On neiv Birds from the Malayan Peninsula. 99 



missurc is slightly recurved in the latter species and slightly 

 decurvcd in the former, there seems to be some difference in 

 the comparative lengths of the wing from the carpal joint. 

 This measurement varies in Podiceps 7iigricollis from 5*0 to 

 5'3 inches, and in Podiceps cornutus from 5"4 to 6*0 inches, 



375. Phasianus torquatus. 



The Chinese Ring-necked Pheasant is common on Tsu- 

 sima, and is one of the very few Chinese species which occur 

 on Tsu-sima and not in Japan. 



VIII. — Descriptions of some new Species of Birds from the 

 Eastern Coast of the Malayan Peninsula. By W. R. 

 Davison, F.Z.S., Raffles Museum, Singapore. 



1. Campophaga minor, sp. nov. 



Dimensions, taken from the dry skin — Lengtli 6"85 inches, 

 wing 3"7, tail 3'5, tarsus 0-62, bill from gape 0"8. 



Head, nape, and upper back very dark sooty grey, almost 

 black, gradually paling to the upper tail-coverts, which are a 

 clear but still dark grey. Chin, throat, and upper breast 

 about the some colour as the middle of the back, gradually 

 paling to a clear but somewhat paler grey than the upper 

 tail-coverts ; the under tail-coverts narrowly fringed with a 

 paler shade. Lores and ear-coverts a darker shade than the 

 top of the head. Wings, including all the coverts, glossy 

 black ; lower surface of wings tinged with grey ; lower wing- 

 coverts and axillarics the same shade of grey as the breast. 

 Tail-feathers glossy black, like the wings, the central pair 

 and the next pair entirely so, the others narrowly tipped 

 with grey of the same tint as the under tail-coverts. 



2. Gervgone pectoralis, sp. nov. X- 

 Similar to G. flaveola, Cab. (r/. Sharpc, Brit. Mus. Cat. 



Birds, vol. iv. p. 214, pi. v. fig. 2), but differs from that species 

 in having the sides of the breast olive-grey, forming a broad 

 pectoral band, interrupted only in the centre of the l)reast; 



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