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it has never been found on the higher mountains. Along 

 the coast it is said to be fairly iiumerous, but my Dyak only 

 obtained a single female from the neighbourhood of Teluk 

 Anson. Furtlier north on the eastern parts of the Peninsula, 

 as for instance at Koli Lak within Siamese territory, several 

 specimens were observed during my stay there in 1914 but 

 it was not very abundant. The Perak-specimen agrees well 

 with specimens from Java and then belongs to the typical 

 race. North of the Malay Peninsula viz. in Northern Tenas- 

 serim, Siam and Burma a larger form occurs, the Tiga java- 

 nensis intermedia of Blyth. 



55. Microptenius bracliyurus Vieill. — 1 ^ ^7^ 1915; 

 1 (^ i^r, 1915; 1 J" ^^r, 1915. Iris: brown. The Malay Pvufous 

 Woodpecker only^ inhabits the southern parts of the Penin- 

 sula north to about Lat. N. 9°. In the countries north of 

 this låtit ude it is replaced by the allied Micropternus ^^liaio- 

 ceps 2)haioceps Blyth. In the Malay Peninsula 31. brachy- 

 nrus is usually found near cultivated land. In dense jungles 

 it is rather rare. 



56. Miglyptes tristis grammitliorax Malh. — 1 J* ^7^ 

 1915. Iris: reddish brown. Wing: 98 mm.;Culmen: 19 mm. 

 This is a rather common species in cultivated land through- 

 out the whole Peninsula, but never found high up among the 

 mountains. 



57. Miglyptes tukki Less. - 1 J 'V-^ 1915; 1 J^ 'V:. 

 1915. A fairly common low-land species throughout the 

 southern portions of the Peninsula. 



58. Chrysoplilegma mentale liumei Hargittt^— 1 c^ 

 ^Vi 1915; 1 $ ^Va 1915; 1 ? 1^11915. Iris : reddish brown. 

 This fine Woodpecker is only found in the low-lyingcountry 

 in the southern parts of the Peninsula. In Perak it is rather 

 common and outside the mainland it has been obtained in 

 Borneo and Sumatra. 



59. Bracliyloplnis puiiiceus observantlus Hart. — 1 

 ^ 13/5 1915; l' (^ ^Vi 1915; 1 ? "V^ 1915. Another common 

 low-land form throughout the whole Peninsula. The Malayan 

 race is the same which is also found in Borneo and Sumatra. 



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