48 Mr. K. B. Sharpe's Contrihitions to the 



Walden's opinion, a very good species, distinguished by its 

 purple throat and small bill, the culmen only measuring -05 

 inch, as against "85 in C. viridescens. 



C. minor, Miill., is, of course, a very good species, belonging 

 to the short-tailed gi'oup, but possessing the purple and green 

 coloration of C. viridescens and its allies. ]\Ir. Wallace's spe- 

 cimens in the Museum collection are from Lombock (2), E. 

 Timor (3), Flores (1). 



C. nitida, Gray. The Museum contains a single example 

 from New Ireland ; and this differs from all the large series of 

 C. viridescens (to the group of which Lord Walden has cor- 

 rectly assigned it) in wanting the distinct metallic purple 

 mantle-patch, this part of the back being scarcely at all shaded 

 Avith purple. 



57. CoRYDON suMATRANUs (Rafifl.) ; Salvad. I.e. p. 111. 



a. " ? . Sibu, Sept. 26, 1873. Iris dark brown ; bill tinged 

 crimson." 



The individual sent by Mr. Everett has a very deep rose- 

 coloured dorsal patch, and agrees with Banjermassing and 

 Malaccan skins in the Museum. Two Sumatran examples, 

 collected by Mr. Wallace, have a very pale yellowish dorsal 

 patch. 



58. EuRYL^MUS JAVANicus (Horsf.) ; Salvad. I.e. p. 107. 

 a. "No. 150. $. Sibu, Oct. 2, 1873. Iris pale green; 



bill greenish blue ; legs leaden grey." 



59. EuRYL^MUS ocHROMELAS, Rafifl. ; Salvad. I.e. p. 108. 

 a. " No. 103. 5 . Jambusan, Sept. 5, 1874. Iris bright 



gamboge; legs pink opalescent; bill pale bright blue; an- 

 terior half of maxilla yellow-green ; both maxilla and mandi- 

 ble margined with blackish purple. Coleoptera in the gizzard. 

 Two tolerably large ccBca coli. Black collar interrupted in 

 the female." 



This bird, Mr. Everett says, is common all over Sarawak. 

 It will be seen that he af&rms the absence of the pectoral band 

 in the female. 



60. Cymbirhynchus macrorhyxchus (Gm.). 



a. " No. 125. 6 . Sibu. Iris dark green ; beak cobalt." 



