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Museum, aud it agrees best, at first sight, with the examples obtained 

 in Hainan bj- Mr. Swinhoe. The bird is adult, ha'snng several 

 distinct siibtorminal spots on the abdomen and burs on the first pri- 

 mary. Altliougli the general colour is rather light brown, there is 

 verj- little of a rufous shade even on the wings. Ears on tail four; 

 but I can discover traces of a fifth basal one, now apj)arently nearly 

 dissolved. Total length ll"o inches, wing 8-5, tail 5, tarsus 1-1. 



The Norwich iluseum contains a specimen from Borneo which is 

 rather more rufous than the foregoing Sarawak bird. Ears on tail 

 five, with faint traces of a sixth basal bar ; first primary uniform ; 

 streaks on under surface rather narrow, and several abdominal spots 

 distinctly developed. 



In the Paris Museum I also exaniiued a female specimen of a 

 Bornean jS'ino.v, purchased from the ilaison Verreaux. The abdo- 

 minal spots were very large, and in general resembling the Labuan 

 skins in the British Museum ; first primary with t^^■o or three faintly 

 indicated bars ; bands on tail four, with no trace of a fifth. Total 

 length 10 inches, A\ing S-5, tail 4-1, tarsus 0-95. 



The following is a descrijition of Mr. Wallace's specimen : — 



Adult. Above uniform deep chocolate-brown, with scarcely any' 

 variations at all on the u])pcr surface, beyond a few nearly concealed 

 white spots on the scapulars ; wing-covci+s uniform with the back, 

 the small ones on the edge of the outer wing white, forming a spot ; 

 primary-coverts blackish ; quills dark brown, paler and more rufous 

 on the outer edge, the innermost secondaries with a few half-con- 

 cealed white spots and bars observable on disarranging the feathers ; 

 upper tail-coverts uniform with the back ; tail ashy brown, narrowly 

 tipped with whitish and crossed with four broad blackish bands, the 

 subterminal interspaces slightly broader than the others ; facial 

 aspect dusky and uniform with the head, scarcely any shade of buff 

 or whitish being apparent on the foi'chead or lores ; throat and 

 chest equally obscure, being dark brown like the ear-coverts, the 

 chin very scantily streaked with white, and the chest having a few 

 white streaks where some of the plumes are margined witli dull 

 white ; rest of under surface rufous chocolate, varied with white, the 

 bases and margins to the feathers being of the latter colour and the 

 centres chocolate, varying in width and ])roducing a more or less 

 streaked appearance ; under tail-coverts white, with brownish marks 

 at the tips of a few of the feathers ; leg-feathers unifoi-m deep cho- 

 colate ; under wing-coverts nearly uiaform deep chocolate, some of 

 the inner ])lumes varied with deep oebraccous bars, the lowest series 

 nearly uniform sepia-brown, with a few ochraceous spots near the 

 base, resembling thus the inner lining of the wing, which is sepia- 

 brown barred on the inner web with pale brown, inclining gradually 

 to ochraceous towards the base of the inner web. Total length 10*8 

 inches, wing 7-5, tail 4-4, tarsus 1-1. 



Labuan. Four specimens collected by Mr. Low are in the Museum, 

 adults and sHghtly younger birds. They are all remarkable for 

 their very dark coloration, the scapular sjjots being very few and in 

 one specimen entirely wanting. The head, sides of face, sides of 



