16 LIST OF THE BIKDS OF PENRISSEN. 



considerable amount of variation in their colouring ; the 

 most typical form is white with a suffused brown band cir- 

 cling the egg about its middle. 



Fam. DiCiEiD^:. 



46. Prionochilus xanthopygius Salvad, Sharpe, Cat. B. x. p. 66. 



Penrissen 4000 feet. 



47. Prionochihis maculatus Temm. Pankalan Ampat. Sharpe, 



Cat. B. x. p. 69. Pankalan. 



Fam. Meliphagtd^:, 



48. Zosterops aureiventer Hume. Gadow, Cat. B. M. vol. ix. p. 



163, Penrissen (A. H. Everett). 



49. Zosterops sqnamifrons Sharpe, Ibis. 1892, p. 323. Penrissen 



(A. H. Everett). 



Fam. Sturnidje. 



50. Calornis chalybea Horsf. Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 143. Pen- 



rissen and Pankalan Ampat. 



Fam. Corvid.e. 



51. Corvus macrorhynchus Wagler. Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 39. 



The crow was met with at considerable elevations. 



52. Plafyloph/us coronatus Raffl. Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 318. 



Penrissen up to 2500 feet. 



Fam. Pittid^e. 



53. Pitta arcuata Gould. Scl., Cat. B. xiv. p. 431. Penrissen 



up to 4000 feet. 



This was the only Pitta to be found on the mountain 

 and its melancholy whistle was constantly heard. The 

 nest is the usual loose bundle of leaves and grass charac- 

 teristic of the members of this family and the eggs are 

 white, spotted with grey and brown in an irregular band 

 above the middle ; they measure 30 by 22 mm. 



