1865.] FROM THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO. 477 
RurpPrpuRA ToRRIDA. (Pl. XXVIII.) 
Rufo-fusca, subtus alba; pectore nigro, parte inferiore albo squa- 
mata; fronte, superciliis, uropygio et caude dimidio basali in- 
tense rufis; rectricibus omnibus albo terminatis. 
Olive-brown ; beneath white ; vent and under tail-coverts rufous- 
tinged ; in front of and beneath the eye, ear-coverts, lower part of 
the neck, and breast black ; on the lower parts each feather is white- 
edged ; forehead and a short stripe above the eye, lower part of the 
back, upper tail-coverts, and half the tail (less on the outer feathers) 
rust-red ; ower eyelid white ; all the tail-feathers, decreasing to the 
_ middle ones, white-tipped; bill dusky, very short, bristles from gape 
very long ; feet dusky olive ; iris dark. 
Total length 63 inches; wing 3; tail 33. 
Hab. Ternate, on the summit of the volcano, 4000 feet above the 
sea. 
Remarks.—Near R. semicollaris, Miull., from Banda, from which 
it differs in the shorter bill, as well as in the arrangement of the 
colours. 
RHIPIDURA CINEREA. 
Fusco-cinerea ; alis caudaque fuscis ; subtus alba, pectore cinereo 
albo maculato. 
Dusky ash-colour; head rather darker; wings dusky brown ; tail 
rather darker ; over the eye a nearly concealed white stripe; neck 
and throat white; breast and sides ash-colour, feathers on upper 
art of the breast with each a white oval spot; middle of the lower 
breast, belly, under tail- and wing-coverts white ; bill black, large 
and strong ; feet dusky. 
Total length 62 inches; wing 33; tail 33. 
Hab. Ceram. 
Remark.—Nearest to R. assimilis, G. R. Gray, from which it may 
be at once distinguished by its want of any terminal white spots on 
the tail-feathers. 
PRIONOCHILUS AUREOLIMBATUS. (PI. XXIX. fig. 1.) 
Fulvo-olivaceus, alis caudaque nigris ; fascia a fronte ad aures 
fusco-nigra; subtus albus, pectore grisescente, lateribus corporis 
tectricibusque caude inferioribus luteis. 
Fulvous olive ; wings and tail black ; a band over the eyes and 
ears dusky black ; chin and throat white; breast greyish white ; 
sides of the breast and body rich yellow, leaving a median stripe 
white ; under tail-coverts yellow; iris light reddish brown; feet 
black ; bill black in the male, with the base of the lower mandible 
plumbeous in the female. 
Total length 33 inches; wing 2; tail 1. 
Hab. North Celebes, in the mountains of Minahassa. 
Remarks.—About low bushes and shrubs, feeding on fruit. 
