1883.] MR. p. L. SCLATER ON BIRDS FROM TIMOR LATJT. .5.5 



Obs. Proxima M. rufigulce ex Timor, sed ventre et subalaribus 

 fulvis distinguenda. 



The single " male " in the collection is labelled, "Irides dark brown, 

 bill lavender-blue, legs and feet black : " it was obtained in Larat on 

 August 2nd, 1882. 



16. MiCRCECA HEMIXANTHA, Sp. nOV. 



Supra flavicanti-olivacea ; alis caiidaque fuscis dorsi colore margi- 

 naiis, loriset linea superciliari obsoleta flavidis ; macula auriculari 

 fusca ; subtus fiava, remigum marginibus internis albidis ; sub- 

 alaribus flavis ; rostrifusci mandibula inferiore pallida ; pedibus 

 nigris : long, tota 4*8, al(B 2'9, caudce 2'1. 



Hab. Larat. et Loetoe. 



Obs. Species PoRcilodryadi papuanm, quoad colores, fere similis, 

 sed, ut videtur, generi Microecee apponenda. 



17. Graucalus tjnimodus, sp. nov. 



Totus cinereus, loris nigris ; alis et cauda nigris, illarum tectricibus 

 extus dorso concoloribus, remigibus cinereo anguste marginatis ; 

 subalaribus pallide isabellinis ; remigum marginibus internis albi- 

 canti-cinereis ; rostro et pedibus nigris : long, tota 13'0, alee 7'2, 

 caudcs 6'3, tarsi Tl. 

 Hab. Larat, inss. Tenimberensium. 



Obs. Species Graucalo caruleo-griseo affinis, sed colore corporis 

 cinerascentiore et remigibus intus non albis distinguenda. 



Mr. Forbes's single specimen, a female (marked "L'ides black; 

 bill, legs, and feet black"), was obtained on Larat, August 4th, 1882. 

 The male would probably be nearly similar. 



19. Lalage mcesta, sp. nov. 



Supra sericeo-nigra ; superciliis brevibus et uropygio albis ; alis 

 nigris, tectricibus minoribus et majoribus et secundariis albo late 

 terminatis ; corpore subtus, subalaribus et remigum pogoniis internis 

 ad basin omnino albis ; cauda nigra, rectricibus duabus externis 

 albo terminatis ; rostro et pedibus nigris : long, tota 6'2, alee 3'7, 

 caudce 3 '3. 



Hab. Liss. Tenimberenses. 



Obs. Affinis L. afro-virenti et L. tricolori, sed superciliis curtis 

 albis dividenda. 



The label of the single specimen has been torn off; and the exact 

 island in which it was found is consequently not known. 



22. Pachycephala arctitorquis, sp. nov. (Plate XIII.) 



Supra cinerea, alis caudaque nigris cinereo limbatis, pileo nucha 

 et capitis lateribus nigris; subtus alba, torque Jugulari angusto 

 nigro ; subalaribus et remigum marginibus interioribus albis ; 

 rostro et pedibus nigris : long, tota 5'5, ala, 3*0, caudce 2*2. 

 Fern . Sujjra fusca, in pileo rufescens ; alis nigris extus rufo 

 limbatis ; subtus alba, obsolete nigro striata. 



Hab. Larat, inss. Tenimberensium. 



