50 jVIr. R. B. Sharpe's Contributions to the 



i. Tenasserim (Packman). Five outer rectrices marked 

 with white, being all but the two centre ones. 



k. Tenasserim {Packman). Tail imperfect, but all the fea- 

 thers marked Avith white, except the two centre ones. 



/. Tenasserim [Packman) . Four outer tail-feathers marked 

 with white. 



m. Siam (Mouhot). All but the two centre feathers marked 

 with white, the spots, however, decreasing towards the centre 

 of the tail. 



n. Camboja {Mouhot). Three feathers on one side and 

 four on the other marked with white. 



0. Saigon. Three outer rectrices marked with white. 



It will be evident from this that the white spot ou the tail- 

 feathers is a very variable character; nor does diflFerence of 

 age seem to account for this variation. Specimens from the 

 same locality are not always marked in the same way ; but 

 those from the more northern localities seem to carry a greater 

 number of white marks, as a rule. The only Bornean speci- 

 mens in the collection tend to bear out Count Salvadori's 

 characters, — a young bird having a uniform tail, with nothing 

 but a faint white shade near the apex of the inner web of the 

 outermost rectrix ; this cannot be called a sjjot ; but an adult 

 bird has a decided spot on the outer tail-feather, and a faint 

 one on the penultimate one : but in neither of these specimens 

 is the mark so distinct as in the Malaccan examples. 



61. MuNiA ATRicAPiLLA (V.); Salvad. 7. c. p. 265. 

 a. "No. 9. Jambusan.^' 



62. Erythrura prasina (Sparrm.); Salvad. /. c. p. 268. 

 a, S ; b, c, 2 • "No. 8. Sibu. Iris chocolate; legs pale 



claret-colour.^^ 



Count Salvadori states that one of the females in the series 

 collected at Sarawak by the Marquis Doria and Dr. Beccari 

 had a tinge of rose-colour on the abdomen. The old female 

 shot by Mr. Everett has a strong tint of rose-colour on the 

 breast, and is otherwise coloured like the male, excepting that 

 the plumage is duller, the tail not so long, and the rosy tint be- 

 low is confined to the upper breast. The other female sent 



