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Islands» would do bo. But as neither of them mentions this new form, 

 I find it necessary to publish a description of it in the present paper. 



It seems that this new species occupies an intermediate position 

 between the Geocidila erythronota, Sclat. and Geociclila doheiiyi as 

 recently described by Hartert (Novit. Zool. 1896. III. p. 555 pi. XI.). 

 Having no material at hand, I am unable to give further comparisons. 



De^ci-iptioi) : 



Male. General colour of the upper parts chestnut-brown shadin 

 into orange-chestnut on the rump and upper tail coverts ; head blackg 

 shading into chestnut on the occiput ; lores, upper parts of the malar, 

 region and a large white patch in the centre of the ear-coverts white ; chin> 

 throat and sides of the neck black ; the base of the chin-feathers greyish 

 white ; below the throat a white collar ; centre of belly and under tail- 

 coverts white ; the rest of the underparts white, but the feathers broadly» 

 terminated with black, giving to the sides of belly a nearly black appea- 

 rence, whilst the black ends of the flank-feathers become smaller ; the 

 white colour of the upper flanks suffused with light ochraceus ; scapulars, 

 wing-coverts, primaries and secundaries — except the first three ones — 

 having greysh-white on the base of their outer-web, which extends as a 

 small margin on the 4* 5*^-and 6*^ primaries, and white on the base of 

 their inner-web ; under wing-coverts and axillaries black, with white tips ; 

 bend of wing white, each feather tipped with black ; tail-feathers black 

 the outer one, with a terminal white spot, which is enlarged on the inner 

 web (17 mm.), the next one tipped with white. 



Bill greenish black and yellowish on the culmen toward the end, 

 feet and claws brownish yellow in the skin. 



Length of wing 114 mm., tail 86 mm., culmen 21 mm., tarsus 32 mm.; 

 bastard-primary about as long as the primary-coverts, second primary 

 intermediate between the sixth and seventh ; outer tail-feathers 8 mm. 

 shorter than the longest. 



Female resembles to the male, but the general colour of the upper 

 parts paler ; the centre of the head and front chestnut instead of black, 

 but the basal half of the feathers jet black; the black tips of the feathers 

 of the belly smaller and the bend of wing nearly white. 



The types belong to the Hungarian National Museum. 



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