182 BIRDS FROM NIAS. 



*6l. Phylloscopus borealis (Bias.). 



A male (N". 68) from Hili Madjeio, and aa uulabelled 

 specimen , very similar to the first in every respect. 



From their green plumage and very light colored bill 

 and the rather long bastard primary I should say that 

 both specimens were birds of the year. Wing 6,3 cm., ex- 

 posed part of bastard primary 1,2 — 1,3 cm., tail 4,5 , 

 culmen from extreme base 1,3. 



»Iris dark gray, bill dark brown, underneath dirty yellow, 

 feet dirty yellow. Native name: Saoemba-saoemba.'" 



62. Orthotomus cineraceus Blyth. 



Orthotomus cineraceus Salvad. ücc. di Nias, p. 548; Oust. 1. c. p. 120. 



An adult male (N°. 93) from Hili Madjeio, and three 

 females (N^s, 124, 143 and 154) from Goenoeng Sitoli. 



»Iris pale yellow, bill dark brown, lower mandible horny 

 white, feet brownish yellow. Native name: Towi-totci." 



63. Burnesia superciliaris (Salvad.). 



"i Sylvia flavigastra Nieiiwenh. & Rosenb. Versl. Eil. Nias, p. 19. 

 Prinia flaviventris (nee Deless.) Salvad. Ucc. di Nias, p. 548; Oust. 

 I.e. p. 120. 



An adult female (N^ 142) obtained December 29tii, 

 Goenoeng Sitoli. 



»Iris straw-yellow, bill black, base of lower mandible 

 whitish , feet dirty yellow. Native name : ?." 



It is a rather curious fact that this specimen belongs 

 to B. superciliaris, which species hitherto was believed to 

 be restricted to Borneo, and not to B. fiaviventris, which 

 ranges from Upper Bengal through Tenasserim and Ma- 

 lacca to Sumatra and even, as is proved by a specimen 

 in the Leyden Museum , to Java. Our bird cannot be dis- 

 tinguished from our numerous specimens of B. superciliaris 



Notes from the Leyden M.iiseum, "Vol. XVIII. 



