( 438 ) 



This remarkable species differs from the other forms of Cittocincla in having a 

 quite black tail, with narrow white tips to the outer two jiairs, or sometimes the 

 outermost pair of rectrices only, and jmre white under tail-coverts in the adult bird. 

 The 3"oung has a mottled brown throat, cinnamon tii)s to all the wing-coverts, and 

 black under tail-co\erts. C. nirjricauda differs from C. nielanura of Nias, which 

 has a totally black tail, in the much lighter, more cinnamon colour of the breast and 

 abdomen, and white under tail-coverts. No Copsychas was noticed. 



65. Dicaeum flammea (Siiarrm.), 



MoUicilla fltiinmea Sparnn., .1/ks. Carls, fuse. IV {178'J) pi. xcviii (hab. in Palmia Javae). 

 Dicaeum Jlammeum Vorderm., Nat. Tijihchr. Ned. hid. LII (1893) p. 195 (Kangean). 



Kangean E., W. (Nos. 51, 110, 138, 142.) 



This species is peculiar to Java and surrounding islands. Speciziieus from 

 Kangean are perfectly similar. Local name : " mengane." 



06. Cinnyris pectoralis (Horsf.). 



Neetarhila pecUiralis Horsf., Truii.':. Linn. Soc. XIII (1820) p. 107 (Java). 



Cinnyris pectoralis Vordenn., Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. LII (1893) p. 196 (Kangean). 



Kangean S., E., W. (Nos. 75, 14], 174, 213.) 



Local name : " klatjes " or " manuk sutra," the former name apparently applied 



to the male, the latter to the female (?) 



67. Anthreptes malaccensis malaccensis (Scop.). 



CrithUi malaiTensis Scop., D,l. FInr. el Faun, litauhr. II p. '.tl 078G) (ex Sonnerat : Grimperau de 



Malacca). 

 Antlwthreptex malaccensisYoTdertn., Xal. Tijdschr. Ned. Jiid. LII (1893) p. 190 (Kangean). 



Common all over Kangean. (Nos. 10, 27, 42, 46, 50, 85, 88, 89, 90, 97, 98, 99, 

 100. 117, 192, 214, 328.) 



These specimens are quite typical, agreeing with others from the Malay Peninsula, 

 Sumatra, Java, and Bali. 



Local names also : " klatje.s " and " manuk sutra." 



68. Hyloterpe grisola (Blyth). 



Tephrodornis grisola Blyth, .foiini. As. N,.,-. ft,,,/,,/ .\II (ISW) p. 180* (180*, not 180) (Botanical 

 Gardens, Calcutta ! *). 



Kangean E., \V. (Nos. 76, 169, 173, 177, 180, 203.) Loial name : "sep. ka.so." 



' I am of opinion that it must be considered very doubtful whether this name can be adopted 

 without uneasiness. Mr. Blyth tells us (Joimi. .-Is. Beiig. XI (1.S42') p. 799) that he shot a binl with 

 the same shot and out of the same (lock with two Tephrodornis ptmdifentiiiiig. atul that it ditfered from 

 the latter species " in having no white whatever on the tail, which w.as besides shorter and less rounded ; 

 also that the superciliary streak and dark colour of the ear-cuverts were wanting, while in other resjiects 

 the two resembled," Nothing is said of the much shorter and less tapering bill, shorter wing, and more 

 rufous.brownisb remiges. Later on (/. A. B. XII. (1843) p. l.HO*) Blyth said that this supposed variety 

 was a different species, and named it T. ijrisola. In 1863 Blyth identified a specimen of the Malayan 

 bird now called •' Parity eepliala grixola," sent to hira by Dr. Sclatcr. as his T. grisola, and on this 

 identification rests the name as applied now. It is most remarkable that no other itmtam'e of the 

 occvrrcnce in India of our '* Pachyrephala grigola " is known, and a re.e.xannination of the type is most 

 desirable to confirm the propriety of the name grimla. I think it will perhaps be better to separate 

 from Parhycephula the group Ilgloterpe (or Mntiritrea, both names being given in the same year, 1847) 

 generically, but I cannot allow it to be placed among the Musdcapidae, as Gates has done {B. India, 

 ir, 1890, p. ^0), while placing Tephrodornts among the Laniidae. Certainly Tej/krodornta might 

 be placed with the iShrikes instead of the motley crew of " Prioiwpiduc" (Cat. B. III.), which is an 

 artificial assemblage of rather divergent genera, mostly Laniidae; but Parhijecphala, t^tgether with 

 Hyloterpe or Muiteitrea, are closely allie<l, and, if anything, more typical laniine. Tlie young Ifylvtcrpe 

 grisola has a faintly striped underside and rather reddish wings, but resembles other species of true 

 Paehyeejthala in its style of plumage. 



