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erroneous. Tlio shafts of the romiges anil rectrices are not Jift'L'i'pnt in colour fnnu 

 those of jilnmiiicnis. Tlicy arc quite as dark when freshly moulted, but become 

 equally liglit brown when old. The light rust-colour on the underside of the 

 wings is the same as in jdumigenis, the npperside is certainly not " obscure 

 fnlvescens," but rather " brunneo-griseus," or " obscure griseus " as Salvadori says. 

 Salvadori accf'j>ts fimorhtocnsis as a species, but says that he cannot make Meyer's 

 description agree, and finds that tiierc are no differences from plumi(/cnis except 

 the paler head and more gracile beak. The paler head is not correct, as it varies 

 according to age and freshness of plnmage. All I can see is that timorlaoensis is 

 in the mean slightly smaller and has a more gracile beak. There is no doubt that 

 molticcc lists, jjli(m/i/c/i/s, and timorhiocnsis are snbsjjecifically allied, and perhaps 

 several other forms belong to the same group. We received a good series 

 from Larat. 



39. Zosterops griseiventris Scl. 



A series from Larat (Kiihn), one from Selaru (Doherty). " Iris bright 

 chocolate-brown ; bill deep brown, lower mandible flesh-colonr, dark near tip ; 

 feet bright plumbeous-grey." 



Two nests with two and three eggs were found on January 13th and 14th- 

 The nests are the usual sort of Zosterops-nests, rather thin and loosely woven, and 

 lined with horsehair. The eggs are of the i)alest blue, and measure 16'6 : 12*8, 

 10-4 : 13, and 10-6 : 13 mm. 



40. Oriolus decipiens (Scl.) 



The imitating Oriole from Timorlant is very closely allied to Oriolns (or 

 Mimeta') burucnsis, from which it merely differs Iiy its longer wing, darker, some- 

 what more brown under-surface, and less developed, less circumscribed black patch 

 on the auricular region. The differences stated to distinguish it from buruensis 

 by Sclater and Sliarpe do not exist in our series, nor in those sent to Dresden by 

 Riedel. Dr. Sclater's type is evidently a young bird. We have received a fine 

 series from Larat. The iris is dark blood-red ; feet and bill black. 



41. Geocichla machiki Forbes. 



One single specimen, of doubtful sex, from Larat, IT, l.lOiil. " Iris dark 

 brown ; feet pale ochreous ; bill blackish, base of mandible widely pale yellowish." 



42. Geocichla schistacea A. B. Meyer. 



This excellent species has been sent in five sj)ecimens, three females and 

 two males, from Larat. The iris is of a deep coffee-brown, the bill black, and tlie 

 feet pale flesh-colour. The female is perfectly similar to the male. 



In Part III. of Seebohm's Monograph of the T/nr/ir/ae this Thrush is jilaced 

 in a very wrong position. I'roliably on account of the black and white colours found 

 in all these various forms, it is Tpnt among the wardi, sibirica, and piiiicola gronj), 

 but its real relatioushipK arc with the widely different intcrprcs group. It resembles. 



