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more distinct on the inner web, beyond this a subterminal black band 

 and white apex ; under wing-coverts white ; bill pale yellowish, 

 dusky above ; feet pale reddish. 



Total length 4 inches ; wing 2 inches ; hill, to gape, ^ inch. 



Hab. Timor; Flores. 



Remark. — This species is near C. ruficeps, Gould, but differs in 

 the dark head and peculiar markings of the tail. 



SaXICOLA (?) DUMETORIA. 



Nigra ; gula et pectore rufis ; abdomine et tectricibus caudce infe- 

 rioribus albis ; fascia longitudinali alarum et linea elongata 

 supra-oculari albis ; rectricibus dimidio basalt albo, duabus 

 mediis exceptis nigris. 



Shining black ; throat and breast light rufous, remaining under 

 parts white ; chin whitish, a line from above the nostrils over the 

 eye to the back of the head white ; tips of the middle wing-coverts 

 and the outer web of the third tertiary white, forming a white lon- 

 gitudinal band across the wing ; two middle tail-feathers all black, 

 the next two black-edged at the base, and the rest with the basal 

 half entirely white ; bill black ; feet pale. 



Total length 5^ inches ; wing 2^ inches ; tail l^^^j^ inch ; bill, from 

 gape, y^y inch. 



Hab. Lombock. 



Remark. — The genus to which this bird belongs is doubtful. It 

 is, however, congeneric with Saxicola pyrrhonota, Miill., from Timor. 



Gerygone inornata. 



Supra pallide fusca, subtus alba; alis fuscis, remigibus albo 

 lituratis; cauda fusca, basi albescente, versus apicem nigra, rec- 

 tricibus albo terminatis, duabus externis macula apicali fusca. 



Above pale earthy brown ; beneath white ; quills dusky, white- 

 edged ; tail dusky, whitish at the base, toward the end black, each 

 feather terminated with a white spot, which on the two outer ones 

 is larger and bears a dusky spot at the apex ; bill and feet black ; 

 iris red. The sexes are alike. 



Total length 4 inches ; wing 2 inches ; tail If inch ; bill, to front, 

 \ inch. 



Sab. Timor. 



Gerygone sulphxjrea. 



Supra dilute olivaceo-cinerea, subtus sulphurea ; remigibus fuscis 

 pallide marginatis ; rectricibus fascia subterminali nigra, in 

 pogonio interna albo terminata. 



Pale ashy, with a faint olive tinge ; beneath pure sulphur-yellow, 

 becoming whitish on the under tail-coverts ; quills dusky, with an 

 outer pale edge and whitish inner margin ; tail with a subterminal 

 blackish band, beyond which is a white spot on the inner web ; bill 

 broad, black ; feet dusky plumbeous. 



