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Show 1885.] DURING THE VOYAGE OF THE YACHT 'MARCHESA.' 505 14. LANIUS BENTET, Horsfield. Lanius bentet, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 144 (1821) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds, viii. p. 266. Lanius schach (partim), Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. M . E. I. Co. i. p. 163. Hab. Lombok, Timor, Java (Wallace) ; Sumatra (Bock) ; Sumbawa (Guillemard). a, 3 • Sumbawa town. b, c. 2 • Sumbawa town. d. Sumbawa. Iris brown; bill and tarsus black. Length 22*0-24*9 centims.; wing 8*6-9*0 centims. These examples are interesting on account of the differing amount of distribution of the black on the head. In a, an individual which has probably not reached maturity, the forehead alone is black, the vertex is slightly streaked with that colour, and the mantle is dusky. The abdomen is strongly tinged with rufous, not white as in the other skins. In 6 the black is also confined to the forehead, the vertex, occiput, and mantle being clear grey, but on the cheeks the black does not pass beyond the ear-coverts, while in c and d the head is black as far as the occipital region, and the black passes over the ear-coverts on to the sides of the neck. The last three examples have the abdomen pure white, and the secondaries strongly edged with buffish white. 15. PACHYCEPHALA FULVOTINCTA, Wallace. Pachycephala fulvotincta, Wall. P.Z.S. 1863, pp. 486, 492; Gadow, Cat. B. vol. viii. p. 196. Hab. Flores (Wallace) ; Sumbawa (Guillemard). a. 2 • Gunong Api Id., Sumbawa. Iris brown; bill black ; tarsus bluish black. Length of wing 8*1 centims. ; tail 6*5 centims. From a comparison with the type in the British Museum collection, I have referred the present example to this species, though, owing to my not having been able to obtain the male bird, the diagnosis must be to a certain extent conjectural. 16. ARTAMUS LEUCORHYNCHUS (Horsfield). Leptopteryx leucorhynchus, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 144 (1821). Artamus leucorhynchus, Salvad. Ucc. di Borneo, p. 140 ; id. Orn. della Pap. ii. p. 167. Hab. Andamans, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines, Celebes, Moluccas, New Guinea, Torres Straits; Java (Horsfield); Lombok, Flores (Wallace); Sumbawa (Guillemard) ; Timor (Wallace). a. 2 • Sumbawa. 6. Sumbawa. Iris brown; bill leaden blue; tarsus greyish black. Length of win"- 13-4-13*6 centims. |