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tail-coverts a little deeper rufous ; under wing-coverts and axil- 

 laries light orange-rufous, those near the edge of the wing slaty 

 grey ; quills dusky brown below, fulvescent along the inner web ; 

 " legs and feet pallescent " (A. Everett). 



«. S • Malacca (A. R. Wallace) 8-0 

 b. S ■ Biutiilu (A. Everett) 



The only specimen of the female that I have seen marked by a 

 collector is Mr. Everett's Bintulu skin ; and this does not seem 

 to me to be adult. In Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay's collection is a spe- 

 cimen from Borneo, received from Verreaux, and marked as a female, 

 which differs from the adult male only in its paler coloration and 

 in having the ashy throat lighter in shade and not extending so far 

 onto the chest. This is probably the only difference between the 

 sexes. 



Young female (Bintulu). Differs from the male in being brown 

 above, with a slightly rufescent forehead ; wing-coverts like the 

 back, tipped with pale orange-buff, as also are the inner secon- 

 daries ; quills dark brown, externally margined with lighter brown ; 

 rump and upper tail-coverts briglat orange-rufous ; tail-feathers 

 bright chestnat, tipped with pale rufous and crossed near the end 

 with a broad black band, the outer feather also blackish along 

 the outer web, and the centre feathers having also the entire inner 

 web blackish ; lores buffy white, slightly tinged with rufous ; 

 round the eye a ring of rufous feathers ; ear-coverts dusky brown, 

 streaked with pale rufous ; cheeks light rufescent, slightly mottled 

 with dusky bases to the feathers ; throat duU white, washed with 

 rufous, a little purer white on the fore neck ; breast and sides of 

 body light orange-rufous, including the thighs and under tail-coverts ; 

 centre of breast and abdomen whiter ; under wing-coverts pale 

 rufescent, the axiUaries slightly yellower ; quills ashy brown below, 

 greyish white along the edge of the inner web ; " bill dark brown ; 

 gape yellow ; legs pinky white ; iris dark brown " (A. Everett). 

 Total length 7"2 inches, culmen 0-9, wing 3-55, tail 3-2, tarsus 

 1-1. 



As mentioned above, this female is probably not quite adult, as 

 in other specimens the blackish inner web on the centre tail-feathers 

 18 not so apparent, and does not extend for the whole length of the 

 feather ; the throat and fore neck also are mottled with dusky 

 margins to the feathers, and the bill is seemingly paler in immatui'e 

 birds. 



A younger bird is browner above than the foregoing, with the 

 forehead rufous and the wing-coverts tipped with rufous-buff ; lores 

 and feathers round the eye rufescent ; ear-coverts dusky, streaked 

 with rufous ; under surface of body light rufous, the lower breast 

 and abdomen white. 



Hah. Tolerably plentiful iu Malacca, where it ranges as far north 

 VOL. vn. D 



