574 Mr. G. It. B&.tes on the Reversed [Ibis, 



or onl}'' a few present, in some specimens of Laniarius and 

 Dryoscopus. 



Lanius mackinnoni. Two specimens examined. 

 Major under coverts on the manus ten ; rudimentary 

 major under coverts present on tlie cubitus. 



Dicrurus. Two specimens, belonging to two species, 



examined. 

 Major under coverts on the manus ten ; rudimentary 

 major under coverts present on the cubitus. 



Oriolus Icetior. Two specimens examined. 

 Exactly as above, under Lanius and Dicrurus. 



Lamprocolius , Onychoynathus, Posoptera Eight specimens, 

 belonging to four species, examined. 



Major under coverts on the manus ten ; rudimentary 

 major under coverts present on tlie cubitus in every case, 

 sometimes cora])aratively large ; in one specimen of Lam- 

 procolius spJendidus there were perfect feathers 13 mm. long, 

 resembling tlie major under coverts on the manus except in 

 size, and in having a little more downy margin or fringe on 

 the vanes. 



Parus funereus . Three specimens examined. 



Major under coverts on the manus ten ; the 1st reduced 

 in one specimen. Rudimentary major under coverts present 

 on the cubitus, iii one of the specimens large, and not 

 diffeiing greatly from the coverts of the same series on the 

 manus, being only narrower and a little sliorter, with some- 

 what looser vanes. 



Malimbus, Ploceus, Amblyospiza, Pyromelana. Forty-nine 

 specimens; of fifteen species, examined. 



Major under coverts on the manus ten, the 1st very 

 often reduced in size ; rudimentary major under coverts on 

 the cubitus always present, though in some cases not all of 

 them present. 



