492 MR. A. R. WALLACE ON THE [Nov. 24, 



Remark. — Near to R. assimilis, G. R. Gray, but may be at once 

 distinguished from all the other species of the genus by the uniform 

 pale colour of the outer tail-feathers. 



Pachycephala fulvotincta. 



SupraJiavo-olivacea,subtus cum cervice lutea, pectore fulvo tincta; 

 capite et torque lato gulari nigris, gula alba, cauda cum tectri- 

 cibus superioribus nigris. 



Above olive-yellow ; beneath yellow ; head and a band across the 

 throat black ; chin and throat white ; upper part of breast rich ful- 

 vous yellow ; a yellow collar round the nape, brightest on the sides 

 of the neck ; quills dusky, olive-margined ; upper tail-coverts and 

 tail black, feathers narrowly tipped with olive. 



5 . Above dusky olivaceous ; crown ashy ; rump and tail yel- 

 lowish ; quills dusky, margined with brown, the tertiaries with ru- 

 fous ; beneath, cheeks and breast rufescent ; chin whitish ; lower 

 breast and belly nearly pure white ; under tail- coverts pale yellow ; 

 bill black ; feet dusky. 



Total length 6 inches ; wing 3 inches ; tail 2^ inches. 



Hab. Flores. 



DiCROURUS BIMAENSIS. 



Edolius bimaensis, Temm. MSS. (Bp. Consp. p. 352). 



Nigro-cceruleus ; alis caudaque ceneo-viridibus, metallicis ; pectore 

 maculis elongatis metallicis ; caudee rectricibus externis valde 

 recurvatis. 



Blue-black ; vnngs and tail brilliant metallic brassy green ; elon- 

 gate spots on the breast and the tips of the feathers of the crown of 

 the same colour ; the outer tail-feathers strongly curved upwards ; 

 frontal feathers much elongated and depressed ; bill and feet black ; 

 iris red. 



Total length 1 1 inches ; wing 5^^ inches ; tail 5 inches ; bill, from 

 gape, 1*4 inch. 



Hab. Lombock, Sumbawa {Temm.), and Flores. 



Remark. — The name above quoted has no description attached to 

 it in Bonaparte's ' Conspectus ; ' but I have adopted it for this bird, 

 which is no doubt the same species. 



Pericrocotus exul. 



Nigro-cceruleus ; pectore, ventre, uropygio, fascia alarum et rec- 

 tricibus lateralibus vivide aurantiacis, rectricibus duabus mediis 

 nigris, duabus sequentibus dimidio apicali aurantiaco. 



$ . Coloribus cinereis et Jlavis similiter dispositis, et fronte fia- 

 vescente. 



Blue-black ; breast, belly, rump, upper and under tail-coverts, 

 margin of shoulder, wing-band, and outer tail-feathers rich orange ; 

 the wing has a band from the fourth primary, narrowing on the se- 

 condaries, and suddenly broader on the tertiaries, and two of the 



