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Show 616 THE MARQUIS OF TWEEDDALE ON [May 21, 17. BRODERIPUS PALAWANENSIS, n.sp. [P. Princesa, $, January 1878.] A representative form of B. acrorhynchus, but smaller and with a shorter bill. The yellow space included with the black horseshoe-mark on the head extends far beyond the eyes, and measures in depth over one inch. There is no yellow alar spot. Dimensions :- Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Culmen. in. in. in. in. ?.... 59 4*5 10 1*5 18. ORIOLUS XANTHONOTUS. Oriolus xanthonotus, Horsf. Tr. L. S. xiii. p. 153 ; Zool. Res. Java, t. 46; Temm. Pl. Col. 214. [P. Princesa, 3, December 30, 1877: iris crimson; bill burnt sienna ; legs dark lead-grey.] In the colouring and markings the single specimen sent by Mr. Everett (an adult male) is not to be distinguished from Malaccan, Bornean, and Sumatran individuals ; but it greatly exceeds them by its dimensions-wing 4*63 inches, tail 3*50. 19. TRICHOSTOMA RUFIFRONS, n.sp. (Plate XXXVIII.) Mr. Everett has sent three skins of a Timeliine bird which appear to belong to a somewhat aberrant form of the genus Trichostoma. The bill, seen in profile, has the exact contour of the bill of T. abboti, but is somewhat stouter; at the base it is slightly broader; and the rictal bristles are longer. The tail is also more graduated, the outer pair of rectrices being shorter than the penultimate pair, which, again, are not quite so long as the remainder. Perhaps this species is congeneric with the two described aud figured by Mr. Sharpe (t. c.) under the titles of Zeocephus cinnamomeus and Z. cyanescens (species with which I am unacquainted): but if so, they cannot be classed under the Muscicapidae. Male and female. Forehead bright rufous-brown, contrasting with the duller rufous-brown of the vertex and occiput. Nape and back earthy brown, tinged with olive and paler on the nape. Long, lax feathers of the uropygium bright rufous. Upper tail-coverts pure chestnut; rectrices dull chestnut. Lores and supercilium, which extends behind the eye, pure grey. Cheeks and ear-coverts greyish brown. Chin, throat, and vent pure white. Breast, abdomen, flanks, under tail-coverts, and under wing-coverts tawny, with a pale brown shade on the breast. Primaries brown, edged with pale tawny chestnut. Remaining quills and the wing-coverts dull chestnut, tinged with the colouring of the back. Dimensions :- Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Culmen. in. in. in. in. 3.... 3*37 3*50 1*00 0*94 ?.... 3*12 3*25 0*95 0*87 |