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prevailing tint of the whole set of specimens, and at first 

 sight they would seem to he quite distinct from the true 

 C. trivirgata of Java ; but mixed with these greyish birds are 

 one or two yellow birds of the Javan type ; these occur at 

 the same place and along with the ordinary grey birds_, so 

 that no definite character can be drawn from these variations 

 in plumage. The yellower birds may be the young ones. 

 The sexes measure as follows : — 



a, S fitl. Feb. 3 



b. 5 ad. Feb. 10 



[[ris black ; bill dark brown ; feet slaty grey ; soles yellow. 

 Only met Avith on Kina Balu mountain between 5000 and 

 9000 feet. Its habits are very much like those of a Regains.'] 



70. Cryptolopha schwanert. (Plate VIII. fig. 2.) 

 CrypiolopJia schwoneri (Blyth), Shai'pe, Cat. B. iv. p. 403; 



id. Ibis, 1887, p. 413. 



Abrornis schwanert, Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 245. 



a. cT . Kina Balu, Feb. 16, 1887. 



b. 6 . Kina Balu, Feb. 24, 1887. 



c. d. ? ad. Kina Balu, March 22-24, 1887. 

 e. 6 ad. Kina Balu, April 20, 1888. 



/. ? ad. Kina Balu, Jan. 8, 1888. 



All Mr. Whitehead's specimens are similar. I have given 

 a full description of a fine pair (/. c). 



[Inhabits the tangled bamboo-jungle on the steep sides of 

 Kina Balu, at an elevation of from 3000 to 5000 feet. It 

 has a very pleasi^ig song, and creeps about with very much 

 the habits of a Willow Warbler. Iris black ; bill black ; 

 feet dull greenish brown.] 



71. Cryptolopha MONTIS. (Plate VIII. fig. 1.) 

 Cryptolopha niontis, Sharpe, Ibis, 1887, p. 442. 



a. S ad. Kina Balu, Feb. 26, 1887. 



b. S ad. Kina Balu, Jan. 29, 1888. 



c. ^. c? ? ad. Kina Balu, Feb. 24, 1888. 

 e,f. S ad. Kina Balu, March 23, 1888. 



