616 THE MARQUIS OF TWEEDDALE ON [May 21, 



17. BRODERIPUS PALAWANENSIS, n. Sp. 



[P. Priucesa, 2, January 18/8.] 



A representative form of B. acrorhynchus, but smaller and with a 

 shorter bill. The yellow space included with the black horseshoe- 

 mark on the head extends far beyond the eyes, and measures in depth 

 over one inch. There is no yellow alar spot. 



Dimensions : — 



Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Culmen. 



in. in. in. in. 



$.... 59 4-5 10 1-5 



18. Oriolus xanthonotus. 



Oriolns xanthonotus, Horsf. Tr. L. S. xiii. p. 153 ; Zool. Res. Java, 

 t. 46; Temm. PI. Col. 214. 



[P. Princesa, <3 , December 30, 1877: iris crimson; bill burnt 

 sienna ; legs dark lead-grey.] 



In the colouring and markings the single specimen sent by Mr. 

 Everett (an adult male) is not to be distinguished from Malaccan, 

 Bornean, and Sumatran individuals ; but it greatly exceeds them by 

 its dimensions — wing 4 63 inches, tail 3"50. 



19. Trichostoma rufifrons, n. sp. (Plate XXXVIII.) 



Mr. Everett has sent three skins of a Timeliine bird which appear 

 to belong to a somewhat aberrant form of the genus Trichostoma. 

 The bill, seen in profile, has the exact contour of the bill of T. abboti, 

 but is somewhat stouter ; at the base it is slightly broader ; 

 and the rictal bristles are longer. The tail is also more graduated, 

 the outer pair of rectrices being shorter than the penultimate pair, 

 which, again, are not quite so long as the remainder. Perhaps this 

 species is congeneric with the two described and figured by Mr. Sharpe 

 (t. c.) under the titles of Zeocephus cinnamomeus and Z. cyanescens 

 (species with which I am unacquainted) : but if so, they cannot be 

 classed under the Muscicapidae. 



Male and female. Forehead bright rufous-brown, contrasting with 

 the duller rufous-brown of the vertex and occiput. Nape and back 

 earthy brown, tinged with olive and paler on the nape. Long, lax 

 feathers of the uropygium bright rufous. Upper tail-coverts pure 

 chestnut; rectrices dull chestnut. Lores and supercilium, which 

 extends behind the eye, pure grey. Cheeks and ear-coverts greyish 

 brown. Chin, throat, and vent pure white. Breast, abdomen, flanks, 

 under tail-coverts, and under wing-coverts tawny, with a pale brown 

 shade on the breast. Primaries brown, edged with pale tawny 

 chestnut. Remaining quills and the wing-coverts dull chestnut, 

 tinged with the colouring of the back. 



Dimensions : — 



