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



Pericrocotus peregrinus. 



Pericrocotus peregrinus (L.), Tweedd. t.c. p. 3] 5; Plume, 

 Str. F. 1877, p. 179. 



Examples of both male and female. The specimens are 

 very dark-coloured, as in the South-Indian birds. 



Hemipus obscurus. 



Hemipus obscurus (Horsf.), Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. 

 p. 305. 



Artamus leucorhynchus. 



Artamus leucorhynchus (L.), Tweedd. Ibis, 1878, p. 383. 



Artamus leucogaster (Val.), Sharpein Rowley^s Orn. Misc. 

 iii. p. 184. 



Mr. Sharpe informs me that he considers that Lord Tweed- 

 dale is probably correct in his argument with regard to the 

 oldest name of this species ; and I accordingly follow him in- 

 stead of Mr. Sharpens monograph. 



Lanius bentet. 



Lanius bentet, Horsf. ; Salvad. t.c, p. 158. 



A single adult specimen. 



Cyornis elegans, Temm. 



Cyornis elegans, Salvad. t. c. p. 130. 



A female in red plumage, agreeing with one of Mr. Wal- 

 lace's skins from Java in the British Museum, determined by 

 him as the hen of C. banyumas ; Mr. Sharpe, however, con- 

 siders it to be the female of C. elegans. 



Rhipidura javanica (Sparrm.). 



Leucocerca javanica, Salvad. t.c. p. 135; Tweedd. t.c. p. 316. 

 A large series, containing young birds from the nestlings 

 up to the adult. 



MUNIA leucogastroides. 



Munia leucogastroides, Moore; Tweedd. /. c. p. 318. 



Erythrura prasina. 



Erythrura prasina (Sparrm.), Salvad. t.c. p. 268. 



Calornis chalybeus. 



Calornis chalybeus (Horsf.), Salvad. t. c. p. 271 ; Tweedd. 

 /. c. p. 318. 



