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bright yellow^ becoming rufous posteriorly ; throat and under 

 surface of body bright yellow^ with a wash of rufous on the 

 sides of the upper breast; thighs and under tail-coverts, 

 under wing-coverts, and axillaries bright yellow, the greater 

 series of under wing-coverts with white bases ; quills below 

 dusky, yellowish white along the inner edge. Total length 

 3-6 inches, cuknen 0-4, wing 2, tail I'S, tarsus 0-65. 



The nearest ally of this species is Cryptolopha castanei- 

 ceps (Moore) (t/. Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 404); but it is 

 easily recognized by its chestnut ear-coverts and entirely 

 yellow under surface. 



13. Cryptolopha schwaneri (Blyth) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 403. 



I give a detailed description of a pair of this rare Fly- 

 catcher, the male of which was previously unknown. 



Adult male. General colour above dull olive-yellow, a little 

 brighter towards the rump ; lesser wing-coverts like the 

 back ; median and greater coverts light brown, edged with 

 pale olive-yellow ; bastard wing and primary-coverts light 

 brown, fringed with olive-yellow ; quills brown, the primaries 

 edged with yellow, the secondaries externally yellow, lighter 

 than the back ; upper tail-coverts brighter yellow than the 

 back ; tail-feathers brown, edged with dull olive-yellow, the 

 inner webs conspicuously pale tawny buff along the margins 

 of all but the centre feathers; crown of head dull ashy, 

 washed with olive towards the nape ; lores dull ashy, sur- 

 mounted by a narrow white eyebrow, running from the base 

 of the nostrils to the sides of the occiput ; feathers round eye 

 whitish ; ear-coverts light ashy grey, with a slight wash of 

 olive-yellow ; cheeks also ashy, white on the fore part ; throat 

 also white, tinged with yellow towards the fore neck ; re- 

 mainder of under surface of body bright yellow, a little more 

 olive on the sides of the upper breast ; thighs and under tail- 

 coverts also bright yellow; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 yellow, with white bases ; quills below dusky, light tawny 

 along the inner edge. Total length 4'1 inches, culmen 0*45, 

 wing 2*15, tail 1"75, tarsus 0'7. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in plumage. Total 



