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in coloration little from adults, though they are somewhat darker 

 above, with more rufescent edgings on the wing-quills and coverts. 



Measurements are given in Table 23. 



Doctor Abbott found this species common in the dense jungle on 

 Bunguran Island. It frequented the thick undergrowth of dense 

 forest. 



» Measured in the flesh by the collector. 



»ALCIPPE MAGNA (Eyton) 



Malacopteron magnum Eyton, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 7, p. 103, Nov., 1839. 

 ("Malaya"; type from Sumatra, fide Sharpe, Catalogue of birds in the 

 British Museum, vol. 7, p. 565, 1883.) 



A single female from Mount Ranay, Bunguran Island, was recorded 

 by Doctor Hartert,^^ under the name Malacopterum magnum. The 

 use of the generic name Alcippe has already been explained.'* 



ALCIPPE CINEREA BUNGURENSIS (Hartert) 



Malacopterum cinereum bungurense Hartert, Nov. Zool., vol. 1, no. 2, p. 470, 

 Apr. 16, 1894. ("Bunguran" [Island, Natuna Islands].) 



Seven specimens are in Doctor Abbott's collection: 



Adult male, U.S.N.M. No. 174777, Bunguran Island, June 27, 

 1900. Length in flesh, 159 mm. 



Adult male, U.S.N.M. No. 174779; Bunguran Island, July 2, 

 1900. Length in flesh, 162 mm. 



Adult male, U.S.N.M. No. 174780; Bunguran Island, July 3, 

 1900. "Iris brownish gray; feet pale lavender; upper mandible dark 

 horn brown; lower mandible pale fleshy, leaden at tip." Length in 

 flesh, 156 mm. 



Adult male, U.S.N.M. No. 174783; Bunguran Island, July 16, 

 1900. Length in flesh, 159 mm. 



Adult female, U.S.N.M. No. 174778, Gunong Ranay, Bunguran 

 Island, July 2, 1900. Length in flesh, 152 mm. 



i« Nov. Zool., vol. 2, no. 3, p. 467, Aug. 17, 1895. 



H Oberholser, Smithsonian Misc. CoU., vol. 74, no. 2, pp. 1-3, Sept. 27, 1922. 



