20. MALACOPTERUJI. ggg 



brown ; above the ear-coverts a slight shade of ashy ; ear-coverts 



^1Z^Z'\ :Y't '""f-^'r -' '''''^' ''^' ^^^y -i'h white baS 

 indicating a tolerably distinct moustachial line; throat and under 

 surface of body white, ashy on the sides of the body from the sides 

 w. I A X T^ do^'nwards, the sides of the breast slightly 

 wahed with brown; thighs reddish brown; under tail-co^ertl 

 white ; under wing-coverts and axiUaries ashy brown washed with 

 fuvous, resenibhng the sides of the breast; quiHs dusky brown 

 ftfT' f ^yl^^^^^K-l-g tt^« edge of the inner web ; "legs anS 

 feet^ leaden blue; ins Indian red " (A. Everett). Total leno-th 4-9 

 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 2-65, tail 2-1, tarsus 1 ° 



^roun r^r-' r";^"''' larger than the female, as is usual in this 

 &' .1, f"^""' ^"^ ^ Lumbidan specimen of Governor 

 Us hers, though no so marked, is, from its size, no doubt a male 



2, tTrsusTor ° "''^''' "'^"'" '■^' ^"^° -"^5' '-^ 



The same variation from olive- to rufous-brown exists in this 



species as in aUied ones ; and this is especially the case in the colour 



ot the flanks and under wing-coverts, which are sometimes much 



fi^rinW^otn"'^^'^' ^'^ ''''-' '^'^'^' '-- ™^-«-^-- ^0 



t: Idlk^'- Sar "' '^"^^^^""- LS;?er ^^^- ^^•^• 



d Ad* sk L^inibidan,NW Borneo. Governor Ussher [C.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Lumbidan N.W.Borneo R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. rP.I 



(Iluffh Low). 1 L J- 



e. 2 ad. sk. Labaug, Bintulu, W. Alfred Everett, Esq fC 1 



Borneo. ' ^ l^-j- 



f, 9, h. Ad. sk. Sarawak. Henry Everett, Esq. [C.]. 



20. MALACOPTERUM. 



Malacopteron £;yfo«, P Z «. 1839, p. IQo M. nSg^um. ' 



.''iNaputhera, i?we, /sw, 1835 v 



Setaria, Myth, J. A. S. Beng. xui.'p.*385'(1844)' :::;;; M. albogulare. 



Range. Prom Southern Tenasserim through the Malayan penin- 

 sula to bumatra and Borneo. 



Malacopterum cixereicapillum. 

 Alcippe cinereicapilla, Salvad. Atfi R. Accad. Torino, iii. p. 530 a868) 

 Brachypteryx cinereicapilla, Giebcl, The,. On, i. p 476 n87-?1 

 betana cinereicapilla, Sittvad. Ucc. Bom. p. 2,34 (1874). " 



Head, neck, and sides of head grey; back and wings olivaceous ■ unner tail 

 coverts and tail rufosc.nt ; under surface of body wbif ish ; sides ashy Xe the 

 under tail-cover s tinged with rufous; bill dusky; feet ashy in skin- irilU ' 



Hah. Sarawak, Borneo. 

 hS!"- ^-l^o*?"? examined this species, I do not know if it should be placed 

 p 367) pectoralis, Salvad., in the genus Rhinomyias (Cat. B S. h^ 



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