13. TTJEDrNTTS. 545 



B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 148 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 260 (1856) ; 



Horsf. Sf- Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 226 (1854). 

 ? Myiothera hypoides, Temm. in Mus. Ltiffd. 

 M3'iothera concreta, Miiller, MSS. in Mus. Lugd., undh 

 Tiirdirostris concretus, J?/?. Consp. i. p. 218 (1850). 

 Bessethera pyca, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 76 {ex Temm. MSS.). 

 Macroniis concretiis, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 318, no. 476 (1869). 

 Nannothera sepiaria, Sundev. Av. Meth. Tent. p. 11 (1872). 

 Trichostoma pyca, Nicholson, Ibis, 1879, p. 168. 



Verj' similar to T. ahhotti, but has a much smaller bill, and the 

 head is dusky ashy brown contrasting with the back. Total length 

 5-5 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 2-8, tail 2, tarsus 1. 



Hab. Java and Borneo. The specimen of Myiotliera concreta 

 sent by the Leiden Museum appears to me to be inseparable from 

 our Javan specimens. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Java (Horsjield). India Museum. 



c. Ad. sk. Java. Purchased. 



d. Ad. sk. W. Java {E. C. Buxtoyi). F. Nicholson, Esq. [P.]. 



e. Ad. sk. Borneo. Leiden Museum [P.]. 



(s. n. Myiothera concreta). 



f. Ad. sk. Borneo. Eyton Collection. 



7. Tnrdinus fulvescens. 



Tiirdirostris fidvesceus, Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 54 ; Seine, 

 J.f. O. 1859, p. 4.30; Hartl. J.f. O. 1861, p. 173. 



Aletiie fulvescens, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 319, no. 4784 (1869). 



Trichastoma rufipennis, Sharpe, Ann, 8f Mag. Nat. Hist, (4) x. p. 451 

 (1872). 



Trichastoma fulvescens, Sharpe, Ann, %■ Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) x. 

 p. 451 (1872). 



Adult. General colour above olive-brown, becoming more ful- 

 vescent on the lower back and rump, the upper tail-coverts ru- 

 fescent brown ; wing-covorts like the back ; quills dusky brown, 

 externally olive-brown, a little more fulvous than the back ; bastard- 

 wing feathers and primary-coverts dusky brown, externally ashy 

 olive : tail-feathers light reddish brown, externally washed with 

 rufescent brown like the upper tail-coverts ; head dull ashy, con- 

 trasting with the back, slightly washed with olive-brown ; lores 

 ashy whitish ; feathers over and round the eye, sides of face, and 

 ear-coverts ashy grey, the latter slightly washed with olive ; entire 

 throat whitish, overshaded with ashy grey ; chest and breast, as 

 well as the sides of the body, pale fulvous-brown ; centre of breast 

 and abdomen ashy whitish ; thighs ashy ; under tail-coverts deeper 

 fulvcscent brown ; axillaries and under wing-coverts ashy whitish 

 washed with fulvous ; quills ashy brown below, pale fulvous along 

 the edge of the inner web. Total length 6-2 inches, culmen 0-8, 

 wing 2-95, tail 2-6o, tarsus 1. 



Obs. I have united, with some hesitation, Trichastoma rufipennis 

 VOL. vn. 2 N 



