21. POMATORHINtJS. 4U 



2. Pomatorhinus borneensis, 



Poniatorbinus montanus (non Horsf.), S. Mull. Natuurl Gesch 



Land- £r Volkenk. p. 405 (1839-44). 

 Pomatorhinus borneensis, Cab. 3Iiis. I£ei?i. Th. i. p. 84, note (1850) • 



£p- C. R. -xxxviii. p. 50 (1854); Blyth, J. A. 8. Benq. xxiv! 



p. 274 (1855) ; Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 278, no. 4091 (1869) ; 



tialvad. Ucc. Born. p. 210 (1874); Bamsay, Ibis, 1878. p 131- 



Ifume, Sir. F. 1879, p. (51. ' ^' » 



Adult male. Similar to P. montanus, but smaller and of a brighter 

 chestnut ; the wings greyer, with less rufous-brown on the outer 

 webs ; " bill black, the mandible pale lead-colour ; legs greenish 

 lead-colour ; iris lemon-yellow " {A. Everett). Total length 

 7-5 inches, culmcn 0-9, wing 3-25, tail 3-25, tarsus 1-1. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, and only a little lighter in 

 colour. Total length 7-4 inches, culmen 0-9, wing 3-15 tail 3-2 

 tarsus 1*1. ' -» 



Hah. Replaces the foregoing species in Borneo and in the 

 Malayan peninsula, but does not extend into Tenasserim. It has 

 not as yet been discovered in Sumatra. 



a. Ad. sk. Malacca. 



. . , , -, , Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill 



b. Ad. sk. Malacca. [p.] 



c. Ad. sk. Malacca. Gould 'Collection. 



d. AA.sk Malacca (ft 'i^^/O. India Museum. 



e c^ ad. sk. Malacca. A. R. Wallace, Esq. rC.l. 



/. 5 ad. sk. Sarawak. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 'C: . 



g. d ad. sk. Jambusan, Sarawak, Sept. Alfred Everett, Esq. 10 " 



1874. 1 L J- 



3. Pomatorhinus schisticeps. 

 Pomatorhinus schisticeps, Ilodys. Adat. Research, xix. p. 181 (1836) • 

 id. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus., Passeres, pi. 183 fio- 2 184 fio- 2 



^nl\^f%f'^"'-' r- ^: *'• ^'"f^- ^'- P- 1^-5 (1842),'xii.p. 940 

 (1843) ; Hodf/s. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 83 (1844) : Bhjth, J. A S 

 Beng. XIV. p. 598 (1845) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 229 (1846) ; id. Cat 

 Mamm.etc. Aepalpres. Ilodys. p. 80(1846); Blyfh, Cat. B. Mus 

 As. -Sor p. 146 (1849); Bp. Consp. i. p. 220(1850); Horsf . & 

 Z'vf^if ^-^- ^'^•^''^•i- P- 234(1854); Jerd.B. Ind. ii. 

 P' ?no '^^^^^^ ' ^««"«"' -^K 1867, p. 433 ; Buhjer, Ibis, 1869, 

 p. 163 ; Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 278, no. 4086 (1809) ; Hinne, Str F. 

 18/0, p. 121 ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1878, p. 133, pi. iii. fio-s 1, 2 • 



"T;.fj'; ^- ^^^'^' P- ^^ 5 ^''""y> ^- "■ P- -'88 ; Oates, B. Br. Burm. 

 p. 1 2 (1883). 



Pomatorhinus leucogaster, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 137; Blyth, Cat 

 h. Mus. As. Soc. p. 140 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 220 (1850) • 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 277, no. 4083 (1809). v / ' 



Pomatorhiuus montanus, MeClell. P. Z. S. 1839, p. 166 {mc Horsf.). 



Adult. General colour above dark olive-brown ; wing-coverts 

 like the back ; the bastard wing and primary-coverts a litde more 

 ashy brown ; quills dusky brown, externally dark olive, shaded 



