102 On new Birds from the Malayan Peninsula. 



Lores dirty white. Forehcacl, top of liead^ and nape didl 

 black ; checks and ear-coverts grey, ear-coverts pale-shafted. 

 Back, rump, and upper tail-coverts olivaceous brown, suf- 

 fused, most strongly so on upper tail-coverts, with rusty ; 

 tail-feathers brown, like the upper back, margined with a 

 rusty tinge on the outer webs, none of the tail-feathers with 

 any trace of white or pale tipping. Quills hair-brown, suf- 

 fused on the outer webs with a rusty tinge ; primary and 

 secondary eoverts gi'eyish, with rusty edgings to the feathers. 

 Lower surface white, the feathers of the breast sufl'used with 

 grey, forming a pectoral band, the grey continuing down the 

 flanks. Wing-linings and axillaries white, untinged with grey. 

 Under surface of quills grey-brown, margined on the inner 

 web, especially so towards their bases, Avith whitish. Under 

 surface of tail also grey-brown, shafts of feathers white. 



5. ACRIDOTHERES TORQUATUS, Sp. UOV. 



1 cannot recognize this Myna as being nearly similar in 

 colouring to any of the known species. The only specimen 

 obtained is, unfortunately, moulting, so that the bird is not 

 in the best state to describe. I hope, however, before long to 

 obtain other and bettcr-plumagcd specimens, and shall then 

 be able to supplement, if necessary, the present description. 



The chin, throat, and sides of the neck are salmon-buff, 

 this colour also tipping some of the feathers of the back of 

 the neck, and thus forming, as in A. albocinctus, a half-collar. 

 Across the upper breast a broad slate-coloured band, most of 

 the feathers of which are faintly edged with buff; rest of 

 lower parts, except thighs, flanks, and lower tail-coverts, of 

 the same salmon-buff as the chin and throat ; flanks dusky ; 

 thighs slate-coloured, like the pectoral band. Lower tail- 

 coverts white, without any traces of spotting or of a darker 

 colour. Head, with crest and ear-coverts, glossy black, some 

 of the feathers of the ear-coverts tipped with buff. Hind neck 

 dusky black, many of the feathers tipped with buff. Rest of 

 upper surface dusky, with a grey tinge, most conspicuous on 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts. Central tail-feathers dusky 

 black, not tipped with white ; all the other tail-feathers 

 glossy black^ and narrowly tipped, chiefly on their inner webs. 



