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and upper throat dull black ; lower throat pale orange-bufif, 

 which merges into bright orange-rufous on the breast; sides 

 of the body and flanks pale orange-rufous ; the centre of the 

 abdomen white^ with concealed black bases to the feathers ; 

 lower tail-coverts white^ very faintly tinged with buff ; thigh- 

 plumes blacky edged with white ; under wing-coverts orange- 

 buff; marginal coverts bright cobalt-b]ue_, with black bases ; 

 greater coverts blacky margined externally with dark blue ; 

 median and lesser coverts also blacky tipped with a brighter 

 shade of blue ; quills black, the external margins dark blue, 

 except in the first two primaries, which are wholly black ; 

 tail-feathers black, the two exterior ones entirely so, the 

 remainder washed with dark blue on their outer edges. Bill 

 black ; legs (in the dry skin) light brown. Total length 5'25 

 inches, tail 2*15, wing 2"9, tarsus 0-65, culmen 0*6. 

 Hab. Penrisen Mountain, Sarawak, Borneo. 



VIII. — Descriptions of two neiv Species of Flycatchers from 

 the Island of Negros, Philippines. By E. L. Moseley. 



(Plate II.) 



The specimens upon which these species are based were 

 obtained on a mountain-trip in the island of Negros during 

 my recent expedition with Professor Steere to the Philippine 

 Archipelago. There was no human habitation within five miles 

 of the locality where I shot them, the country being too rugged 

 for inhabitants. We had constantly to use our hands in 

 getting up or down the sides of the valley in which we swung 

 our hammocks under a temporary roof for two nights. The 

 valley seems to be the crater of an extinct volcano, the bottom 

 of which is occupied by a deep lake of clear water, but without 

 outlet and without fish, though containing many other forms 

 of life. So steep are the banks that it is impossible to go 

 from one spot to another without ascending to a height of 

 several hundred feet. Were it not for the dense vegetation 

 on the slopes of the valley, it would be unsafe to descend 

 into it. From barometrical observations I determined the 



