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tips to the secondaries are likewise very different. Iris 

 whitish ; wattle round eye carmine ; bill and feet orange- 

 vermilion. 



Total length ca. 130 inches; culmen 1*57; wing 5*35; 

 tail 6*15 ; tarsus 1*7. 



Hab. Guuoug Tahan, 6500 ft. : 15th July, 1905. No. 378. 



ZOSTEROPS TAHANENSIS, Subsp. 11. 



Adult male. Differs from typical Z. aureiventer, Hume, in 

 having the upperparts of a rather darker green ; the under- 

 parts darker grey. The yellow median stripe varies in width 

 in different individuals and cannot be regarded as an 

 important character. 



In addition to the male in the present collection, Mr. Grant 

 had examined five specimens from Gunong Tahan, collected 

 by Mr. Waterstradt, and now in the Tring Museum. 



Hab. Gunong Tahan, 5300-6000 ft. : 7th July, 1905. 

 No. 306. 



Brachypteryx wrayi, sp. n. 



Adult male. Similar to the male of B. nipalensis, Moore, 

 but darker slate-colour above. 



Total length ca. 4"3 inches ; wing2"4!; tail 1*3; tarsus 1"1. 



Adult female. Differs from the female of B. nipalensis in 

 having the general colour above very dark reddish-brown, 

 instead of olive-brown ; the feathers on the sides of the chest 

 and flanks are also dark brown instead of clay-brown. 



Total length ca.4'2 inches ; wing 2'4; tail 1'4; tarsus 1"1. 



Hab. Gunong Batu Putj^/h (L. Wray) and Guaong Tahan 

 5300-7000 ft. : June, July, 1905. 



MUSCICAPULA MALAYANA, Subsp. U. 



Adult male. Resembles the male of M. hyperytlira, Blyth, 

 but the upperparts are dark grey instead of slate-grey. 



Total length ca. 4*2 inches; wing 2*25 ; tail 1*6; tarsus 0*7. 



Adult female. Upperparts much darker and greyer than 

 in M. hyperythra, and closely resembling those of M. pallidi- 

 pectus, Hartert, from Batchian. It may, however, be at 

 once distinguished from the latter by the much deeper 



