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the others green, blackish towards the ends and tipped with white, 



which increases in extent towards the outermost, the white beino-' 



confined to the inner web ; forehead near the bill reddish brown*; 



eyebrows white, lores black, ear-coverts greenish-yellow, and a 



rather large superciliary stripe grey; chin and throat reddish 



brown, the line of demarcation between this colour and the yellow 



of the neck sharply defined ; cheeks and the whole under surface 



of the body, including the under tail-coverts, bright yellow : fianks 



tinged with greenish ; inner edge of quills, the under wing-coverts, 



and the edge of the wing white ; bill blackish, feet yellowish grey.' 



Total length 4 inches; culmen 0-45, wing 2-3, tail 1-9, tarsus 0-73.' 



The sexes seem to be alike in plumage. 



Hub. Java. 



a. J ad. sk. W. Java. A. R. Wallace, Esq. rC.l. 



b. (S ad. St. Java. Purchased. 



6. Ptererjrthrius intermedius. 



Allotrius intermedius, Hume, Str. F. v. pp. 112 & 115; vi. p 370- 

 1879, p. 104. ' 1 . 



Like A. melanoiis, Blyth, but has a larger bill and a deep-chestnut 

 frontal band, and wants the broad slaty nuchal half-collar and the 

 black band behind the ear-coverts. Like A. anobarbus, Temm., 

 but has a smaller bill, a much deeper chestnut frontal band, the 

 chestnut of the throat descending to the abdomen, and the grey 

 superciliary stripe prolonged as a wide band over the ear-coverts 

 and completely round their ends. {Hume.) 



" c?. Total length 4-7 inches, bill from gape 0-.55, wing 2-45, tail 

 1-0, tarsus 0-75. Lower mandible and edge of upper mandible pale 

 blue ; rest of upper mandible black ; irides brown ; feet and claws 

 fleshy." {W. Davison.) 



Hah. Tenasserim. 



7. Ptererythrius melanotis. 



Allotrius melanotis, Hoihjs. J. A. S. Benr/. xvi. p. 448 (1847) ; Gray, 

 Gen. B. ill. J;;;7. p. 13 ; Goidcl, B. Asia, pt. viii. ; Bp. C. A. i. p. 362 ; 

 Gray, Iland-I. B. i. p. 314, no. 46f^6 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 104. 



Pteruthius senobarbus, Horsf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. i, 

 p. 172 (nee lemm.). 



Allotrius aenobarbus, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 246 (cJ) (nee Temm.). 



Adult male. Closely resembling P. ceitobarbus, but differing from 

 this species as follows : — (1) forehead olive-yellow, without a reddish 

 brown baud; (2) occiput and hind neck light grey; (3) ear- 

 coverts yellow, bordered posteriorly by a black line ; (4) outer pair 

 of taH-feiithers entirely white; (5) the reddish brown colour on 

 the throat not shar^^ly defined, but passing gradually into the yel- 

 low of the breast ; (6) the least wing-coverts and quills edged 

 with pale grey. Culmen 0-44 inch, wing 2-3-2-4, tail 1-GO-l-SO, 

 tarsus 0-75. 



Adult female. Like the male, but the greater and median wing- 



