304 Lord Tweeddale on Birds from 



yellow on the abdomen ; the tail dark brown. It is also the 

 form found at Malacca. 



69. Parus atriceps. 



Parus atriceps, Horsf. t.c. p. 160, "Java" (1820). 



Le Mesange grise a joue blanche, Le Vaillant, Ois. d'Afr. 

 iii. p. 171, t. 139*. fig. superior, " Batavia." 



Parus cinereus, Vieill. Tabl. Encyl. Meth. ii. p. 506 (1823), 

 ex Le Vaillant. 



Identical with typical examples. 



70. JEgithina scapularis. 



lora scapularis, Horsf. t.c. p. 152, "Java" (1820) ; Zool. 

 Res. Java, t. 



Turdus scapularis, Horsf., Raffles, /. c. p. 311, " Sumatra." 



A young male, procured by Mr. Buxton, is not separable 



from Javan examples of the female, except that all the new 



rectrices are black. Javan and Sumatran females are identical. 



71. ^GiTHiNA viRiDissiMA. (Plate V. fig. 1 ( (^ ), 2 ( ? ) .) 

 lora viridissima, Bp. Consp. i. p. 397, '' Sumatra, Borneo " 



(1850). 



Two fuU-plumaged males and one female were obtained by 

 Mr. Buxton ; and I am thus enabled to give a description of 

 the female of this somewhat rare species. The upper plu- 

 mage of the female is like that of the male, only not so dark 

 green. In yS. scapularis ? , ex Java, and in jE. zeijlonica ? 

 and typhia $ , the dorsal plumage is yellow-green. The 

 colouring of the rectrices in ^. viridissima ? is likewise 

 darker green than in ^. scapularis. Underneath the plu- 

 mage has a yellow tint, but not so bright and pure as in M. 

 scapularis and its allies. From the plumage of the head 

 being dark green, the yellow orbits contrast more conspicu- 

 ously in jE. viridissima ? than in the females of the other 

 species. The edgings to all the quills are greenish yellow, 

 and not pure yellow or whitish yellow. 



Bornean and Malaccan examples do not differ from the 

 Sumatran. 



* Lc Vaillaut, in error, misuumbered the figures on tliis plate. 



