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P. cinerascens. P. cinereus, 



poll. Angl. poll, Angl. 



Long, tota 4-80 5-0 



Culminis O-So 0-45 



Alifi 2'65 2-5-2-6 



Caudae 2 03 2-3 



Tarsi 0-65 0-7-0-75 



It is somewhat singular, considering the extended range of 

 P. cinereus, that this smaller bird, with a comparatively longer 

 wing, should not have been heard of before. 



Wing-formula of Parus cinerascens : — First primary half 

 the length of second ; second much shorter than third and 

 equal to ninth ; third and fourth longest, subequal, the third 

 the merest shade the shortest ; the rest gradually decreasing. 



The single specimen in my possession was obtained by 

 Mr. Harvey in the Bungal Hills near Sarawak, 



The Myiophoneus above mentioned is an immature speci- 

 men, though with tolerably well-developed wings and tail, 

 and therefore is hardly worth full description. It would 

 have been expected to resemble more or less closely the 

 rare Sumatran species M. [Arrenga) melanurus, Salvad. ; but 

 the points of resemblance seem to lie in the black colour, in 

 the whitish centres to the flank-feathers, which are only 

 seen M'hen the feathers are ruffled (and in which it resem- 

 bles most, if not all, other known species), and in a faint 

 purplish gloss upon the feathers of the shoulders and lesser 

 wing-coverts, much like that in the Purple Sandpiper. There 

 is no trace of the reddish or chestnut colour of the axillaries, 

 abdomen, and tail of M. melanurus, which is described as 

 appearing distinctly in the young bird as well as the old. In 

 addition, the feathers of the throat, sides of the neck, and 

 breast are marked with whitish central stripes, in which it 

 appears also to differ from the Sumatran form. Lastly, as 

 will be seen below, comparing it with the largest described 

 Sumatran specimen, an adult female, it is a somewhat larger 

 bird. Briefly it may be described as sooty brown in colour, 

 with whitish stripes on the throat, breast, and sides of neck ; 

 the under wing-coverts white, edged with sooty black, and, 



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