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present collection, obtained at various dates in the localities above 

 mentioned. The irides are noted as " reddish brown." 



The species belongs to the group of Z. alhiventris ; but appears to be 

 distinguishable by its greyish abdomen, ■which is only whiter in the 

 middle line. 



39. Geeygone doesalis, Sclater. 



Supra hrunnescenti-castanea, alis caudaque nigris dorsi colore Umhafis, 

 pileo et ' nucha 7nurino-hrunneis ; suhtus alba, hypochondriis rufescenti 

 lavatis ; subalaribus albis ; caudce rectricibus subtus in pogoniis 

 interioribus nigricantibus macula versus apicem alba prcediiis ; rostro et 

 pedibus nigris : long, tota i'O, a?ce 2-1, caudai I'G, tarsi 0'8. 

 $ . Mari similis. 



Hob. Larat, Lutur et Molu, insulas Tenimberenses. 

 I was rather uncertain as to the correct position of this little bird, 

 which is quite distinct from anything that I am acquainted with ; but 

 Count Salvadori, to whom I have sent a skin for examination, kindly tells 

 me it is a Gerygone. The bill is rather compressed, and the tarsi are long 

 and slender. The third, fourth, fifth, and sixth primaries are nearly 

 equal and longest. The irides are noted as black. 



40. Okiolus decipiens, Sclater. 

 Memeta decipiens, Scl. P. Z. S., 1883. 



Fuscus fere, unicolor, superciliis albidis, pileo nigricanti striolato ; subtus 

 paulo dilutior, gutture et cervice antica albis, prcecipue ad latera nigra 

 guttulatis ; pectoris summi plumis quibusdam, nigricanti striolatis ; 

 regione auriculari nigricante ; rostro et pedibus nigris : long, tota 11'8, 

 alee 6'5, caudoe 5'0. 

 Hab. Larat, insulam Tenimberensem. 



Obs. Similis M. houroensi, sed gula albida nigro transversim guttulata 

 et pectoris summi plumis nigricanti striolatis distinguendus. 



Two specimens of this Mimeta, marked " irides dark brown," are in the 

 collection. They so closely resemble Philemon plumigenis in general 

 appearance, that I had at first marked them as of that species. Cf. 

 Wallace, P. Z. S., 1863, p. 26, on a similar case of mimicry in another 

 species of this genus. 



41. Geocichla machiki, H. 0. Forbes. 



Geocichla sp. inc., Sclater, P. Z. S., 1883, loc. sup. cit. 



The species of Geocichla is an adult male, intermediate between Geocichla 

 rubiginosa from Timor and G. erythronota from Celebes. The general 

 colour of the upper parts is olive-browu, shading into slaty brown on the 

 head and into chestnut on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; lores white, 

 oar-coverts mottled white and slaty-brown ; wings brown ; lesser wing- 

 coverts olive-brown, broadly tipped with white ; innermost secondaries 

 russet-brown, obscurely tipped with white; tail-feathers russet-brown, 

 the outer feathers on each side broadly tipped with dull white ; chin, 

 throat, and breast huffish white, the rest of the under parts white, the 

 feathers on the flanks broadly tipped with crescentic spots of black; 

 axillaries — basal half white, terminal half black ; under wing-coverts — 

 basal half brown, terminal half white ; basal half of inner web of 

 secondaries and basal portion of many of the primaries white ; upper 

 mandible sooty grey, lower yellow ; irides ash-brown ; legs, feet, and claws 

 pale flesh-colour. Wing, 4i inches, "tail 8-2, culmenl-05, tarsus 1-4. (No. 

 in- collection 583 g.) 



I propose that this new species should bear the name G. machiki, as a 

 email mark of remembrance of Dr. Julius Machik, of Buda Pesth, Surgeon- 



