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The Puhi l^aut sppcimeti is a little purer white uiKlorneiith and a shade paler 

 above than the others, but not more so than is occasionally the case in Bomean 

 examples. 



lit. Sciurus tennis Horsf. 

 Man}' specimens. .Mount Iv'aiiai ami ntlicr localities. 



J'20. Mus neglectus .lent. 

 n — (/. Cape Datu and Sibiutang, Bungnran. 



•21. Mus ephippium .lent. 

 n. Sibintang, Bunguran. 



22. Tragulns javanicus Desm. 

 Several from Bunguran : one fVoui I'ulu l.aut. The latter is of a vi-rv pale colour. 

 A series from Pulu Laut would be interesting, in oi'der to show whether the 

 specimens from that island are, as in other cases, constantly ]>aler. 



2:!. Sns sp. 

 «. Mount Kanai, 1000 feet. 

 This specimen, being still in the striped pelage, is too young for determination. 



24. Manis javanica. 

 A mnle (September 1894), Bunguran, Mount Kanai, 1000 feet. Total length, 

 89 cm. 



ON A NEW PAREOT. 

 By TJIE llOX. WALTER ROTHSCHILD. 



Palaeornis intermedia sj). nov. 



Under mandible orange-yellow. 



Maxilla orange-crimson, with yellow tip. 



Forehead and orbital region rufous plum-purple ; rest of head and cheeks slaty 

 purple, not quite so dull as in P. rosa. Separating the head-colour from the back is 

 a narrow black collar joined to broad black mandibular stripes. This black collar is 

 followed by an ill-defined band of bright verdigris green. Back and scajiulars oil- 

 green ; rump, wing, and upper tail-coverts more grass-green, with a slight bluish 

 tinge ; a large maroon spot on the middle wing-coverts. Central tail-feathers missing ; 

 re.st of tail as in P. schisticeps, but outer webs more blue. 



Whole undersurface yellowish apple-green. Under tmng-coverts bright glaucous 

 green ; wings like those of the three allied species. 



Wing, inches ; bill, 0-8. 



Hab. India. The single skin now before me is of the so-called Bombay pre- 

 paration, and therefore most likely came from the Western Provinces. With it came 

 two skins of P. schisticeps. 



This .species is somewhat intermediate between Palaeornis scliisticeps and /'. 

 cyanocephala in size and coloration, but is nearer P. schisdceps, with which it 

 agrees in the colour of the nrader ntandihle, which is black in /'. cyanocephala 

 and P. rosa. 



