206 Ou three new Species of Flycatchers. 



I propose to attach the name of Dr. Vorderman to this 

 new Flycatcher, in recognition of his twelve years' work in 

 the Indo-Malayan Archipelago. 



(1) SlPHIA VORDERIVIANI, Sp. n. 



^uviv'i ^-dult male (Mount Gedeh). General colour above brown, 

 the head like the back; the upper tail-coverts bright fer- 

 ruginous, contrasting with the back ; tail also ferruginous, 

 dusky brown on the inner web ; lesser wing-coverts like the 

 back; remainder of coverts and quills dusky brown, edged 

 with brown like the back, a little more rufous on the margins 

 of the secondaries ; the median series tipped with fulvous 

 spots, slight traces of which are seen on the greater coverts ; 

 lores fulvescent ; ear-coverts and sides of face dark brown, 

 with fulvous shaft-stripes ; cheeks and chin whitish, becom- 

 ing tinged with orange-rufous on the throat, this colour 

 spreading over the breast ; lower breast and abdomen pure 

 white, including the under tail-coverts ; thighs ashy ; sides 

 of body and flanks olive-brown ; under wing-coverts white, 

 with dusky bases : " lores yellow " {A. G. Vorderman) . 

 Total length 4-1 inches, culmen 05, wing 2 - 21, tail T8, 

 tarsus 06. 

 Hah. Java. 



(2) SlPHIA ELOPURENSIS, Sp. n. 



Adult. Similar to S. vordermani, but distinguished by its 

 olive-brown upper tail-coverts and outer web of the tail- 

 feathers, which resemble the back, and do not show the 

 rufous of S. vordermani. Total length 43 inches, culmen 

 0-55, wing 2-25, tail 1'6, tarsus 06. 



Hah. Elopura, N.E. Borneo [H. Prijer). 



I have had an example of this little Flycatcher for some 

 time in the Museum, but have hesitated to describe it, as it 

 looks so much like the female of one of the other species. Now 

 that Dr. Vorderman has discovered an allied species in Java, 

 and has sent the male, it is evident that there is a represen- 

 tative form in Borneo which is worthy of a name. 



(3) PlEZORHYNCHUS FLORENCI/E, Sp. U. 



Adult male. Above blue-grey, the lesser wing-coverts like 



