444 Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe on a 



length 4 inches^ culmen 0*45^ wing 1-9, tail TS, tarsus 

 065. 



14. Stoparola cerviniventris^ sp. n. 



Adult male. General colour above blue as far as tlie upper 

 tail-coverts ; lesser wing-coverts brighter blue^ inclining to 

 cobalt ; median and greater coverts blackish, edged with dull 

 cobalt; bastard wing black, with a slight blue edging; 

 primary-coverts and quills black, edged with bright blue, 

 clearer and paler on the outer webs of the inner secondaries ; 

 upper tail-coverts black ; tail-feathers black, edged with blue, 

 all but the two centre feathers with broad white bases ; crown 

 of head like the back, with a black band across the forehead, 

 this succeeded by a band of silvery cobalt, extending back- 

 wards above the eye ; eyelid, and feathers above and round 

 the eye, black ; ear-coverts and cheeks deep blue, the latter 

 black anteriorly, as well as the chin; throat and under sur- 

 face of body blue, the lower breast washed with hoary whitish 

 edges ; abdomen and under tail-coverts light fawn-buflF, in- 

 creasing in depth of colour on the latter ; sides of body and 

 flanks ashy blue, the lower flanks pale fawn-colour; thighs 

 blue, with whitish margins ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 pale fawn-buff", the edge of the wing blue ; quills below 

 dusky, ashy whitish on the inner edge. 



Of the same group as Stoparola indigo of Java and ^. ru- 

 ficrissa of Sumatra, but distinguished from both by the 

 rufescent abdomen. 



Fam. TuRDiD^. 



15. Myiophoneus borneensis, H. H. Slater, Ibis, 1885, 

 p. 123. 



The characters which Mr. Slater has given for this species 

 are apparently those of the immature bird. Mr. Whitehead 

 has sent an adult male and a young female, the latter agree- 

 ing with the description of the type. The species is a very 

 distinct one, and apparently finds its nearest ally in M. blighi, 

 of Ceylon, but wants the blue shade on the back and breast 

 of the latter. The male measures — Total length 10 inches, 

 culmen 1-2, wing 5'7, tail 3'4, tarsus 1"75. 



