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 135. Sphecotheres hypoleucus Fiusch. 



Sphecotlicrex h i/jinleiicux Finsch, Xules Leyilut Mns. xx. p. 12'J (IR98 : Wetter) ; op. rit. xxii. p. 247 

 (Wetter), Taf . 3. fig. 1 <? , 2 ? ? ). 



Ilithi'i'to only known from thrci' specimens in tlie Leyden IMnscnm. 



1 have tiotliiug to add to Dr. Finsch 's descrijitions. Mr. Kiihn sent : 



5 (Jc?, 6 ??, Wetter, September, October VMC (Nos. 5636—5041, .iToo, 

 fonr without numbers.) 



cJ : " Iris burnt-sienna red, bill black, feet plumbeous. " ? : " Iris hlackish 

 brown (chocolate, burnt-sienna, scarlet), feet (dark) plumbeous, bill black." 



DICRURIDAE. 

 13(5. Dicrurus densus Bp. 



Dii'rotirus denxus Bonaparte, Omsp. Ai\ i. p. 352 (\fibO: Timor. The whole diagnoais is ''Mus. 



Lugd. ex Timor. Major.) 

 Chibia demii Finsch, Not. Leydeti ilus. xxii. p. 248 (Wetter) 



5 (?c?, 4 ? ?, Wetter, 15. iv. 1901; September, October 1902. (Nos. :!770, 

 3771, 5522—5525, 5558, 5667, 5667a.) 



" Iris scarlet, vermilion, pale reddish brown, in a young bird dark coffee-brown, 

 bill and feet black." 



STURNIDAE. 



137. Calornis kuehni spec. nov. 



i ad. Upper surface and ear-coverts purple, back and rump a little more 

 greenish, sometimes distinctly so, hind-neck and sides of neck also generally more 

 greenish, sometimes with a distinct green collar, wings, tail and sving-coverts dark 

 greenish with very little, if any, purplish tinge. Under-surface purple, middle of 

 throat green, abdomen less purplish, sometimes distinctly greenish. Iris vermilion, 

 bill and feet black. Wing lOOi— lU4i mm., tail of the same shape as in minor, 

 i.e. a little rounded, the outer rectriccs being only about i cm. shorter, measuring 

 about 6i) — 65 mm., bill about 15 — 17 mm. 



?. Like the cJ, but often back, rump and abdomen greener. 



Ti/pe : No. 5824, Roma, 25. viii. 1902. 



JIab. Wetter, Roma and Moa. 



Named in honour of Heinrich Kiihn, the successful traveller and collector ou 

 the Soulh-West Islands. 



This new form is nearest to C. minor, from which it differs in having the 

 head, back and abdomen purplish, while nii»or has a purplish collar and the head 

 and back greenish. The middle of the throat is greenish, being ({uite or nearly 

 uniform purple in minor. While our large series of 7ni>ior from Lombok, Sumbawa, 

 Sumba, Timor and S. Celebes is thus easily distinguished, some of the sj)ecimens 

 from Djampea apjiroach kiikid, while on& female is a most typical minor. The Moa 

 specimens are mostly green on bac'k and abdomen, and in some the green gular 

 patch is indistinct. 



No doubt minor and kiihni will have to be called by trinomial names and be 

 subspecies of one species, but other forms as well must be, embraced ; and it is here 

 not the place to pass the whole genus Calornis in review, without which, however, 



