( ifio ) 



very closely allied to Erythr. dumetoria (himetofia, from wliicli it may perhaps 

 differ by a generally lighter upper throat, slightly narrower white line on the 

 forehead, and apparently darker feet and legs. The two first peculiarities are, 

 however, perhaps due to the abraded state of the plumage of all our Timorlaut 

 specimens ; while our typical dumetoria from Lombok, Flores and Sumbawa are 

 in fresh plumage. It remains thus somewhat doubtful whether " riedeli " can be 

 separated even as a subspecies ! 



25. Microeca hemixantha Scl. 



From Larat only. "Iris blackish brown; feet blackish; bill lilack, lower 

 mandible pale." 



26. Gerygone dorsalis Scl. 

 Larat, Yamdena, and Selarn. " Iris dark grey, feet ashy grey, bill black." 



27. Graucalus melanops (Lath.). 



This bird has been mentioned as occurring iu Timorlaut by Sclater, Forbes and 

 Biittikofer ; and Mr. Kiihu, in one of his letters, says that it occurs in Larat, 

 although he procured no specimens. 



Dr. A. B. Meyer has (Zeitschr. ges. Orn. I. p. 199, pi. IX. fig. I) described 

 and figured a Graucalus timorlaocnsis, which seems to be a form of G. hjpoleucus. 

 We have not received specimens of Dr. Meyer's form, which is apparently unique in 

 the Dresden Museum. 



28. Graucalus unimodus Scl. 



One adult male, two a,<\.n\t females, and two immature males from Larat. " Iris 

 in both sexes of a very deep brown, bill and feet black." 



This form of Graucalus (I do not separate the genera Graucalus and Artamidcs) 

 is as diflerent from Grauc. caeruleogriseus, with which Dr. Sclater compared it when 

 describing it, as any Graucalus can be from another. Its nearest ally is Graucalus 

 pollens Salvad. from the Key Islands, of which it may be considered a subspecies. 

 It differs from G. pollens, besides some minor, very slight differences in shades of 

 colour, in having grey, not black, under tail-coverts in both sexes. The black under 

 tail-coverts iu both sexes of G. pollens are very characteristic, although, I believe, 

 not mentioned in any description before. 



29. Lalage moesta Scl. 



Nine skins from Larat. This species is nearest to L. atrorirens, from which it 

 differs, besides some minor characters, in having a white superciliary line from the 

 forehead to the eye. There are also generally indications of a continuation of tliis 

 white line behind the eye. " Iris dark brown, bill and feet black." 



If our specimens are correctly " sexed," there is no difference between the sexes. 



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