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21. CaLLoLtopHus puniceus (Horsf.) ; Salvad. J. c. p. 49. 
a. “No. 14. @. Kucking, August 30, 1874. Iris crim- 
son; feet dirty green; maxilla blackish brown; mandible 
chrome-yellow ; bare space about the eye pale blue.” 
This specimen is apparently either immature or in worn 
plumage; for the head is earthy brown, with the red feathers 
appearing here and there. 
22. Meterypres rristis (Horsf.) ; Salvad. J. c. p. 56. 
a,b. “No.24. g. Jambusan, Sept. 12,1874. Iris crimson.” 
ce. 9. “Sibu, July 1874.” 
There is considerable difference in the amount of barring 
on the breast in the two males, showing that this is a variable 
character. 
23. Mericrypres tuKxi (Less.) ; Salvad. J. c. p. 57. 
a. “No.66. ¢. Jambusan, Sept.16, 1874. Iris crimson ; 
bill black, mandible whitish ; legs dark olive-brown.” 
Agrees tolerably well with Malaccan and Sumatran ex- 
amples (Wallace), but is not so rufescent as the specimens 
recorded by me from Labuan (P. Z. 8. 1875, p..103). 
24, XYLOLEPES VALIDUS (Temm.); Salvad. J. c. p. 43. 
a. “No. 96. 92. Jambusan.” 
25. Loricutus eateuLus (L.); Salvad. /. c. p. 26. 
a.“ @. Sibu, Jan. 19, 1875. Iris chocolate.” 
b. “2. Sibu. Iris chocolate; legs greenish brown.” 
26: CoPsYCHUS PROBLEMATICUS, Sp. n. 
C. chalybeo-niger: tectricibus alarum et secundariis inter- 
mediis extis albis : gutture et pectore superiore chalybeo- 
nigris: corpore reliquo subtus albo, hypochondriis cine- 
reis : alis ut in speciebus reliquais picturatis : rectricibus 
sex intermediis nigris, proxima albé, pogonio interno ob- 
liqué nigro notato, duabus reliquis albis versus basin po- 
gonil interni nigris: subalaribus nigris, quibusdam an- 
guste albo terminatis. 
“No. 82. ¢. Sibu. Iris chocolate.” 
I cannot unite this species to C. saularis. I have carefully 
examined our series of the above bird; and I consider that 
one species alone inhabits the peninsula of India, ranging 
