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I'.iii. Pyrrhula waterstradti Hart. 



Pi/rrliiila wnterKtvadti Hartert, Dull. B. (J. C. xii. (Ma.v, I'-.tu-J) p. (iij ((jnuoiig 

 Tahan). 



i ad. Uppersidp asliy brown, ])aler on tlie lieail ; lower back and rniup l)hie- 

 black ; a wide white band across the lower part of the rniu]) ; npper tail-coverts 

 and rectrices ])nri)lish black, with narrow velvety-black tijis. Primaries and 

 primary-coverts brownish black, onter w(!bs deepest ; secondaries deep pnrjjlish 

 blue on the outer webs, the inner ones on both webs, and edged with white on the 

 inner webs ; the small innermost secondary ])urplish bine-black ; the greater 

 portion of the outer web dark rod. Underside " drab " (Ridgw., JSlomencl. Col., 

 PL III. fig. 18.) Ear-coverts pale drab-grey ; upper portion and feathers above 

 the ear-coverts white. Under tail-coverts white. Under wing-coverts ashy grey, 

 mostly with white tips ; axillaries white. Wiug 81, tail 75, tarsus 14, widtli 

 of bill at base in, cnlmen 13 mm. 



? ad. Like the male, but the distal portion of the inner web of the innermost 

 small secondary orange-yellow, not dark red. 



One pair, worn and moulting and badly shot, was obtained between .")iHio and 

 TUOO ft. ou Gunong Tahan in October, lOul. It was the only pair seen. The sjiecies 

 is named as a compliment to Mr. John Waterstradt. 



This remarkable Bullfinch stands quite by itself, and is a wonderfid discovery. 

 Bullfinches being truly palsearctic birds, quite unknown in the Malayan regions. 



Pijrrhiild leiicoi/em/s from Luzon resembles our bird in the white sides of 

 the head and in the general brownisji colouration, but it has the crown and chin 

 black. The under tail-coverts are ochraceous buff. 



The bill of P. ivaterstradti is very broad and flattened on the top. 



I'll. Ploceus passerinus iufortunatus subsp. nov. 



6 ad. Snngei Lebeh I'J. v. 11)11 1. 



This unfortunate specimen gave me a whole morning's work. The result is 

 the following review : 



There are three allied species to be considered. 



A. Ploceus phiUppina (L.) 



Loxia philijipiiia L., Si/st. Suf. od. xii. (ITfHl) p. .30.5 (ex Brisson, On/, iii. 

 1760. p. 232. Hab. " Piiiiippines." — errorc ! I substitute Ceylon as the original 

 locality). 



Synonyms: P.kiya Sluirpe (non Hlytii !), Cat. 11. Brit. xiii. isOo, j). 488.— 

 P. /'/(scicollis Reichenbach, .S'/w/«'. p. 75. 1863. 



There is no doubt that the name phillippiiia refers to the Indi;in bird, S ad. 

 with a yellow foreneck and breast, while the name hai/a Blytii refers to the birds 

 collected in Nepal by Hodgson, and as Hodgson never collected P. phiUppina 

 in Nepal, the name ba>/a (iiomen nudum !) cannot refer to the yellow-breasted 

 species. 



Hab. Ceylon and India. 



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