the District of Lampong, S.E. Sumatra. 311 



the former is more nearly allied to C. luyubris, if the Bornean 

 specimen marked C. hasselti in the British Museum is cor- 

 rectly determined. 



Corydalla lugubris, Walden, differs from C. malayensis in 

 having white superciliary patches before the eye^ in the breast- 

 markings consisting of a few sparse narrow brown lines, and 

 not broad brown centres to the feathers, and in the ground- 

 colour of the breast being albescent, and not pale rufous. 

 Above, the colouring and markings of the two species are 

 very similar. 



98. Prinia familiaris. 



Prima familiaris , Horsf. t. c. p. 165, " Java" (1820) ; Zool. 

 Res. Java, t. 52. 



MotaciUa olivacea, Raffles, t. c. p. 313, '' Sumatra" (1821). 



Mr, Buxton's Sumatran examples are identical with typical 

 specimens. One of the Sumatran birds possesses white lores. 

 The species also occurs in the island of Madura. 



99. Prinia rafflesi, sp. nov. (Plate VI. fig. 1.) 



Mr. Buxton's collection contains two examples of a species 

 of Prinia I am unable to identify. It may be the same as M. 

 olivacea, Raffles (/. c.); but that bird has been determined 

 by Horsfield and Moore (Mus. E.I. C. i. p. 320) to be P. 

 familiaris. 



Above olive-green, front of head ashy. Lores, which ex- 

 tend partly over the eye, white. Chin, throat, cheeks, and 

 upper breast white. Lower breast, abdomen, flanks, ventral 

 region, and under tail-coverts pure canary-yellow. Thigh- 

 coverts yellow, tinged with ferruginous. Carpal edge and 

 under carpal coverts yellow- white. Quills brown, with olive- 

 green edgings. Rectrices pale brown, washed with green, 

 and with an obscure darker brown subterminal spot and pale 

 tips. Bill black and slender as compared with that of P. 

 familiaris. Bill from forehead 0*72, wing 1'18, tarsus 0*75, 

 tail 2-50. 



Differs from P. familiaris in wanting the conspicuous white 

 tips to the minor and major wing-coverts, in being darker 

 olive-green above, in the olive-green fringings of the quills 



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