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grey : the tail is generally longer than in 2E. siparaja, and is of a more lilac shade. This 

 character at once distinguishes it from JE. temmincki, in which species the tail is red. 



It is, we believe, exclusively confined to the island of Java, where, according to Temminck, 

 it feeds upon small insects, principally spiders. In his original figure and description of the 

 adult male he neglected the yellow on the lower back, a character which is invariably present 

 in all the members of the genus ^Ethopyga, but may be often hidden by the elongated downy 

 feathers which grow on the sides of the middle back, and constitute one of the characters of 

 this genus. 



Having been able to examine only adult male specimens, we must refer our readers for the 

 female to Midler's work, in which are figured the female as well as the nest and eggs. The 

 female appears to offer no marked difference from that of 2E. siparaja ; and the nest is of the 

 ordinary domed form, with a hole at one side, and is suspended from a twig. The egg is 

 represented as white, and measures - 65 by 0-4 inch. According to these authors the bird is 

 not rare in Java in suitable localities, such as coffee-plantations, and in the forests surrounding 

 the villages, as well as in the mountains. 



It is, however, a very scarce bird in collections ; and we believe that the type specimen no 

 longer exists. The specimen which we have here figured and described is in the Bremen Museum, 

 and was kindly shown to me by Dr. Finsch. I have carefully compared the type of 2E. lodoisice, 

 which is a very fine adult male, evidently of this species ; and there is a beautiful skin in the 

 Paris collection, also an adult male. 



