29. MALIA. 587 



on each side, brown or black in colour, broadly streaked with white ; 

 wings rufous-brown, the quills internally blackish : tail entirely 

 rufous-brown ; under surface of body blacldsh, the feathers broadly 

 streaked with white down the middle ; thighs, under wing-coverts, 

 and under tail-coverts brown, streaked with fulvous ; bill yellowish 

 honi-colour, the mandible more yellow ; feet dark brown. Total 

 length 6-8 inches, culmen 0-95, wing 3*2, tail 2-4, tarsus 1-3. (Miis. 

 J. B. Steere.) 



Hah. Island of Palawan, Philippine archipelago. 



29. MALIA. 



Type. 



Malia, Schlegel, Notes Leyden Mus. ii. p. 165 (1880) M. grata. 



BUI moderate in size, sensibly curved, vrith the point somewhat 

 more bent downwards, slightly notched behind this point ; the 

 compression reaches beyond the middle of its length, afterwards 

 becoming gradually more large than high. Nostrils basal, forming 

 an oval aperture, in no way covered, opening into a tolerably large 

 nose-groove. 



Wings short and rounded. First of the primaries 21 lines shorter 

 than the fifth, which is the longest of all ; sixth almost as long as 

 the fifth, seventh only 2, tenth 4 lines shorter than the fifth. 

 Secondaries increasing in length from the first to the third, which is 

 only 4 lines shorter than the fifth of the primaries ; they decrease 

 afterwards in the direction of the tertiaries. 



Tibia very long and robust. Tarsi long, robust, covered on the 

 fore side with eleven shields ; on the hinder side above with one 

 entire shield, beneath with five shields and small scales. NaUs 

 very robust, with the under curve divided into two semilunar ex- 

 cisions. Tail strongly rounded. {ScliJegel.) 



Mange. Celebes. 



1. Malia grata. 

 Malia grata, Sddegel, Notes Leyden 3Ius. ii. p. 1G5 (1880). 



Upper mandible black, but its margins, like the whole under 

 mandible. Light ochraceous ; whole upperside of the bird of a pure 

 olive-colour, washed on the neck, mantle, and angle of wing with 

 lemon-yellow, with a shine of rufous-brown on the tail-feathers and 

 tinged with light yellowish brown on the outer webs of the pri- 

 maries ; chin, throat, and chest of a dirty greenish lemon-yellow, 

 spreading also over the breast and abdomen, but strongly washed 

 with olive ; underside of wings and tail greyish olive ; flanks, under 

 tail-coverts, and feathers of legs olive ; tarsus, toes, and nails dark 

 brown. Total length 11" 6'", wing 5", tail 5", tarsus 23'", culmen 

 12'". (ScJilegel) 



Hah. Celebes. 



