534 TrMEUTD^. 



2. Stachyris larvata. 



Timalia larvata, Bp. Consp. i. p. 217 (1850, ex Miill. MS. in Mus. 



Luffd.) ; Grai/, Ilmid-L B. i. p. 315, no. 4711 (1869). 

 Stacliyi'is larvata, Blijth, Ibis, 1870, p. 170. 

 Timelia laiTata, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xiv. p. 222 (1879). 



Adult. General colour above rufous-brown, dusky on the mantle ; 

 wing-coverts and quills dusky brown, margined with chestnut-brown, 

 lighter on the edges of the primaries ; tail-feathers dusky brown 

 with margins of the same colour as the back, and with cross lines 

 visible under certain lights ; head and nape dingy black, streaked 

 with hoary white, more distinctly on the forehead ; lores ashy grey ; 

 round the eye a ring of white feathers ; ear-coverts rufous-brown, 

 streaked with whitish shaft-lines ; feathers below the eye ashy ; 

 fore part of cheeks whitish, tipped with dusky brown ; chin light 

 ashy, deepening into dark ashy on the upper throat ; remainder of 

 under surface orange-brown, with slight indications of yellowish 

 shaft-streaks on the lower throat and fore neck ; sides of body ru- 

 fous-brown or dull chestnut, as also the under tail-coverts ; under 

 wing-coverts and axillaries orange-brown, brighter on the edge of 

 the wing ; quills dull brown below, ashy fulvous along the edge of 

 the inner web. Total length 4*8 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 2-2, 

 tail 1'95, tarsus 0*9. • 



Hab. Eepresents the foregoing species in the mountains of 

 Sumatra. 



a. Ad. sk. Sumatra. Purchased. 



3. Stachyris poliocephala. 



Timalia poliocephala, Temm. PI. Col. ii. pi. .593. fig. 2 (1836); Bj}. 



Consp. i. p. 217 (1850) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. p. 315, no. 4696 (1869) ; 



Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 212 (1874) ; Hume, Sir. F. 1879, p. 60. 

 Timaha striolata, S. Miill. Tijdschr. 1838, p. 32; Bp. Consj}. i. 



p. 217 (1850); Gray, Hand-l. B. i.p. 315, no. 4699 (1869). 



Adult. General colour above dull rufous-brown, rather brighter 

 on the rump ; upper tail-coverts chestnut ; tail-feathers rufous- 

 brown with brighter chestnut edges ; wing-coverts like the back ; 

 greater coverts and quills brown, externally chestnut-brown ; fore- 

 head and top of head dusky ashy black, the feathers edged with 

 whitish, causing a streaked appearance, the hinder head and nape 

 dull reddish brown, with dusky edges to the feathers ; lores and 

 entire side of face and ear-coverts ashy black ; sides of neck deep 

 chestnut ; throat dull ashy, streaked with huffy white, the feathers 

 being edged with the latter colour ; rest of under surface, com- 

 mencing from the lower throat downwards, deep chestnut, including 

 the thighs and under tail-coverts ; axillaries like the breast ; 

 under wing-coverts dull brown ; quills brown below, light rufous 

 along the edge of the inner web. Total length 5-3 inches, 

 culmen 0-8, wing 2'65, tail 2, tarsus 0*9. 



Hah. Malacca, Sumatra, and Borneo. 



