collected in the Island of Java. 149 



No. 212, S- Kosala, Aug. 2, 1879. 2100 feet above the 

 sea. 



Mr. Sliarpe, who has recently worked out the Bulbuls, in- 

 forms me that the Javan species is really the Turdus cochin- 

 chinensis of Gmelin ; but he considers that that name should 

 be suppressed on account of its misleading tendency, and hat 

 C. nigncoll'is of Vieillot is the next in order of date. 



47. CoPSYCHUs, sp. inc. 



No. 48, ? . Batavia, February 24, 1879. Irides black. 

 No. 61, ?. TjikandiOedik, March 19, 1879. Irides black. 

 '^ Boorung Sepian." 



Apparently females of C. musicus. 



48. Orthotomus edela (Temm.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, 

 p. 112. 



No. 133, ^ . Sadjira, Bantam, May 12, 1879. Irides isa- 

 belline colour. 



49. PoMATORHiNus MONTANus, Horsf. j Gray, Handl. B. i. 

 p. 277. no. 4081. 



Nos. 180, 181, (J ? . On Gooming Endoot, Kosala, Ban- 

 tam, June 19, 1879. 1500 feet aoove Estate House. Irides 

 pale straw-colour. Insect-eating bird. " Patching Payor.^' 



No. 182, ^ , pull, from nest, June 19, 1879. Irides sepia- 

 colonred. 



50. MixoRNis JAVANicA, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 77, note. 

 No.31, ?. '^ Boorung Kalatjes.'^ March 29, 1879. Straw- 

 coloured irides. 



No. 150, ? . Tjipanas, Bantam, May 25, 1879. Among 

 bamboo. Straw-coloured irides, " Patjickrak.^^ 



51. Prinia familiaris (Horsf.) ; Nicholson, t.c. p. 169. 

 Kosala, Bantam, June 1879. Malay name ^'Boorung 



Gengeh.'^ 



Two eggs of this species, so marked by Mr. Forbes, seem 

 to me extraordinarily large for the size of the bird, measur- 

 ing, axis "9 in., diam. '65 in. They are light salmon-colour, 

 slightly blotched here and there with reddish, and with a few 



