438 Dr. R. Bowdler Sliarpc on Birds 



Fam. EURYL/EMID^. 



34. Calyptomena hosii. (Plate X.) 



Calyptomena hosii, Sliarpe, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 

 ix. p. 219 (1893). 



Nos. 15, 16. (J,?. Dulit, 3000 feet, September and 

 October. 



This beautiful new species, which, by tlie kindness of the 

 Editor, I am allowed to have figui^ed, is the most interesting 

 of Mr. Hose^s discoveries on Mount Dulit. It is larger than 

 C. viridis, but is not so big as C whiteheadi, and is, of course, 

 distinguished from both by the blue breast. The remarkable 

 blue upper tail-coverts appear to be hidden by the thick-set 

 plumage of the rump, and they might easily escape obser- 

 vation altogether. In fact it was only when I came to make 

 a careful examination of the specimens that I discovered 

 them at all. 



Mr. Everett likewise obtained a female of this species in 

 October at the fo(;t of Song Mountain, in the Baram district, 

 a few days after Mr. Hose had met with it on Mount Dulit. 

 His specimen was a female, but appears to be a little older 

 than the one procured by Mr. Hose. The black spots on 

 the wing-coverts are more marked, and the blue of the breast 

 is brighter, though not approaching the rich cobalt-blue of 

 the male. 



I cannot allow this opportunity to pass without acknow- 

 ledging the rare generosity with which my old friend Mr. 

 Everett (who knows Bornean birds as well as anyone in the 

 world, and who was perfectly well aware that the present 

 species was quite new) allowed the specimens to come un- 

 named to England, in order that I might have the privilege 

 of describing this splendid novelty. 



35. EuRYLiEMUS OCHROMELAS. 



Eurijlcemus ochromelas, Horsf.; Sharpe, Ibis, 1889, p. 439; 

 Everett, t. c. p. 150. 



No. 14. $ . Dulit, 2500 feet. 



