584 TIMELIID^. 



Adult female. Does not diifer in plumage from the male ; " bill 

 black ; legs blackish brown ; iris crimson " (Alfred Everett). Total 

 length 6 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 2-65, tail 2-6, tarsus 0-9. 



In the yoinuj birds the plumage is not so deeply coloured as in 

 the adults, the throat is dingy black, and there is little or no trace 

 of the lighter golden-brown patch on the fore neck, which almost 

 forms a collar in the adult. 



In some old birds the black throat extends on each side of the 

 fore neck, forming as it were an elongated moustache. 



Hah. Malayan peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. 



a. c? ad. sk. Malacca. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



b. $ ad.sk. Malacca (Wfl/^ace). Goidd Collection. 



c. d. Ad. sk. Malacca (Cantor). India Museum. 



e,f. Ad.; ff. Sumatra. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



Jun. sk. 



h, i. Ad. sk. Lumbidan, N.W. Borneo R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.] 



(Hugh Low), 



k. Ad. sk. Bintulu, West Borneo. Alfred Everett, Esq. [C.l. 



/. Ad. sk. Sarawak. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.J. 



?n. Ad. sk. S. Borneo. Gould Collection. 



2. Macronus striaticeps. 



Macronus striaticeps, Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. new series, Zocl. i. 

 p. 331 ; Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 827, 1878, pp. 110, 949 ; 11 ard- 

 latc Eainsaij, Orn. B'orks Tweedd. p. 057 (1881). 



Adult male (type of species). Above fulvescent brown, the shafts 

 of the feathers pale fulvescent; plumes of the rump long and 

 loose, the shafts white at the base ; wing-coverts uniform with t he 

 back, and streaked in the same manner, the greater series uniform 

 fulvescent brown ; quills brown, externally chestnut ; tail brown, 

 externally washed with chestnut ; head and nape black, cleanly 

 streaked with white down the middle of the feather ; sides of face 

 white, the feathers margined with black on both sides, givin : a 

 streaked appearance ; throat pure white ; remainder of under sur- 

 face whitish, the feathers of the breast margined with olivaceous so 

 as to appear streaked ; the sides of the body, thighs, and under tail- 

 coverts olive-brown, streaked with whitish ; under wing-coverts 

 olive-brown ; quills ashy below, internally rufescent ; " bill black ; 

 legs purplish grey ; iris white " (A. H. Everett). Total length 5-2 

 iudies, culmen 0-6, wing 2-15, tail 2-15, tarsus 1-8. 



The sexes are alike in size and colour. Young birds are rather 

 more rufescent below and have the streaks on the head tinged with 

 rufous. Both specimens collected by Dr. Steere had the iris hazel, 

 but Mr. Everett gives the iris as white in all those obtained by him. 



Hah. Confined to the Philippine archipelago, where it has been 

 met with in the southern islands Mindanao, Basilan, Dinagat, and 

 Hurigao. 



n. $ ad. sk. Island of Basilan. Prof. J. B. Steere [C.]. 



