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236 <strong>Journal</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> F.M.S. Museums. [Vol. VII,<br />
Measurements <strong>of</strong> type:—Wing, 94, tail, 105 ; bill from gape,<br />
26; tarsus, 33 mm. Type:—Adult male from Sodong Gerok,<br />
Idjen Massif, 3,900 feet, near Banjoewangi, Eastern Java,<br />
April 1st, 1916. Very large series examined from <strong>the</strong> same<br />
vicinity from 1,400 feet to 5,000 feet.<br />
Remarks — Hartert, in a paper on birds from <strong>the</strong> Ardjuno<br />
has already noticed <strong>the</strong> differences in <strong>the</strong> superciliary streak<br />
(Nov. Zool. iii, p. 539 (1896), while a reference to Horsfield's<br />
original description and Plate (Zool. Res. Java (1824) <strong>of</strong><br />
P. montantis show <strong>the</strong>se characters as strongly marked. Hors-<br />
'<br />
field's specimens came from Merbabu in Central and Prahu in<br />
West Central Java, while my own material, consisting <strong>of</strong> over<br />
twenty skins, is from <strong>the</strong> Gedeh in Western Java. Under <strong>the</strong>se<br />
circumstances I consider that <strong>the</strong> eastern form is perfectly<br />
entitled to subspecific recognition, though in a considerable<br />
number <strong>of</strong> specimens traces <strong>of</strong> white are<br />
loral region.<br />
discernible in <strong>the</strong><br />
Stachyris okientalis, sp. nov.<br />
Separable at a glance from St. thoracica (Temm.) from<br />
Western Java, (eight specimens examined), in having <strong>the</strong><br />
whole head and hind neck slaty black, clearly differentiated<br />
from <strong>the</strong> mantle. Rest <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> upper surface <strong>of</strong> a more<br />
ochraceous rufescent, less chestnut tinge. Beneath, <strong>the</strong> white<br />
pectoral collar forms a regular g<strong>org</strong>et and is not encroached<br />
upon in <strong>the</strong> middle <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> throat by <strong>the</strong> black <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> chin and<br />
neck, as in <strong>the</strong> western form. White g<strong>org</strong>et bordered beneath<br />
by a black band broadest on <strong>the</strong> sides <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> breast, this band<br />
being entirely absent in St. thoracica.<br />
Wing, 82 ; tail, 79; bill from gape, 25 ; tarsus, 31 mm.<br />
Type:—Adult male from Sodong Jerok. Idjen Massif.<br />
3,900 feet, near Banjoewangi, East Java, on March 28th, 1916.<br />
Thirteen specimens examined.<br />
Stachvkidopsis melanothorax intermedia, subsp. nov.<br />
Intermediate between St. in. melanothorax 1 (Temm.)<br />
from Western Java and St. m. baliensis (Hartert) 2 from Java.<br />
Differs from <strong>the</strong> former in having <strong>the</strong> middle <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> breast<br />
sandy buff, uniform with <strong>the</strong> flanks, not white, and from <strong>the</strong><br />
latter in having <strong>the</strong> chin and throat pure white, only very<br />
faintly tinged with buff. Outer webs <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> primaries, decidedly<br />
richer brown than <strong>the</strong> back but not nearly so bright as<br />
<strong>the</strong> wing coverts.<br />
19.5 ;<br />
Adult female (type) :— Wing, 60 ; tail, 60 ; bill from gape,<br />
tarsus, 23 mm.<br />
1 Myiothara melanothorax, Temra. PI Col. II, pi. 185, fig. 2 (1S23).<br />
2 Cyanodtrma milanotlwrax balittisis, Hartert, Bull. Brit Orn. Club.<br />
XXXVI, p. 2 (1915).