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Lesson, in his description of P. sim/plex., did not give the color of 

 the irides, but it may be assumed" that he had the red-eyed form. 

 The status of the white-eyed bird can be properly determined only by. 

 an examination of the types of P. hrwmeus and P. modestus Blyth, 

 and of J/icrofarsus (dlvaeeu.s Moore, an}'^ one of which may refer to it. 



PYCNONOTUS ERYTHROPTHALMOS (Hume). 



llxos] erythropthalmos Hume, tSti-ay Feathers, VI, 1878, p. ;il4 (Pakchan, Ten- 

 asaei'im ) . 



One adult male from Pulo Tuangku. Length, 165 mm. 



''Iris red; eyelids orange; angles of mouth and inside of mouth 

 orange; feet brownish fleshy." 



This is P. picsillus Salvadori (not IIcBinatornis pusillus Blyth), 

 renamed P. Salvador ii by Sharpe.^ 



Family TIMALIID.E. 



ANUROPSIS MALACCENSIS (Hartlaub). 



Brachyptery.r malaxcenslK Hartlaub, "Syst. Verz. nat. Bamml. Gesellsch. Mus., 

 I, Vogel, 1844," p. — (Malacca). 



One pair from Pulo Tuangku. " Common in the forest." 

 These are similar to Malaccan birds. 



MIXORNIS PILEATUS (Blyth). 



Prinia pileata Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng., XI., Pt. 1, 1842, p. 204 (Malay 

 Peninsula). 



One adult male from Pulo Bangkaru. This is as dark on the upper 

 surface as 3L everetti, from the Natunas, but in other respects is 

 similar to Singapore birds. 



Mi, mm is <jid(iris {MotaciUa gnlaris Rafiles, 1822) as commonly 

 applied to this species is preoccupied {MotaciUa gularis Shaw, Cimelia 

 Physica, 1796, p. 61). 



CYANODERMA FULVIVENTRIS, new species. 



%?e.— Adult male, No. 179359, U. S. N. M. ; Pulo Tuangku, Banjak 

 Islands, west coast of Sumatra, February 1, 1902; Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



Similar to C. erythroptera^ but throat, breast, sides of head, and 

 neck darker slate color; abdomen, sides, flanks, and under tail-coverts 

 deeper fulvous; bill slightly longer and total length a trifle greater. 



Length, 146; wing, 59; tail, 50; tarsus, 21; culmen, 17 (bill, from 

 gape, 20) mm. "Iris brownish red; naked skin on throat pale blue; 

 naked skin about eyes dark blue." 



''The type was in the collection of Dr. Abeill^, of Bordeaux, and may still be 

 extant. 

 ''Catal. Birds, VI, 1881, p. 401. 



