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purpurascenti-cyaneis, punctulisque albidis supra ocellos 

 positis ornatis, uropygio et supracaudalibus inocellatis, 

 maculis tantum parvis albidis anteapicalibus ornatis; 

 remigibus fuscis, secundariis internis tergo concoloribus; 

 supracaudalibus loDgis lateralibus fuscis, rufo-castaneo 

 maculatis, maculis magnis viridi-purpurascentibus nigro 

 circuruscriptis ; cauda fusco-nigra albo-luteo maculata, 

 rectricibus omnibus, duabus medianis exceptis, maculis 

 magnis viridi-purpurascentibus, nigro circumdatis or- 

 natis, his maculis in pogonio interiore positis multo 

 minoribus, supra tantum prsesentibus ; guise capitisque 

 lateribus nigricantibus, albido maculatis, gastraeo toto 

 f usco-cineraceo, cinereo vermiculato et striolato ; sub- 

 caudalibus nigrescentibus, laete castaneo undulatis ; 

 subalaribus fusco-nigricantibus. Long. tot. circa 600 

 mm., alas 200-205, caudse 360-370, rectr. lat. 160, 

 rostr. 22, tarsi 70-73. 

 ? . Multo minor, ocellis tergi alarumque tectricum nigri- 

 cantibus, paullum micantibus. Al. 185-195 mm. 

 Hab. Ulu Pahang in Peninsula Malayana. 

 Type, <$ ad., Ulu Pahang, January 1902, no. 100, in 

 Mus. Tring. 



Of this remarkable new species the Bornean hunters 

 of Mr. John Waterstradt obtained three males and two 

 females in the State of Ulu Pahang, in the centre of the 

 Malay Peninsula. 



From the shape of its tail this is a true Chalcurus. The 

 large metallic purplish-green iridescent patches on the 

 lateral rectrices are also more like those of a Chalcurus than 

 the more ocellate ones of a Polypectron, while the eye-like 

 spots on the back remind one of the latter genus. 



This is perhaps the most interesting discovery recently 

 made in the Malay Peninsula, only rivalled by that of the 

 Rheinardtius, which occurs in the same country. 



Myzomela kuehni, n. sp. 

 Myzomela supra brunneo-olivacea, alis caudaque obscu- 

 rioribus, loris nigricantibus; capite toto, mento, gutture 

 supracaudalibusque saturate scarlatinis, pectore, abdo- 

 mine, subcaudalibusque albidis, sulfureo-tinctis, remi- 

 gum pogoniis internis subalaribusque albis : iride 

 brunnea, rostro nigro, pedibus cinereo-nigrescentibus. 

 Al. 57-59 mm., caud. 40-42, rostr. 15, tars. 16. 



