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Hab. Kangean Island. Named in honour of Dr. Vorder- 

 maiij the first explorer of the avifauna of the Kangean Islands 

 in 1892. 



The male of Graucalus vordermani differs from all the 

 allied forms of the group of Graucalus (Artamides) suma- 

 trensis in its barred under tail-coverts and rump, and the 

 female in the quite, or almost, white under tail-coverts. 



Cyclorhis coib/e, n. sp. 



Nearest to C. insularis, Ridgw., from Cozumel Island off 

 Yucatan, but much more yellow on the breast and sides 

 of the body. Differs from C. flaviventris in its shorter 

 wings, more brownish crown, back, wings, and tail, darker 

 sides of chest, and creamy-white middle of abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts, also in the darker cheeks and ear-coverts. 



Differs from C. flavipectus in the much more brownish 

 crown and back, wings, and tail, much darker ashy ear- 

 coverts, much less bright yellow throat and chest, and much 

 smaller creamy-white area on the abdomen. 



Hab. Coiba Island, off Panama. Collected by Mr. Batty. 



Aphantochroa cuvieri saturatior, subsp. nov. 



This form differs from typical A. cuvieri in its much darker 

 green throat, jugulum, and breast, and deeper brown 

 abdomen. The bill also seems to be a few millimetres 

 longer. 



Hab. Coiba Island, off Panama. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild sent the following 

 description : — 



Leptoptila battyi, n. sp. 



$ ad. Crown and nape dark bluish slate-grey, lighter on 

 the forehead, passing on the neck into the colour of the 

 upperside, which is of a uniform brownish chestnut, with a 

 purple gloss on the back. Primaries dark slate-colour, 

 basal two-thirds of inner webs cinnamon, outer webs with 

 very narrow light rufous edges. Outer rectrices blackish slate- 

 colour, tipped with white, about 12 to 15 mm. wide on the 



