252 Mr. R. B. Sbarpe's Contributions to the 



Tephrodornis gularis (Raffl.). 



Tephrodornis gularis, Salvad. t. c. p. 156; Sharpe^ Cat. B. 

 iii. p. 278. 



Sent by Mr. Low from Lumbidan. Native name " Alap 

 alap.^"* The eggs are also forwarded by Mr. Low, who says 

 that three in a nest is the usual number. They are creamy 

 buff, with large blotches of rufous brown, and underlying 

 spots of purplish grey. Most of the eggs show a tendency to 

 have the spots collected in a zone at the larger end ; but some 

 of them have the spots distributed over the whole egg. Axis 

 0-95-1-0 in., diam. 0-7-0-75 in. 



Hemipus obscurus (Horsf.). 

 Hemipus obscurus, Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 305. 

 Myiolestes obscurus, Salvad. t. c. p. 156, 

 Lumbidan [coll. Ussher, Treacher). 



Artamides sumatrensis (S. Miill.). 



Artamides sumatrensis, Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 12. 



Graucalus sumatrensis, S. Miill.; Salvad. /. c. p. 150. 



Lumbidan [coll. Ussher, Treacher) . 



Mr. Treacher sends an adult male and female and a young 

 bird. The latter is in the usual mottled plumage of a young 

 Cuckoo-Shrike, with greyish white tips to all the feathers of 

 the upper surface, the lower parts barred with dusky grey, 

 except on the belly, which is white ; wing-coverts mottled 

 with broad buff edges, before which is a dusky subterminal 

 bar, the quills broadly edged with buff or white, the tail-fea- 

 thers with wiiite tips, much more conspicuous on the outer 

 ones. 



Pericrocotus igneus, Blyth. 



Pericrocotus igneus, Salvad. t.c. p. 144; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 iv. p. 78. 



Lumbidan {coll. Ussher, Treacher). 



Mr. Treacher sends a pair of these birds without any native 

 name. Mr. Low^s last collection also contained a large series 

 of specimens. 



