Collection of Birds from Kina Balu. 451 



Fara. Laniidjl. 



26. Hyloterpe hypoxantha, sp. n. 



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

 little tinge of brighter yellow on the rump ; lesser wing- 

 coverts dusky, with greenish margins; median and greater 

 coverts dusky, with greenish edges, some of the outer ones 

 rusty brown on the outer webs ; bastard wing dusky ; 

 primary-coverts dusky, margined with greenish ; quills dusky, 

 with yellowish-green edges, the primaries ashy towards the 

 ends, the secondaries rusty towards the ends of the outer 

 webs, the innermost almost entirely rusty brown ; upper tail- 

 coverts yellowish green; tail-feathers blackish, edged with 

 olive-green; crown of head like the back, a little brighter 

 olive-yellow towards the forehead and over the eye ; lores 

 dark ashy ; eyelid, sides of face, and ear-coverts olive-yellow, 

 with a reddish tinge on the hinder margin of the latter ; 

 cheeks and under surface of body bright yellow, duller and 

 more olive on the lower throat and fore neck, as well as on 

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

 yellow ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white, edged with 

 bright yellow; edge of wing bright yellow; quills below 

 dusky, ashy whitish on the inner edge. Total length 5'8 

 inches, culmen 0"65, wing 3*25, tail 2*25, tarsus 0'75. 



This species belongs to the section of the genus containing 

 H. sulfur IV enter and H. 23hiUppinensis, but differs in its en- 

 tirely yellow under surface. 



27. Pterythius ^ralatus, Tickell. 

 Pteruthius cameranoi, Salvad. t. c. p. 232. 



The pair sent by Mr. "Whitehead seems to me to be abso- 

 lutely inseparable from Tenasserim specimens of P. ceralntus. 



Fam. NECTARINIIDiE. 



28. Arachnothera juli^, sp. n. (Plate XIV.) 



Adult male. General colour above brown, longitudinally 

 streaked with white, more broadly on the mantle, where the 

 white expands slightly towards the end of the feathers ; 

 scapulars like the back ; wing-coverts uniform dark brown, 



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