236 Journal of the F.M.S. Museums. [Vol. VII, 



Measurements of type: — Wing, 94, tail, 105 ; bill from gape, 

 26; tarsus, 33 mm. Type: — Adult male from Sodong Gerok, 

 Idjen Massif, 3,900 feet, near Banjoewangi, Eastern Java, 

 April 1st, 1916. Very large series examined from the same 

 vicinity from 1,400 feet to 5,000 feet. 



Remarks : — Hartert, in a paper on birds from the Ardjuno 

 has already noticed the differences in the superciliary streak 

 (Nov. Zool. iii, p. 539 (1896), while a reference to Horsfield's 

 original description and Plate (Zool. Res. Java (1824) of 

 P. montantis show these characters as strongly marked. Hors- 

 field's specimens came from Merbabu in Central and Prahu in 

 West Central Java, while my own material, consisting of over 

 twenty skins, is from the Gedeh in Western Java. ' Under these 

 circumstances I consider that the eastern form is perfectly 

 entitled to subspecific recognition, though in a considerable 

 number of specimens traces of white are discernible in the 

 loral region. 



Stachyris okientalis, sp. nov. 



Separable at a glance from St. thoracica (Temm.) from 

 Western Java, (eight specimens examined), in having the 

 whole head and hind neck slaty black, clearly differentiated 

 from the mantle. Rest of the upper surface of a more 

 ochraceous rufescent, less chestnut tinge. Beneath, the white 

 pectoral collar forms a regular gorget and is not encroached 

 upon in the middle of the throat by the black of the chin and 

 neck, as in the western form. White gorget bordered beneath 

 by a black band broadest on the sides of the breast, this band 

 being entirely absent in St. thoracica. 



Wing, 82 ; tail, 79; bill from gape, 25 ; tarsus, 31 mm. 



Type: — Adult male from Sodong Jerok. Idjen Massif. 

 3,900 feet, near Banjoewangi, East Java, on March 28th, 1916. 



Thirteen specimens examined. 



Stachvkidopsis melanothorax intermedia, subsp. nov. 



Intermediate between St. in. melanothorax 1 (Temm.) 

 from Western Java and St. m. baliensis (Hartert) 2 from Java. 

 Differs from the former in having the middle of the breast 

 sandy buff, uniform with the flanks, not white, and from the 

 latter in having the chin and throat pure white, only very 

 faintly tinged with buff. Outer webs of the primaries, deci- 

 dedly richer brown than the back but not nearly so bright as 

 the wing coverts. 



Adult female (type) : — Wing, 60 ; tail, 60 ; bill from gape, 

 19.5 ; tarsus, 23 mm. 



1 Myiothara melanothorax, Temra. PI Col. II, pi. 185, fig. 2 (1S23). 



2 Cyanodtrma milanotlwrax balittisis, Hartert, Bull. Brit Orn. Club. 

 XXXVI, p. 2 (1915). 



