166 Mr. F. Nicholson on some Birds from Western Java. 



yellowish with au orange-red wash ; the frontal patch and 

 red facial markings are distributed as in the old bird, but are 

 paler and more orange ; the hinder crown and sides of the face 

 are greenish, like the back, the black markings being only 

 indicated by a more dusky shade. Perhaps the best-marked 

 difference consists of the yellow margins and tips to the wing- 

 coverts and secondaries. 



ArACHNOTHERA LONGIROSTRA. 



Arachnothera longirostra (Lath.), Salvad. t. c. p. 186 ; 

 Tweedd. t. c. p. 300 ; Shelley, Monogr. Cinnyr, pt. vi. 



The single example sent by Mr. Buxton seems to be rather 

 larger than Malaccan and Bornean specimens ; but Lord 

 Tweeddale has already remarked on the variability in size 

 shown by this species, and Captain Shelley unites the Javan 

 birds with those from the above-named localities. 



CiNNYRIS PECTORALIS. 



Cinnyris pectoralis (Horsf.), Shelley, Monogr. Cinnyr. 

 pt. vi. 



Arachnechthra pectoralis (Horsf.), Tweedd. t.c. p. 302. 

 Cyrtostomus pectoralis , Salvad, t.c. p. 170. 

 Three specimens. 



Anthreptes malaccensis. 



Anthreptes malaccensis (Scop.), Salvad, t.c. p. 178; Tweedd. 

 i. c. p. 302 ; Shelley, Monogr. Cinnyr. pt. vii. 



An interesting series in different stages of plumage. 



Anthreptes phcenicotis. 



Anthreptes phcenicotis, Temm. ; Shelley, Monogr. Cinnyr. 

 pt. vii. 



Chalcoparia singalensis, Gm. ; Tweedd. t. c. p. 303 ; Salvad. 

 t. c. p. 180. 



A female specimen. 



DiCiEUM flammeum. 



Dicceum flammeum (Sparrm.) ; Salvad. /. c. p. 169; Tweedd. 

 t. c. p. 302. 



A very large series, illustrating the changes of plumage. 

 In ihc British Museum arc two specimens from Banjer- 



