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11. Parus cinereus Bonn. & Vieill. 

 An adult specimen from Sika (Flores). 



12. Acanthiza tenkatet, n. sp. 



General color above pale olive-brown, some of the fea- 

 thers of the crown tipped with pale fulvous , lesser wing- 

 coverts like the back , median and greater coverts dusky 

 brown, edged with the color of the back; quills dusky 

 brown , the primaries narrowly edged on the outer web 

 with whity brown , the secondaries with edges of pale 

 olive, especially the innermost, which are, moreover, wa- 

 ved with dusky cross-bars when seen under a certain light. 

 A patch of long, silky white feathers on each side of the 

 rump , the latter and the upper tail-coverts tinged with 

 rufous , the tail-feathers ashy brown on the basal , black 

 on the terminal half, except the gray tip which has a 

 large white spot on the inner web. The whole tail waved 

 with dark cross-bars when seen under certain lights. Lower 

 surface, including the cheeks, under wing-coverts, inner 

 edge of the secondaries ashy white, more silky white on 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts, thighs white, intermixed 

 with brown feathers , especially on the outside , bill and 

 feet blackish brown. Tarsus plain , with only one scale 

 near the root of the toes. 



Wing 5 cm. , tail (incomplete) 3,6 , culmen 0,9 , tarsus 1,5. 



Hab. Flores. 



The described specimen is , unfortunately , the only re- 

 presentative of this species and at the same time of a 

 genus which hitherto was only known from Australia. 

 Its nearest ally seems to me to be A. uropygialis Gould , 

 a species which is not represented in the Leyden Museum, 

 but which has the base of the tail-feathers tawny rufous 

 instead of ashy brown. I have much pleasure in naming 

 this new species after its discoverer , Dr. H. ten Kate. 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseum, Vol. XIV. 



