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The female is similar to tiiat of M. hiiperijthrd In/peri/thra, Imt the npperside is 

 darlver, tiaged with shxte-colour, the throat and abdomeu more whitish, flanlcs 

 darker, more olivaceous. The diraeasions are the same as in M. h. hi/per//t.hra. 



Mr. Waterstradt found also the young, just fledged. They are blackish above, 

 spotted with orange-bnlT like a young robin, l)elow buff with blackish bases and edges 

 to most of the feathers. 



Type: S ad., Batjan, 5000—701)0 ft., July 19i)2, John Waterstradt coll. 

 No. " B. 478." 



William Doherty sent one female, obtained at an elevation of 4000 ft. 



The discovery of this little Flycatcher on the mountains of J?atjan is of 

 considerable interest. It shows again that there is an Indo-Malayan element on 

 the high ranges of the Moluccas. 



Mn»cicapnla Ittzoniensis and M. nigrorum from the Philippines (the males of 

 which are hardly separable from each other) differ in the absence of the black chin, 

 which is rather well developed in pall iili pectus, and have less white above the lores. 



55. Rhipidura torrida Wall. 



Rhqmlnra forrkia Wallace, P. Z. S. 1865. p. 477. PI. XXVIII. (Ternate). 



Obtained by Doherty and A\'aterstradt on Batjan. This Rhipidura differs 

 from Rh. rafifroiis of Australia in the much deeper brown colour of the head and 

 back, and also darker cinnamon rump and liase of tail, and much shorter wing. 



c? ad., Batjan, 2on0 ft. "Iris deep brown; feet blackish; lull blackish, 

 nostrils pale, base of lower mandible whitish " (W. Doherty). 



yi6. Myiagra galeata Gray. 



Myiagra r/nlmta 6. R. Gray, P. Z. S. ISGO. p. 35-2 (Batjan). 



Batjan : Wallace, Bernstein, Platen, Doherty. Doherty sent six fem'dei 

 from Batjan. Dumas obtained it on Morty. 



57. Cryptolopha everetti . waterstradti Hart. 



Ci!niloUq)ha nvrctd wakrs/niilli Hartert, iiiilra p. (Typ. loc. Batjan). 



Mr. Waterstradt sent a good series from elevations between 5000 and 7000 ft. 

 I have described this form as above in my article on the Obi birds, Waterstradt 

 having also obtained it on Obi Major. 



58. Graucalus magnirostris Bp. 



Gravcalux mai/nirostris Bonaparte (ex Forsten MS., Mus. Ludg.), Gmxji. Ar. i. p. ;^,54 (1850: 

 Gilolo). 



Batjan : Bernstein, Kiikeuthal, Platen, Doherty, Waterstradt. 



c? : " Iris dark brown, bill and feet black " (W. Doherty). 



(The statement of the occurrence of (J. magnirostris on Waigiu by Guillemard, 

 P. Z. S. 1885. p. 03:!, is doubtless due to a mistake in labelling. We have a skin 

 of T/i/cocorux pgrrhnptenis labelled as coming from Obi \). 



59. Graucalus papuensis melanolora (Gray). 

 Batjan : \Vallace, Beccari, Platen, Vordernuui, Doherty, Waterstradt. " Iris 

 deep brown, bill and feet black " (W. Doherty). 



