Birds from Kina Balu. 389 



Adult female. Exactly like the male, but the ashy colour 

 on the chest not quite so sharply emphasized. Total length 

 7'5 inches, culmen QQ, \ving 3"3, tail ^'4:, tarsus 0"75. 



Nos. 1931, 2063. ''Only met with between 7000 and 

 8000 feet.'' 



Fam. TiMELiiDiE. 

 Allocotops"^, gen. n. 



Genus simile generi " Melanocichla " dicto, sed pileo et genis 

 nudis facile distinguendum. 

 The type is 



9. Allocotops calvus, sp. n. 



Adult male. General colour above dull chocolate-brown ; 

 bastard-wing and primary -coverts blackish ; quills and tail- 

 feathers blackish brown, externally dull chocolate-brown ; 

 crown of head, lores, space round the eye, cheeks, and sides 

 of throat bare and yellow ; ear-coverts chocolate-brown, like 

 the head ; centre of the throat and under surface of body 

 sooty brown, inclining to ashy : '* bare part of head yellow -, 

 feet brownish yellow, more brown than yellow" {J. TV.). 

 Total length 10"2 inches, culmen 1"1, wing 5, tail 4*7, tarsus 

 115, 



Adult female. Similar to the male, and with an equally 

 bald head. Total length 10 inches, culmen 1, wing 4, tail 

 4*4, tarsus 1*35. 



Young male. Of the same colour as the adults, but with 

 the crown feathered ; the under surface slightly more ashy. 



"Native name 'Rigo-rigo.' Local. Met with from 3000 

 to 4000 feet, but not common anywhere." 



10. Brachypteryx erythrooyna, sp. n.f (Plate X.) 

 Adult male. Entirely dark indigo-blue ; wings black, ex- 

 ternally dark indigo ; tail-feathers black ; from the base of 

 the forehead to above the eye a half- concealed streak of silky 

 w hite : " bill, feet, and iris black'' (/. W.) . Total length 6'7 

 inches, culmen 65, wing 2"45, tail 2, tarsus 1*15. 



Adult female. General colour above indigo or slaty blue, 



* oKXoKOTOi, insueius ; u)^|A, fades. 

 t ipv6p6i, ruber ; yvvi), femina. 



