THE IBIS. 



FIFTH SERIES. 



No. X. APRIL 1885. 



XI. — On two neiv Birds from Borneo. 

 By the Rev. H. H. Slater, B.A. 



(Plate IV.) 



In a small collection o£ bird-skins from the neighbourhood 

 of Sarawak, Borneo, for which I am indebted to Mr. W. 

 A. Harvey, there are two interesting forms, belonging to 

 genera not yet recorded from Borneo. One is a Myiophoneus 

 (unfortunately an immature individual), on which some 

 remarks will follow ; the other is a Parus, which I propose 

 to call Parus cinerascens. 



This bird belongs to the P. cinereus group, but is verv 

 distinct from any species yet described. It falls as below 

 under the various heads of the key given in the British 

 Museum Catalogue (vol. viii. p. 5) : — 



" F. Neither yellow nor blue [meaning, presumably, bright blue] in 

 the plumage ; no crest. 

 vi. Crown black. 



Z('. Mantle and back blue-grey. 



e\ Sides of breast and flanks white." 



It differs from P. cinereus, its nearest ally, in having no 



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