IX. 
ANNALES MUSEI NATIONALIS HUNGARICI. 
1911. 
DESCRIPTION OF SOME NEW BIRDS FROM CEYLON. 
By Dr. J. v. Madarász. 
(Plate XYI. and 3 textfigures.) 
Since my article «Die ornith. Ergebnisse meiner Reise nach 
Ceylon» was published in the «Természetrajzi Füzetek» 1897, in which 
however attention was not paid to the insular and subspecific forms, 
I have described some new forms of this interesting Island in different 
Periodicals. As the collection of the Hungarian National Museum increased 
in material for comparison, it was able to make fourther descriptions 
of Ceylonese birds. I take this opportunity of giving the descriptions of 
three new insular forms from Ceylon, which I propose to name as follows : 
Corone anthracina n. sp. 
Corone macrorhyncha (nec Wagl.), Legge Birds of Ceyl. p. 346 (1880) ; 
Madarász, Természetr. Fűz. XX. p. 331 (1897). 
Much smaller than C. macrorhyncha (Wagl.) and C. levaillanti , 
Less, and with a more purplish gloss ; the bases of the feathers varying 
from brownish-grey to dusky-grey. Length of the female 410—420, 
wing 265—285, tail 160—175, bill 50—55, tarsus 45—50 mm. 
The drawings on the following page shows the shape of the bill 
of C. anthracina , C. levaillanti and C. japonensis . 
Apus singalensis n. sp. 
(Plate XYI. fig. 4.) 
Cypselus affinis (nec Gray), Legge, Birds of Ceyl. p. 319 (1880) ; Micropus 
affinis , Madarász, Természetr. Fűz. XX. p. 370 (1897). 
Above and below sooty-black, with brownish gloss on the head 
and greenish on the back, wings, tail, chest and belly; front hardly 
lighter than the top of the head ; the under tail-coverts brown with 
greenish gloss; throat and rump white. Wing 131—133, tail 50—55 mm. 
Apus singalensis differs from the Indian and East-African speci¬ 
mens of A. affinis , Gray (Plate XVI. fig. 3), not only by its darker colou- 
