) 



25. Hirundo rustica gutturalis (Scop.). 

 One adnlt specimen from Kayeli (Doherty). 



2G. Microeca addita sp. nov. 



This remarkable new bird is closely allied to the bird I described (Nov. Zool. 

 IV. pp. 170, 524) as Microeca osciUans from the moniitains of Sonth Flores. I 

 should not wonder if a new genns wonld be created for these birds, but I prefer for 

 the present not to separate it from Microeca, leaving the vexed question of the 

 genera of Muscicqndae to others. 



The new species, Microeca addita, differs from M. oscillans iu its larger size, 

 more uniform brown npperside, darker rufous brown, not chestnut-brown tail, 

 whitish (not buff) under tail- and under wing-coverts and lighter breast. 



c? ad. Upperside rufous-brown, darker on the head, brighter and more rufous 

 on the wings and the upper tail-coverts. Tail rufous-brown, more reddish on the 

 borders. Wings blackish brown with rufous-borders to the remiges. Underside 

 whitish, the feathers being grey with white borders, the feathers of the abdomen 

 white, only grey at base. Under tail-coverts white. Under wing-coverts white 

 with buff and brownish shades. Iris olive. Bill black, feet brown. S wing 80, 

 tail TO, metatarsus 10, bill (from forehead) 11 mm. (wings of males oi M. oscillans 

 70 to 78 mm., not 81 as said on p. 524 of Nov. Zool. IV.) ; ? of M. addita, wing 81, 

 tail 62, metatarsus 18-5, bill 10 mm. (? of J/, oscillans wing 75-5 mm.) 



One pair was obtained on Mount Mada, 3000 feet high, by Mr. Dnmas. 



27. Muscicapa griseosticta (Swinh.). 

 Onefemale, Kayeli, March 1897 (Doherty coll.) 



28. Erythromyias buruensis Hart. Bull. B. 0. Club, VIII. p. 31, (PL IV. fig. 2). 



(? ad. Top and sides of head and hindncck slate-colour ; upper wing-coverts 

 slate-colour, Wivshed with brown ; remainder of upper surface ashy brown. Remiges 

 and rectrices ashy brown, remiges with lighter brown outer edges and whitish brown 

 on the inner edges, more so towards the base ; rectrices edges with brown on outer 

 webs. Chin, throat, chest, and sides of body cinnamon-rufous ; flanks washed with 



