60 ON BIRDS FROM SEKRU, 



old male (18 February) are in freshly moulted new plu- 

 mage, whereas a female (also 18 February) is still in moult 

 of the rectrices. 



[Iris brown, bill blue with black tip. Schadler]. 



38. Mino Dumonti Less. 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XIII, p. 111. 

 Salvad. Orn. Pap. II, p. 466. 



Three specimens (2 old males: 12 December and 14 Janu- 

 ary; 1 female: 8 December); all full feathered. 



[Iris brown ; bill, feet and the naked skin on the sides 

 of head and chin dark yellow. Schadler]. 



39. Melanopyrrhus orientalis (Schl.). 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XIII, p. 114. 

 Salvad. Orn. Pap. II, p. 463. 



Three specimens (December) in full plumage; one male 

 has the entire head above brilliant orange; another male 

 with a patch of black (greenish shining) feathers on the 

 nape, the same as in a female, which has moreover the black 

 feathers of the breast and vent margined with orange. 



[Iris light yellow, bill and feet yellow. Schadler]. 



40. Calornis metallica (Temm.). 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XIII, p. 138. 

 Salvad. Orn. Pap. II, p. 447. 



Seven specimens. Four old birds shot in December are 

 all in full freshly moulted plumage; both sexes are pre- 

 cisely alike, the temale has the middle tailfeathers only a 

 little shorter. 



mm. mm. mm. 



Al. 110; middle rectr. 95; culm. 17. cT (12 Dec). 

 » 107; » » 87; » 16. 9 ( » » ). 



Three young ones (shot in February), in change of the 

 first plumage (underneath white with dark longitudinal 



Notes Irona tbe Leyden ]Museum, Vol. XX.II. 



