3fi8 jurscicAPiDj:. 



1. Rhinomyias pectoralis. 



Alcippe pectoralis, Salvad. Atti R. Accad. Torin. ii. p. 530. 

 Bracnypteryx pectoralis, Giebel, Orn. Thes. i. p. 477. 

 Setaria pectoralis, Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 233, tav. 4. fig. 1 ; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1877, p. 12. 



Adult male. General colour above dark ockraceoiis brown, the 

 head decidedly duller than the back ; lesser and median wing- 

 coverts like the back ; bastard wing and primary- coverts uniform 

 dull brown ; quills dull brown, narrowly edged with the same brown 

 as the back on the outer web, the secondaries more broadly margined 

 with the same colour ; tail-feathers dark brown, externally washed 

 with dark ochraceous brown ; lores white, with dusky -brown bases ; 

 a ring round the eye blackish brown ; cheeks, ear-coverts, and sides 

 of face dark brown, with a wash of ochraceous brown ; under sur- 

 face of body white, with an ashy-grey band across the chest, the 

 sides of which are washed with ochraceous brown, the flanks and 

 thighs entirely of this colour ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 white, those near the edge of the wing dark brown, forming a patch ; 

 quills dark brown below, with fulvescent edges along the inner 

 web ; " bill black ; legs light puq)Ush ; iris light brown," Total 

 length 6 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3, tail 2'5, tarsus 0"7. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but the pectoral band browner. 

 Total length 5-5 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 2-85, tail 2-5, tarsus 0*7. 



Young. Lighter brown than the adidt ; below yellowish biiff, 

 whiter on the throat, abdomen, and under tail-coverts. 



Hah. Sumatra and Eorneo. 



a. c? juv. sk. Sumatra {Van Horner'). Leyden Museum [P. 



b. 5 ad. sk. Borneo (Schicane)-). Leyden Museum [P. 



c. d, e. Ad. sk. N.W. Borneo. Hugh Low, Esq. [C. 

 f,ff. d 2 ad. sk. Bintulu, W. Borneo. Alfred Everett, Esq. TC] 

 h, i. Ad. sk. .Sarawak. Henr}' Everett, Esq. [0.1. 

 h. c? ad. sk. Sarawak. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.J. 



2. Rhinomyias ruficauda. 



Setaria ruficauda, Shar2Je, Tr. Linn. Soc. new series, vol. i. p. 327. 



Advlt male. General colour above dull ochraceous brown, more 

 dusky on the head ; least wing-coverts like the back ; median and 

 greater series as well as the quills dull brown, edged with ochraceous 

 brown like the back, the secondaries more broadly washed on the 

 outer web, the innermost especially so ; primary-coverts and bastard 

 plumes dusky brown, with a very slight olive shade on the outer 

 margin ; upper tail-coverts and tail-feathers chestnut-rufous, with a 

 slight shade of rufous-brown on the outer webs ; lores and space 

 before the eye dull white, mottled with dusky bases to the feathers ; 

 ear-coverts and sides of face dull greyish ; under surface of body 

 white, with a slight greyish shade, more distinct on the flanks, 

 which are also somewhat washed with ochraceous brown, as also 



