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intermixed, showing an approach to the mature plumage of 

 the male. 



The young female is like the old female, but has the black 

 on the throat more restricted, and has no bright shoulder- 

 patch. The black is confined to the lores and feathers below 

 the eye, and does not extend across the fore part of the 

 cheeks, which are green, like the ear-coverts. 



[Iris dark brown ; bill black ; feet scaly green. Met with 

 on my first expedition, frequenting the higher branches of 

 the jungle-trees at altitudes of from 3000 to 4000 feet. My 

 efforts to find this bird in 1888 were for mouths unsuccessful, 

 and I began to fear that I should have to descend the moun- 

 tain without procuring any more specimens. I was most 

 anxious to obtain some, as I wished to prove conclusively that 

 the birds to which Mr. Sharpe had given separate names 

 were but sexes of one and the same species. I therefore 

 organized a special excursion for the purpose of obtaining 

 a series of specimens, and at about 1800 feet I found the 

 species fairly plentiful, and procured the young birds which 

 Mr. Sharpe admits to have convinced him of the correctness 

 of my original determinations.] 



94'. Hemixus connectens. 

 Heniixus connectens, Sharpe, Ibis, 1887, p. 446. 

 a, b. 6 ad. Kina Bain, Feb. 14-21, 1887. 



c. 6 ad. Kina Balu, March 13, 1887. 



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

 /. 2 ad. Kina Balu, May 4-10, 1888. 



The female is like the male. Total length 7 inches, cul- 

 mcn 0'8, wing 3*5, tail 2*85, tarsus 0'6. The plumage of the 

 upper surface gets worn to a very pale brown, and some of 

 the specimens procured in February are changing to a dark 

 ashy brown. 



[Iris brown; feet and bill black. Found during the first 

 expedition from 3000 to 5000 feet. In 1888 it was met with 

 again at the same level as the Chloropsis. These birds were 

 in small companies, apparently family parties, after the nest- 

 ing-season, and many of theai seemed to be in immature 



