35 [A^ol. XXXV. 



feet are unfeatheredj but this is not the case in all the series 

 in the Tring Museum, and the feathering is clearly present 

 on most of our series of nine specimens. 



CoUocalia esculenta maxima^ subsp. n. 



Adult female. Similar to C. esculenta (Linn.)^ but larger: 

 wing 115 mm., tail 51. The four outer pairs of tail-feathers 

 have an oval white spot on the inner web, largest on the 

 third pair and nearly obsolete on the outer pair. 



Type in the British Museum : $ ad. Camp 11^ Utakwa 

 River, 8000 ft., 8. ii. 13. C. B. Kloss coll. 



Obs. This is a large long-winged mountain-form of 

 C. esculenta, in which the wing-measurement rarely attains 

 100 mm., though in one example it reaches 101 mm.; the 

 tail measures about 40 mm. 



CoUocalia nitens, sp. n. 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to C. line hi Horsf. & 

 Moore, from Java, but with the upperparts purplish-blue, 

 the crown and mantle being as bright as the rest of the 

 upperparts. In this respect it is unlike any subspecies 

 of the C. linchi group, and resembles C. esculenta (Linn.), 

 especially examples from North Queensland, which seem to 

 have the white spots on the inner webs of the tail-feathers 

 much reduced in size. In the present species these marks 

 are entirely absent. It may be further characterised by 

 having the middle of the breast aud belly uniform white, 

 and by its small size : wing 92 mm., tail 37. 



Type in the British Museum: J^ ad. Camp 6(«), Utakwa 

 River, 2900 ft., 8.i. 13. C. B. Kloss coll. 



Obs. It will thus be seen that the present species forms 

 an intermediate link between C. linchi and C. esculenta, 

 having metallic upperparts like the latter, and an unspotted 

 tail like the former. 



Mr. G. M. Mathews exhibited specimens of Aphelocephala 

 pectoralis (Gould) and A. nigricincta (North). The iirst- 

 named was described in 1871 from Fort Augusta, South 



