76 mcmnsi. 



lower mandible j-ellow ; legs light grey ; iris sienna-brown " (A. 

 Everett). Total length 3-5 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 2-15, tail 1-1, 

 tarsus 0'55. (Mm. R. G. Wanllaw Ramsay.) 



Adult male. Similar to the female in plumage. Total length 3-5 

 inches, culmen 0--4, wing 2-15, tail 1, tarsus 0-55. {Mus. R. O. 

 W. R.) 



Hah. Island of Dinagat in the Philippine archipelago. 



15. Prionochilus everetti. 



Prionochilus everetti, Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, p. IG ; id. P. Z. S. 1879, 

 p. 343, pi. XXX. fig. 1. 



Adult male (type of species). General colour above uniform dark 

 brown, with a scarcely perceptible shade of olive on the lower back 

 and rump ; wing- coverts and quills dark brown, with a narrow and 

 almost obsolete margin of olive, more distinct on the secondaries 

 and rather brighter on the primaries ; tail-feathers blackish, narrowly 

 margined with olive ; sides of face and ear-coverts dark brown, 

 rather more ashy on the lores and cheeks ; throat and centre of body 

 below ashy whitish ; the sides of the throat, sides of body, and flanks 

 ashy brown as well as the thighs ; centre of breast with slight 

 indications of ashj'-brown streaks ; under tail-coverts white with a 

 faint tinge of yellow ; under wing-coverts and axiUarics ashy 

 whitish ; quills dusky brown below, ashy along the edge of the inner 

 web : " bill dull yellow, brown at tip ; legs dark grey ; iris pale 

 brown" {A. Everett). Total length 3'6 inches, culmen 0-35, wing 

 2-25, tail 1-1, tarsus 0-5. 



The specimen from Labuan, collected by the late Governor TJssher, 

 is apparently iu less worn plumage than the type and has a distinct 

 olive shade on the upper surface, particularly clear on the margins 

 of the (juills ; the sides of the face are clearer ashy brown ; and the 

 under tail-coverts and under wing-coverts have dusky centres. 

 Total length 3-7 inches, wing 2*4, tail 1-3, tarsus 0-5. 



Hah. Western Borneo and the island of Labuan. 



a. (S ad. sk. Bintulu, W. Borneo. Alfred Everett, Esq. [C.]. 



(Type of species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Labuan. Governor Ussher [C.]. 



14. PHOLIDORNIS. 



Type. 

 Pholidomis, Hartl Orn. W.-Afr. p. 54 (1857) P. rustic. 



Bill of Pholidomis rushim. 

 Range. West Africa. 



