214 MUSCICAPID^. 



Gerygoiie simplex, Cab. J.f. O. 1872, p. 316 ; Walden, Tr. Z. S. ix. 

 p. 194 ; Sharpe, Tr. Linn. Soc. n. a. i. p. 352 ; id. Notes Leyden Mvs. 

 i. no. 9, p. 28. 



Adult (Luzon, Jagor ; type of species). General colour above ashy 

 brown, the wing-coverts and quills dark brown, externally margined 

 with pale ashy brown ; tail-feathers light ashy brown, with a broad 

 subterminal bar of black, the outer feathers having a small white 

 spot near the tip of the inner web ; lores yellowish white ; feathers 

 in front of and round the eye ashy white ; ear-coverts light ashy 

 brown ; cheeks and under surface of body white, with a slight wash 

 of buff on the breast ; under wing-coverts and axiUaries white ; 

 quills ashy below, whitish along the inner web. Total length 3"8 

 inches, culmen 0'4, wing 2, tail 1"45, tarsus 0-6. (Mus. Berol.) 



Hah. Island of Luzon, Philippine archipelago. 



5. Gerygone flaveola. (Plate V. fig. 2.) 



Gerygone flaveola, Cab. J. f. O. 1873, p. 157 ; Met/er, t. c. p. 404 ; 

 Sakad. Ann. Mtis. Civic. Genov. vii. p. 605 ; Sharpe, Notes Leyden 

 Mus. i. no. 9, p. 28. 



Adult (Macassar, Dr. A. B. Meyer ; type of species). General 

 colour above dark ashy brown, a trifle more grey on the head ; least 

 and median wing-coverts like the back ; greater coverts and quills 

 dark brown, with lighter brown edges, faintly tinged with olive on 

 the quiU-margins ; tail-feathers brown, with a subterminal shade of 

 darker brown, the outer feathers with a small spot of white near the 

 tip of the inner web ; lores, feathers in front of the eye extending 

 onto the upper eyelid, white ; ear- coverts ashy brown, strongly 

 washed with yellow : cheeks and under surface of body bright 

 yellow, becoming whiter on the sides of the vent and under tail- 

 coverts ; thighs brown ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white, 

 washed with yellow along the outer edge of the wing ; quills brown 

 below, whitish along the inner web. Total length 3*8 inches, cul- 

 men 0-45, wing 2-15, tail 1-5, tarsus 0-7. {Mus. Berol.) 



Hah. Celebes ; Borneo (Schivaner, Mus. Lugd.). 



a. <S ad. sk. Celebes ( Von Rosenberg'). Leiden Museum [P.]. 



6. Gerygone sulfui'ea. 



Gerygone sulfurea, Wallace, F. Z. S. 1863, p. 490 ; Finsch, Neu- 



Guinea, p. 166 ; Sharpe, Notes Leyden Mus. i. no. 9, p. 28. 

 Acanthiza .iiilphurea, Gray. Hand-l. B. i. p. 220, no. 3140. 



Adtdt (type of species). General colour above ashy brown, washed 

 with olive on the back and rump ; upper tail-coverts slightly darker 

 brown ; tail-feathers light ashy brown, with a subterminal shade of 

 darker brown, with a spot of white near the end of the inner web, 

 the ontermost feather with a subterminal white mark on the outer 

 web as well as the inner ; wing-coverts brown, edged with ashy 



