478 On some neiv Species of Birds from Kina Balu. 



LII, — Diagnoses of some neiv Species of Birds obtained on 

 the Mountain of Kina Balu by Mr. John Whitehead. By 

 R. BowDLER Sharpe, P.L.S. &c. 



Since I described the new species obtained by Mr. Whitehead 

 during his second ascent of Kina Balu {antea, pp. 383-396), 

 that gentleman has returned to England with the rest of his 

 collection, and I now add brief descriptions of some of the 

 new species, reserving a more complete account of them till my 

 full memoir on the entire results of Mr. Whitehead's explo- 

 rations shall appear. Tliis complete account will be accom- 

 panied by the traveller's field-notes, which are of very great 

 interest. 



Fam. BuBONiDiE. 

 Scops LuciiE, sp. n. 



? . Rufescens ; rostro flavo ; fascia frontali indistincta ; 

 torque pallido collari nullo. Similis S. rnfescenti, sed 

 abdomine albido, faciei ptilosi, et superciliis rufescentibus 

 faciei laterali concoloribus distinguenda. Long. tot. 

 7*8, alse 5*3, caudse 2-75, tarsi 1*05. 



J' . Similis feminae, sed saturatior et pauUo minor. Long, 

 tot. 7'0, ala3 5*3, caudse 2"45j tarsi 1*05. 



Fam. TuRDiD^. 

 Geocichla aurata, sp. n. 



G. similis G. citrin<B, sed saturatius aurantiaca et abdomine 

 subcaudalibusque albis distincte flavido lavatis distin- 

 guenda. Long, tot, 8*3, culmin. 0*85, alae 4*45, caudse 

 2-9, tarsi 1-4. 



Fam. TROGLODYTIDiE. 



Orthnocichla whiteheadi, sp. n. 



<^ . Chocolatino-brunnea ; capite nigricanti-brunneo; fasciS, 

 longa superciliari cervina usque ad collum posticum pro- 

 ducta; loris etregioneparoticanigricanti-brunneis; regi- 

 one suboculari cervina ; subtus alba, plumis pectoralibus 



