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»Iris white (of No^. 48 and 84 orange), bill black, feet 

 brownish gray. Native name: Laoro damo for those with 

 white iris , and Laoro boea laio for the two specimens with 

 orange-red iris." 



The Nos. 79 aud 84 are a little smaller and do not 

 differ much in size from L. pusilla (Salvad.) = L. Saloa- 

 dorii (Sharpe), but wanting the orange eyelid, they must 

 be ranged under L. simplex. 



*57. Pitta cucullata Hartlaub. 



An adult male (N". 34) from flili Madjeio. 

 5>Iris brownish gray, bill black, feet gray. Native name : 

 Magiao dano^ 



58. Cittocincla melanura Salvad. 



Cittocincla melanura Salvad. Ucc. di Nias, p. 549, pi. VIII, fig. 1 ; 

 Modigl. Viagg. a Nias, p. 175, pi. V; Oust. I.e. pp. 113, 120. 



Five adult males (No^. 26, 29, 33, 45 and 51) from 

 Hili Madjeio, and one (N". 221) from Lahagoe. 



»Iris brownish gray, bill black, feet gray. Native name : 

 Toto hoea.'^ 



59. Copsychus musicus (Raffl.). 



Copsychus musicus Salvad. ucc. di Nias, p. 551. 

 Copsychus saularis musicus Oust. I.e. pp. 115, 120. 



Two males (No». 193 and 198) and three females (N^s. 

 110, 111 and 197) from Goenoeng Sitoli. 



»Iris brown, bill black, feet bluish black. Native name: 

 Gogo waja iteh.^' 



*60. Geocichla sihirica (Pall.). 



Two probably adult females (N^s. 69 and 81) from Hili 

 Madjeio, 6th and I2tli December. 



» Iris bluish gray, bill brownish black , lower mandible 

 yellowish towards the base. Native name: aS^ até^ 



Notes from the Leyden M^useum , Vol. XVIII. 



