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belly white ; under tail-coverts yellow ; tail dusky black ; quills 

 dusicy, yellow-margined ; bill black, base beneath lead-colour ; feet 

 pale bluish olive ; iris olive-brovra. 



Total length 4^ inches ; wing 2^ inches ; bill, to front, f inch. 



Hab. Menado (North Celebes). 



ZOSTEROPS GRAYI. 



"Z. citrinella, Miill.," G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 175. 



Flavo-viridis, subtus albescens ; capite fuscescente ; fronte, gula, 

 uropygio et crisso jlavis ; remigibus rectricibusque fuscis, Jlavo- 

 marginatis. 



Much larger than Z. citrinella from Timor. Crown of head 

 darker ; wings and rump yellower ; bill black ; pale at base of lower 

 mandible ; feet pale lead-colour. The comparative dimensions of 

 the two species are as follows : — 



Total length. Wing. Tail. Bill. Tarsus. 



Z. grayi 5 in. 2|^ in. 2 in. -^ in. -^^ in. 



Z. citrinella .. 4l\ui. 2^ in. li^j-in* tit in- t<s^^' 



Hab. Ke Island. 



Remark. — I have named this bird after Mr. George Robert Gray, 

 from whose writings and personal information I have derived much 

 assistance. 



DlCvEUM IGNIFERUM. 



Supra nigro-cyaneum ; capite, collo, dorso medio et uropygio ru- 

 bris ; facie, colli lateribus et pectoris linea mediana fusco- 

 nigi'is; mento, pectore inferiore et abdomine albis ; gula rubra. 



Above blue-black ; top of the head and the middle line of the 

 back to the upper tail-coverts blood-red ; sides of the neck and 

 upper part of the breast dusky black ; chin white ; throat red, in a 

 broad longitudinal stripe ; rest of the underside white, the black of 

 the breast being continued in a stripe down to the belly ; bill and 

 feet black. 



The females or young males are more dusky above, with the red 

 on the head and rump, but less distinct on the back ; beneath white, 

 with the face and breast dusky ash. 



Total length 3g inches ; wing 2 inches. 



Hab. Flores. 



Remark. — This species resembles D. cruentatum above, and D. 

 macklotti beneath. 



Ptilotis virescens. 



Flavo-virescens, subtus pallidior ; gula cinerea, abdomine crisso- 

 que albescentibus. 



Yellowish green ; feathers of crown dusky, greenish- margined ; 

 throat ashy ; breast pale yellowish green ; belly and vent whitish ; 



