Collection of Birds from Kina Balu. 445 



The female, apparently not fully adults measures — Total 

 length 10 inches, culmen l-3_, wing 5'75, tail 3"3, tarsus 1-8. 



Fam. Pycnonotid^. 



16. Chloropsis flavocincta, sp. n. 



Adult male. General colour above bright grass-green; lesser 

 wing-coverts bright cobalt-blue, forming a shoulder-patch ; 

 median and greater coverts externally green like the back, blue 

 in the centre of the feather ; bastard wing and primary-coverts 

 bright blue, dusky blackish on the inner web ; quills black, 

 externally bright blue, the secondaries duller blue on the 

 outer web, which is green like the back, the inner secon- 

 daries entirely green ; upper tail-coverts like the back ; tail- 

 feathers dull blue, more or less distinctly edged with green ; 

 crown of head more yellow than the back, becoming slightly 

 greener towards the nape, which is like the back ; base of 

 forehead bright yellow, extending backwards in a short streak 

 above the eye ; lores and feathers below the eye black, ex- 

 tending downwards in a well-defined line, and embracing the 

 anterior half of the ear-coverts and cheeks ; throat also black 

 this large patch being succeeded by yellow, which skirts the 

 black from the eye across the sides of the face and joins on 

 the fore neck; hinder ear-coverts and hinder cheeks washed 

 with green ; on the fore part of the cheeks a small streak of 

 purplish blue ; under surface of body from the chest down- 

 wards lighter and more emerald-green, washed with yellow ; 

 the sides of body, flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts 

 greener ; under wing-coverts and axillaries pale bluish green, 

 the edge of the wing brighter blue; quills below blackish, 

 ashy along the inner edge. Total length 7 inches, culmen 

 0*75, wing 3*65, tail 2'65, tarsus 0*75. 



Compared with five specimens of C. viridinucha, this new 

 species is distinguished at a glance by its yellow instead of 

 emerald-green under surface. The blue on the bastard wing 

 and primary-coverts is of a different shade, being light cobalt 

 instead of purplish blue. 



17. Chloropsis kinabaluensis, sp. n. 



Adult female. General colour above green; lesser wing- 



