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island of Palawan, Philippines (see Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Zoology, vol. i. 

 p. 328, plate 48. fig. 2, 1877) ; but it is smaller, the underparts are lighter, 

 and there is no black on the lores, the front, the chin, and the base of the 

 mandible. 



Zeoceplms rowleyi also reminds one somewhat of Hypothymis puella 

 (Wall.), from Celebes, and it may, perhaps, be regarded as representing this 

 species on the Sangi Islands. But I will not discuss this question now. 



The specimen belongs to a collection of birds which one of the hunters 

 in my service made on the Sangi Islands. I hope soon to be able to give a 

 list of this collection, as it raises the number of the species known to inhabit 

 this island-group considerably, viz. to about 70 ; whereas, till now, it was 

 not much more than half that number — at least, from trustworthy sources. 



The specimen is marked "male;" but I, of course, cannot guarantee the 

 correctness of the sex. The exact locality is Tabukan, on the island of Great 

 Sangi, which lies between Siao and Celebes, to the south, and Mindanao 

 (Philippines), to the north. 



I cannot say any thing certain about the coloration of the bill, the feet, 

 and the eyes in life ; the colours above mentioned are those which the dried 

 skin presents ; but I suppose that these parts are blue, as is the case with 

 Hypothymis puella (Wall.), Zeocephiis cyanescens, Sharpe, and allied species. 



I take the liberty of calling this pretty species after the Editor of this 

 Journal, in acknowledgment of the services which he renders to science by 

 editing his ' Ornithological Miscellany.' 



SURNICULUS MUSSCHENBROEKI, n. sp. 



S. lugubri (Hoi-sf.) similis, sed major. 



Black, with greenish-blue metallic gloss on wings, mantle, and tail. 

 Head, neck, back, uropygium, and underparts black, but velvety, not 



