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Show 506 DR. F. H. H. GUILLEMARD ON BIRDS COLLECTED [May 19, Both individuals are probably in immature plumage ; there is sharply defined line between the white breast and the dark grey of the head and neck. 17. PRATINCOLA CAPRATA, Linnaeus. Pratincola caprata, Bp. Consp. i. p. 305 ; G. R. Gr. Hand-1. i. p. 228, sp. 3282 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. vol. iv. p. 195. Hab. Persia, India, Burmah, Philippines, Celebes; Lombok, Flores, Timor (Wallace); Sumbawa (Guillemard). a. S • Labuan Penakan, N. Sumbawa. b. 2 • Gunong Api I., Sumbawa. Iris dark brown ; bill and feet black in the male, dark brown in the female. Length of wing 7*0 and 6*9 centims. With the exception of the under tail-coverts and the tips of two or three feathers on the lower abdomen, the under surface of the male is entirely black. In the female both upper and under tail-coverts are rufescent white. 18. LALAGE TIMORIENSIS (S. Midler). Lalage timoriensis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 355 ; Salvad. Ucc. di Born. p. 147; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, vol. iv. p. 94. Hab. Bali, Lombok (Wallace); Sumbawa (Guillemard); Timor ( Wallace); Borneo 1 (Finsch). a. Juv. 2 • Bima, Sumbawa. Iris brown ; bill dark brown ; feet bluish black. Length of wing 9*3 centims. 19. CHIBIA BIMAENSIS (Bonaparte). Chibia bimaensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds, vol. iii. p. 237. Dicrurus bimaensis, Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 494. Hab. Lombok and Flores (Wallace) ; Sumbawa (Guillemard). a. Sumbawa. b. 2 • Bima, Sumbawa. c. 2 • Labuan Penakan, Sumbawa. d. S. Gunong Api Island, Sumbawa. Iris crimson ; bill and feet black. Wing 13*2-13*6 centims. Two specimens are marked with white on the abdomen, and have the under tail-coverts tipped with white. The hairy frontal tuft is only well marked in one example, a chin-tuft of like nature coexisting. Agree with Mr. Wallace's Lombok specimens in the British Museum, but appear to be of somewhat smaller dimensions. 20. HYPOTHYMIS OCCIPITALIS, Vigors. Hypothymis occipitalis, Vig. P.Z.S. 1831, p. 97; Sharpe, Cat. B. vol. iv. p. 275. Hab. Andamans, Malacca, Sumatra, Borneo, Formosa; Lombok (Wallace); Sumbawa (Guillemard) ; Flores (Wallace). a, b. <$ • Sumbawa. |