266 Mr. E. B. Sharpe on the 



78. ACROCEPHALUS ORIENTALIS. 



Acrocephalus orientalis (T. & S.) ; Salvad. Ucc. Born, 

 p. 251 ; Seebohm, Cat. B. v. p. 97 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 41, 

 1877, p. 16, 1879, p. 255. 



a. S ad. Tampussak, Feb- 27, 1886. 



b. ? ad. Tampussak, March 2, 1886. 



c. (I. $ ? ad. Labuan, Nov. 30, 1885. 

 e. Ad. Labuan, Jan. 5, 1886. 



[Evidently a migrant. Inside of mouth bright orange ; 

 legs slaty blue.] 



79. HORORNIS OREOPHILA. 



Horornis oreophila, Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p. 388. 



Cettia oreophila, Sharpe, 1. c. p. 387, 

 a, b, c. S; d, e. ? ad. Kina Balu, Feb. 1888. 



I have fully described both sexes of this new species (/. c). 



[It was only when I got on to the higher slopes of Kina 

 Balu that I met with this Warbler, which occurs between 

 7000 and 12,000 feet. It is always found frequenting the 

 thick undergrowth. It has a feeble song.] 



80. Geocichla aurata. 



Geocichla aurata, Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p. 478. 



a. ? juv. Kina Balu, May 10, 1888. 



b. ? ad. Kina Balu, May 11, 1888. 



c. ^ juv. Kina Balu, May 13, 1888. 

 d,e. (^ ^ ad. Kina Balu, May 15, 1888. 



The adult female is exactly like the male. Total length 8 

 inches, culmeu 0'8, wing 4*4, tail 2" 75, tarsus 1*35. 



The young bird is duller blue-grey, the head and mantle 

 mottled with orange-yellow centres to the feathers, and the 

 wing-coverts with large yellowish-buff spots at their ends ; 

 the lores and sides of the face are orange-buff, with a black 

 line from the eye down to the hinder cheeks, and a black 

 patch on the hinder ear-coverts ; under surface of body bright 

 orange, the throat white, encircled by a black line on the 

 fore neck, the breast-feathers mottled with blackish ends ; 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts white, with scarcely any 



