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Iris, outer ring - pink, inner heliotrope ; cere and orbital 

 skin purplish-cobalt, darker above the eye ; feet lake, claws 

 lead-grey ; tip of the bill greenish lead-colour, remainder 

 plumbeous. 



A somewhat immature male in moult differs from the 

 adult female in having a grey nuchal collar with indications 

 of lateral patches of salmon-colour and a small maroon 

 shoulder- patch. 



Hab. Mountains of the Malay Peninsula (Semangko Pass, 

 Selangor-Pahang border). 



Type in the British Museum. $ . Semangko Pass, 2700 ft., 

 16. ii. 08. 



Obs. Though this species is evidently normally resident in 

 the mountains, it appears, like other Malayan Pigeons (e. g. 

 Carpophaga badia, Treron nipalensis, and Ptilinopus jambu), 

 to perform migrations to the mangroves of the sea-coast at 

 certain seasons. The male was obtained on the 7th of March, 

 1U06, on Pulau Rumpia, a small island, one of the Sembilan 

 group, about fifteen miles off the Perak coast, at the mouth 

 of the Perak River. 



This species is dedicated to Mr. Seimund, my assistant, 

 who obtained the type and is well known for his collections 

 in South Africa and Fernando Po. 



Myiophoxeus crassirostris, sp. n. 



Adult male and female. This species belongs to the group 

 containing M. dicrorhynchus, Salvad., M, eugenei, Hume, and 

 M. temmincki, Vig. From the former it is distinguished by 

 its more brilliant coloration, M. dicrorhynchus being much 

 less blue and less spangled with glistening tips to the feathers. 

 From the two latter it can be separated by the clear white 

 bases to the feathers of the belly and flanks. From M. tem- 

 mincki it is further separated by the form of the bill, which 

 is very much stouter and more depressed, and from M. eugenei 

 by the possession of whitish-mauve tips to the median wing- 

 coverts. 



Total length about 1.2 inches; wing 7*0; tail 5*2; tarsus 

 1-95. 



