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Mr. Ogilvie-Grant described the following new species 

 from a collection of birds made by the late Mr. Wilfred 

 Stalker in Ceram :— 



Erythromytas ceramensis, sp. n. 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to E. buruensis, Hartert, 

 bnt the entire upperparts, including the crown, sides of the 

 head, wings, and tail, are uniform dark slaty-black, while 

 the chin, throat, and rest of the underparts are cinnamon- 

 rufous. Iris brown; bill black; feet dark grey. Total 

 length 5*2 inches ; wing 2'8 ; tail 2" 15 ; tarsus 0*8. 



Hub. Seleman, 3000 ft., Island of Ceram. <$ . No. 350. 

 November 1909. 



Cryptolopha ceramensis^ sp. n. 



Adult male and female. Most nearly allied to C. everetti 

 (Hartert) from Bouru Island, and to C. waterstradti, Hartert, 

 from Batchian Island, but easily distinguished by the very 

 dark grey crown, which has a dull olive streak down the 

 middle ; the yellow tips to the greater and median secondary 

 wing-coverts, which form a distinct double bar across the 

 wing ; and the greater amount of yellow on the underparts, 

 where only the sides are olive. The general colour of the 

 back is dark olive-green, and the remiges and rectrices are 

 black edged with olive on the outer web. Iris brown ; bill 

 horn-colour ; feet light blue. Total length (measured in the 

 flesh) 4'0 inches; wing 21 ; tail 1*4 ; tarsus 0"85. 



Hab. Karobi Mountain, 2500 ft,, and Marsela, 2500 ft., 

 Island of Ceram. S • No. 235 ; ? . No. 253. October 1909. 



Tephras stalkeri, sp. n. 



Adult male. Fore-part of forehead and lores grey tinged with 

 greenish and shading into light tawny brown on the crown 

 and sides of the head and on the upperparts, and gradually 

 changing into chestnut on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; 

 the outer webs of the remiges and both webs of the inner- 

 most secondaries chestnut; rectrices similarly coloured; 

 chin, throat, and underparts white; sides of the breast and 

 flanks reddish-brown; under tail-coverts, auxiliaries, and under 



