360 A NATURALIST'S WANDEBINQS 



Bab. InsiiJas TenimbereDses Larat et Mam. 



Ohs, Sp, guttnre albo et dofso postico et crisso castande, eicut ?idetur, 

 facile dignoscendo. 



The two specimens of this species in the collection are both markedl as 

 $ ; but the male would probably not differ in coloration. ** Irides dark 

 brown ; upper maodiblo Booty brown, lower mandible same at top, but 

 paie flesh colour at base; feet lavender pink/* 



This epeeies lielongs to the section with small bill, and the tail- 

 feathers much graduatotl, the outer pair being 13 in. shorter than the 

 middle pair. Below, the tail is pale, rufous, the inner webs of tlie 

 rectrices passing into blackigh. Above, the outer tail-ftiathers are 

 margined externally at their bases with the chestnut^red of the rump. 



24. M^OEA FirtvivEKTBis, Selater. 



Bupra plumbea, mpite et dorm nitcre aamieo tindu ; aJus ei cauda fusco- 

 nigrimntibus ; nubtm eaturat^ eastanecHru/ai abdomim et subalaribm 

 fulvis ; remigum margintbus interioribus afbicanttbus ; rostro et pedibus 

 nifjris : long, tota 6'8, alee 27, caucUe 2-7. 



Hah, Larat, ins. Tenimberensem. 



Obs. Proxima M, rvjtffidx ex Timor, sed ventre et ettbalaribiis fulvis 

 distijiguenda. 



"Iridee dark brown, bill lavender-blue, legs and feet black:" The 

 type was obtained in Larat on August 2ud, 1882 ; and others later, 



25. MiCECECA HEMixAXTHA, Sclater. 



Supra Jiavicanti'-oltmem ; ah'9 caudaque fnscis dorsi colore marginatt'g, 



lorts et Hum superciUari obmUta Jlavidk; macula auriculari fusm ; 



subtUA Jlava^ remigum marginibus intemh albtdis ; subalaribvs Jlavis ; 



rodri fiuci mandibula infer iort paJLUda ; pedibus nigrU: long, iota A' 3 



ala: 2- 9, caudce 2 1. 

 Sab. Larat et Lutiir. 



^ O&a, SjKcies Ptfcthdrt/ndi papxi<in«^ quoad coIoree, fere similiB, Bed, ut 

 ?idetiir, generi Micrcecs; apponenda, 



26. Artamides UNiMopt's, Selater. 

 Gmucalvs unimodm, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 55. 



The collection contained two males and three females of tbis speciea. 

 The eexee are not quite similar, as will be seen firom the subjoined 

 diagnooes. 



$ Cinereits ; frmtt, lorit et eapitU lateri'hus cum gutinre foto ad tnedivm 

 peclm arneo'nigris ; alts et cawda nigrts illu cinereo extue marginaiis ; 

 »i^?alarihu8 palUde isabellinh; remitjum pagtna inferiore albicanti' 

 cinerea; rostro et pedihm tiigris ^ long, iota 13'&, a/«', 7 '3, catidw 6 '5, 

 tarsi 1 ■ 3, 



$ Mari simtlie, sed paulum obscurior et colore nigro nim in loria carens ; 



crassitie paulo minore, 

 Bab, Larat, ins. Tenimberensem. 



O&a. Specie Graucah cxTtdeo^iseo affinis. Bed colore corporis cinerae- 

 centtore et remigibtia intus non albis distinguenda, 



27. A. TIM0RLA0EN8IS, Mcjer, in ' Zeit, f. die Ges. Omith.' 1884, p. 10. 



28. GsACCALrs melanops, V. & H. 



29. Lalage »{£STA, Selater. 



Supra sericeo-ntgra ; superaltis brevtbtts ei uropygio albis; alis riigris, 

 teetricihm minotibm et mf^'oribm ef femndant's albo late ferminath; 

 corpore mhtus, subalaribus et remt'gum pogoniia inteinis ad basin omnino 



