188 liichmoml — E'njJtt Nev Birds from Sumatra. 



green and amethyst reflections; mantle and scapulars sepia, the feathers 

 of the latter with reddish chestnut tips; wings and wing-coverts of the 

 same color, the feathers (mainly of the coverts) edged with reddish 

 chestnut, the lesser coverts being entirely of this color, and the middle 

 coverts nearly so; back, rump, and upper tail-coverts burnt umber, the 

 feathers with rather paler edges; three central pairs of rectrices Prout's 

 brown, outer feathers cinnamon rufous, each with a dusky black (gray 

 on under surface) oblique patch near the tip, mainly on the inner web. 



Length (in flesh), 324 mm.; wing, 157; tail, 1G7; tarsus, 18; ciilmen, 14. 



The female difi'ers in being duller below, with more prominent black 

 mottling on the foreneck and chest; the tertiaries, secondaries, wing-cov- 

 erts, back, rump and upper tail coverts are more heavily edged with red- 

 dish chestnut (paler than in the male); sides of neck, nape, and mantle dull 

 blackish, with pale cinnamon and whitish bars (no glossy reflections), 

 and the forehead is heavily streaked with black. "Iris bluish gray; 

 feet dark purple brown; bill dark brown; black at tip." 



The nearest relative of this species appears to be M. rvficep^. 



Palaeornis major sp. nov. 



Type.—ki\\\\l male. No. 179,111, 11. S. National Museum, Pulo Babi 

 (west coast of Sumatra), January 14, 1902, Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



Identical in color with P. fasciutus, but much larger. 



Length (in the flesh), 438 mm.; wing, 192: tail, 230; tarsus, 18; cul- 

 men, 18. 



A male P. fasciatus from the Andaman islands measures: length, 387 

 mm. ; wing, 1G8; tail, 200. A specimen of the same sex from Tenasserim, 

 has a total length of 324 mm.; wing, 150; tail, 140. 



Seven s^Decimens of P. major from Pulo Babi and Pulo Lasia are very 

 large and agree in dimensions with the fype. 



Psittinus abbotti sp. nov. 



Tjipc—KAwM male. No. 179, lOG, U. S. National Museum. Simalur 

 Island (west coast of Sumatra), December 11, 1901, Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



Mantle, scapulars, tertiaries, and inner middle and greater wing-cov- 

 erts, parrot green, the feathers with paler edges, those of the tertiaries 

 and wing-coverts with yellowish green edges; back cobalt blue; rump, 

 upper tail-coverts, middle pair of tail feathers, outer wing-coverts, and 

 upper surface of primaries and secondaries, grass green, each feather with 

 a paler green border; innermost lesser wing-coverts maroon purple; edge 

 of wing and primary coverts greenish blue; head, including nape and 

 hind neck, campanula blue, duller on the sides, becoming green (be- 

 tween emerald and apple green) on the forehead, lores, anterior part of 

 crown and round the eyes, the green feathers being tipped with campa- 

 nula blue: a narrow band of bluish black feathers separates tlie blue of 



