368 PLocErD^. 



/. S ad- ; ff- ? Bourou. Wallace Coll. 



jiiv. sk. 

 h. d ad. sk. Amboiiia, Feb. 13, 18G6 Tweeddale Coll. 



{HoecU). 

 i. $ juv. sk. N. Ceram. Wallace Coll. 



Subsp. o. Uroloncha propinqua. 



Mimia molucca (nee L.), Wall. P. Z. S. 18G3, p. 486 ; Walclen, Trans. 

 Z. S. viii. p. 73 (1872) ; Meyer, Ibis, 1874, p. 132. 



The adults from Flores are almost entirely white on the sides of 

 the breast, so as to form an indistinct collar, without black markings. 

 They belong apparently to a distinct race ( U. py'opiwiua, nob.). The 

 Celebean birds appear to be intermediate, being more sparsely 

 barred than the Moluccan birds, but not so devoid of bars as in the 

 birds from Flores. I have not been able, however, to examine many 

 adult birds from Celebes. 



Hah. Celebes ; Flores. 



34. AIDEMOSYNE. ^ 



Type. 



Aidemosyne, Reichenh, Singv. p. 14 (1861) A. modesta. 



Euodice, Reichenb. t. c. p. 46 (1861) A. cantans. 



Hah. Australia. Indian Peninsula and Ceylon. South Arabia. 

 Senegambia to North-east Africa, extending into East Africa. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Chin black, followed by a barred throat and chest ; 



forehead dark crimson ; outer tail-feathers tipped 



with white modesta, p. 368. 



b. No black on throat or lores ; no crimson on fore- 



head ; no bars on throat and chest ; no white tips 



to outer tail-feathers. 



a'. Upper tail-coverts white malabarica, p. 369. 



b'. Upper taU-coverts black canta7is, p. 371. 



1. Aidemosyne modesta. 



Amadina modesta, Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 105 ; id. Si/n. B. Austr. 

 pi. 10. fig. 3 (1837); id. B. Austr. fol. iii. pL 85 (1848); Grag, 

 Gen. B. ii. p. 370 (1849) ; Reichenb. Vog. Neuholl. p. 89 (1850). 



Steganopleura modesta, Bp. Consp. i. p. 457 (1850). 



Aidemosyne modesta, Reichenb. Singv. p. 14, Taf iii. figs. 23, 24 

 (1863); Gould, Ilandb. B. Austr. i. p. 414 (1865). 



