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QQ. Rhinomyias pectoralis. 



Rhhiomyias pectoraVis (Salvad.), Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p,368; 

 id. Ibis, 3 879, p. 254 ; id. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 794. 



Setaria pectoralis, Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 233, tav. iv. fig. 1 ; 

 Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, p. 12. 

 a, b. ^ ad. Benkoka, Oct. 11-17, 1885. 



c. ? ad. Benkoka, Nov. 13, 1885. 



d. ? ad. Kina Balu, Feb. 1888. 



[A bird of the low country, but I found it on Kina Balu 

 up to 1000 feet. Here it was nesting and I got the female 

 bird with the nest and eggs. The nest is a neat cup-shaped 

 structure of moss and small sticks. The eggs are like small 

 specimens of those of the European Bobin. When fresh they 

 had a bluish tinge which has now faded, and the ground- 

 colour is brownish white thickly clouded all over with faint 

 spots of reddish brown. Length 0'7 in., diam. 0*55. Iris 

 and bill black ; feet flesh-colour.] 



67. Rhinomyias gularis. (Plate VII. fig. 2.) 

 Rhinomyias gularis, Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p. 385. 



a. ? ad. Kina Balu, Jan. 29, 1888. 



b, c. S ad. Kina Balu, Feb. 8-16, 1888. 



d. ? ad. Kina Balu, March 27, 1888. 



e. S juv. Kina Balu, March 13, 1888. 



The female described by me as "immature'^ {I.e.) is so 

 nearly adult, as it turns out, that it may be taken as fuU- 

 plumaged, except that it has faint traces of dusky mottling 

 on the abdominal feathers, and small rufous tips to the greater 

 coverts. An adult female procured by Mr. Whitehead on 

 29th of January has the lower abdomen, vent, and under 

 tail-coverts rufescent. It is also rather more rufous brown 

 above than the adult male, and has the head above rufous 

 brown; the chin is likewise more rufescent. Wing 3*35 inches. 



The young bird has the appearance of a young Bobin, being 

 mottled all over with orange-rufous spots on the upper surface, 

 taking the character of longitudinal streaks on the head and 

 nmntle. The wing-coverts have also orange-rufous spots at 

 the ends. The throat and abdomen are white, and the rest 



