582 TIMELIID^. 



skin of neck and about the eyes blue; iris crimson" (A. Everett). 

 Total length 5*2 inches, culmen 0'7, wing 2*2, tail 1'85, tarsus 0-8. 



The adult female is like the male, but differs in having the crown 

 of the head only dark slate-colour, the nape being washed with 

 chestnut and the hind neck entirely chestnut ; " bill black, dusky 

 below at base ; feet pale olive ; iris red-brown " (A. M. Wallace). 

 Total length 5 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 2*25, tail 1-95, tarsus 0'7. 



Tounr/ birds differ from the adult in having the whole plumage 

 lax and fluffy. There is no grey on the upper surface, which is 

 dull reddish brown, a little more dingy on the head; wing-coverts 

 and quills dusky brown with rufous edgings; the entire under 

 surface ashy, washed with fulvous-brown on the sides of the body. 



Hab. Borneo, where it seems to be generally distributed. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Labuan {Hugh Loiv). R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. [P.]. 



c. Juv. sk. Labuan. Hugh Low, Esq. [C.]. 



d. S ad. sk. Bintulu, W. Borneo. Alfred Everett, Esq. [CI. 



e. $ ad. sk. Sarawak. A. R. Wallace, Esq. fC.]. 



f. Ad. sk. Banjermassing. J. Motley, Esq. [C.J. 



9. Mixornis capitalis. 



Mixornis capitalis, Ticeedd. Ann. ^- Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) xx. p. 535 

 CIS??) ; id. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 110, pi. vii. fig. 2 ; id. t. c. pp. 342, 

 380 ; id. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 71 ; Wardlaw Bamsaxj, Orn. Works 

 Tiveedd. p. 657 (1881). 



Adult female (Dinagat, June 1877 ; A. H. Everett : type of 

 species). General colour above dull ashy, streaked with white down 

 the centre of the feathers ; rump uniform and sHghtly tinged with 

 olive ; lesser wing-coverts like the back, and streaked with white 

 in the same manner ; the median and greater coverts browner and 

 the white shaft-lines not quite so distinct ; quills brown, externally 

 ashy olive, the primaries gxeyer, the innermost secondaries with 

 white shaft-lines ; tail-feathers dark brown, edged with olive-brown, 

 all but the centre tail-feathers tipped with white, increasing in ex- 

 tent towards the outermost, the external one having the outer web 

 entirely white ; crown of head rufous, the feathers with fulvous or 

 whitish shaft-streaks, forming a cap extending as far as the occiput; 

 the nape and occiput like the back ; lores dull whitish ; ear-coverts 

 ashy, streaked with dull white centres to the feathers ; cheeks 

 similarly coloured, but a little tinged with rufous on the fore part ; 

 throat light rufous, obscurely streaked with yellowish white ; re- 

 mainder of under surface of body pale yellowish, including the 

 under tail-coverts ; sides of breast and flanks slightly more ashy ; 

 thighs ashy brown ; axillaries and under wing-coverts yellowish 

 white ; quills dusky below, yellowish white along the inner web ; 

 " bill blackish ; legs light olive-green ; iris orange." Total length 

 5-3 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 2-7, tail 2-2, tarsus 0-75. (Mus. B. 

 G. Wardlau' Ramsaij.) 



Adult male (Basilan ; A. H. Everett). Similar in plumage to the 

 female, but a little brighter on the head and throat : soft parts as 



