STIGMATOPS KEBIRENSIS, Meyer. 
Kebir Scaly-throated Honey-eater. 
Stigmatops kebirensis, Meyer, in Madarasz, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. i. p. 218 (1884). 
This species lias lately been described by Dr. Meyer from specimens sent to him by Mr. Riedel, and we 
have thought it advisable to give a figure of it in the present work. 
As might he expected, it is very closely allied to Stigmatops squamata from the neighbouring group of 
islands ; and it is somewhat remarkable that any difference should be found in specimens from adjacent 
islands like Kebir and Timor Laut, when examples from the latter island-group are not to be distinguished 
from others collected in the island of Choor, which is much further distant from Timor Laut than Kebir. 
The adult Stigmatops kebirensis is a much greyer bird than S. squamata, especially on the wings. 
Underneath, the squamations or mottlings of the plumage are confined to the lower throat and chest, not 
extending nearly so far down the breast. Beyond this we cannot perceive any differences, and the distinctive 
characters must be admitted to be very slight. 
The pair sent by Dr. Meyer measure as follows : — 
Total 
length. 
Oulmen. 
Wing. 
Tail. 
Tarsus. 
a. Ad. Kebir ( Riedel ) . 
. . . . 53 
075 
295 
2-3 
0-80 
b. ? Juv. Kebir (Riedel') . 
. . . . 50 
0-80 
290 
2-4 
075 
The second specimen, which, in spite of some of its larger dimensions, we take to he a somewhat younger 
bird, is greener than the type, especially on the wings and sides of the body, but it preserves the more 
restricted mottling on the breast which distinguishes the species from Stigmatops squamata . 
The Plate represents an adult and a somewhat younger bird, of the size of life. The figures are drawn 
from the pair of birds described above and lent to us by Dr. Meyer. 
[R. B. S.J 
