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Pale dusky rufous, the feathers irrorated with dusky and with a 

 median dark line ; greater and middle wing-coverts white-tipped ; 

 quills dusky, with obsolete paler bands, on the outer web with pale 

 rufous bands ; tail with about ten narrow rufous bands, which are 

 dusky-margined ; facial setae very long ; tarsi densely feathered ; 

 toes naked. 



Total length 12 inches ; wing 8^ inches ; tail 4^ inches ; bill, from 

 gape, lyjj inch. 



Hah. Flores. 



Remark. — The only specimen obtained was immature ; but it seems 

 very distinct from all other Malayan species. 



Athene florensis. 



Fusco-brunnea, subtus alba, brunneo maculato-striata ; fronte 

 gulaque albescentibus ; cauda fasciis quinque obscurioribus, 

 rectricibus albo terminatis. 



Darker and much larger than the other Malayan forms of Athene 

 hirsuta. 



Total length 12f inches ; wing 9-^ inches ; tail 5^ inches ; tarsus 

 and mid toe, without claw, 2\ inches ; bill, from gape, 1 inch. 



Hab. Flores. 



LORICULUS FLOSCULTJS. 



Viridis, dorso obscuriore ; macula gulari, uropygio tectricibusque 



. caudcE siiperioribus coccineis; macula nuchali fulvescente ; alls 



caudaque subtus glauco-viridibus, rectricibus Jlavo terminatis. 



Green, above darker ; middle of the body beneath with a yellowish 

 tinge ; nape fulvous orange ; elongate spot on throat red, rump and 

 upper tail-coverts crimson ; tail above dark green tipped with yellow 

 and red ; quills and tail-feathers beneath margined with verditer- 

 blue ; bill red ; feet orange-red. 



Total length 4f inches ; wing 3 inches. 



Hab. Flores. 



Remarks. — This pretty little bird is allied to the L. pusillus of 

 Java and L. indicus of Ceylon ; but also approaches in coloration to 

 L. galgulus and others of the black-billed group. A single speci- 

 men only was obtained. 



Anthus medius. 



A. australi similis, sed minor, ungue postico magis curvato : similia 

 A. malayano, sed rostro breviore, pectoris striis majoribus, ungue 

 postico breviore et magis curvato. 



Dusky or blackish above ; the feathers margined with ochreish 

 yellow or ashy, beneath white or yellowish ; the breast and a line 

 from each angle of the mouth dusky-spotted ; a yellowish line above 

 the eye ; tail dusky, outer feather white, except the base, the next 

 dusky on the inner margin ; bill blackish horn, beneath yellowish ; 

 feet very pale ; iris dark. 



