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respects it agrees well with the adult male procured by 

 Mr. Robinson. 



Sphenocercus robinsoni^ sp. n. 



Adult male. Most like S. permagnus, Stejn., from the Loo- 

 Choo Islands, but differs from that species in its much smaller 

 size, somewhat greyer mantle, greyish-olive rump and tail, 

 and in having the middle of the abdomen decidedly yellow, 

 and the long under tail-coverts washed with cinnamon. In 

 the two last-named characters it resembles S. horthalsi, 

 Temm., from Sumatra and Java, but it entirely lacks the 

 rufous tinge across the breast which is so characteristic of 

 the male of that species. Iris pale blue, outer ring pink : 

 bill purplish-mauve, greeiiish-horn-colour at the base ; feet 

 lake, soles yellowish. 



Total length ca. 12'0 inches; wing 6*5; tail4'9; tarsus 0*9. 



Adult female. Very similar to the female of S. permagnus, 

 but much smaller and with the middle of the belly decidedly 

 yellow. 



Total length ca. ll'O inches; wing 6*4; tail 4*4; tarsus 09. 



Three less adult male specimens have the olive-green of 

 the head, neck, and breast less bright than in the adult, the 

 maroon shoulder-patch much smaller, and the long under 

 tail-coverts yellowish-white with only the faintest tinge of 

 cinnamon. 



Hub. ^. Gunong Tahan, 3300 ft.: 2nd June, 1905. 

 No. 25. ? . Gunong Ulu Kali, 4800-5800 ft. : 9th Feb., 

 1906. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant also exhibited and described examples 

 of three new species of birds from Annam, collected by 

 Dr. J. J. Vassal : — 



CiSSA GABRIELLiE, Sp. U. 



Adult. DiflFers from all other known species of Cissa in 

 having the whole of the underparts pale Naples yellow 

 (fading to pure white). The head is much like that of 

 C. chinensis ; the nape beneath the long crest-feathers olive- 

 yellow ; the back, scapulars, and lesser wing-coverts rich 



