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country The first, obtained by Diard, resembles Mr. Swinhoe's 

 bouth-China birds: the spots on the under surface everywhlrrvery 

 distinct and regular, forming bars across the feathers; bands on tS 

 four, mth no perceptible trace of a fifth ; first primary with aXtinct 

 Mvous bar near the base. Total length 12 inches, ling 8-2^ aU 

 5-4, tarsus M Another specimen, coUected by Germain is rather 

 younger than the foregoing, the chest being wasLd wrMvous and 

 broadly streaked with brown, the belly having a more spotTed 

 appearance and being more broken up intJ spots and bTrs fi S nri 



S7s x\'" "iW r^ tbTf r V''^^ ^"^ '''' ^-' -5i i;dttfons" 

 ot a sixth lotal length 11-5 inches, wing 8, taU 5-5 tarsus M 



Suan A bird obtained at Bangkok by Boe^urt was exaSned by 



me m the Paris Museum. It is evidently rather a young™ thi 



breast being stiU broadly streaked, the abdomen spottedf first pri- 



a hlth. Total length 11-5 inches, wing 7-7, tail 5, tarsus M The 



finement,^^ ^^" "' '^"'" ^'''^'''' "^ ^'^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ con- 



Mdacca Birds from this locality are generally known as Ninov 



malaccens^s (Eyton), which is most probaUy identical with hf true 



N. snuulata of .Sumatra. I have carefuUy compared the Malaccan 



examples to ascertain whether they are distinct from the Chinese 



"e oXtrntir' ^^/^'^thei^like many other kinds of Mrds they 



are onlj the northern form occurring in Malacca during migration 



In the seven specimens before me five bauds are apparent oth; 



tail one or two bearing distinct traces of a sixth bisalbar and 



although the general crushed-up formation of a Malacca sSn'o-ives 



hem a smaller appearance, they will be found to be reaUy only a 



^"S^^l ' ^'" ^'^^^^^^^^ ""^^^« '^ -p-^^° ^- -^~^ 



Totallength. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. 



«. Ad. Malacca (7JW/««A Ti-5 7.« ^k ?'. 



6. Ad. Malacca (C/»«rW) .' 11.5 7.0 L \'^ 



c. Ad. Malacca \mus. Bril.) n 71 H ] ,, 



*?. Ad. Malacca (.1^«,.^n<.) }} 7.0 f? I'^f 



c Ad. Singapore {Mus. Norv.) .... 10-5 7-5 4-n 1 



/. Ad. femgapore (Mus. Norv.) .... 10-5 7-3 4-«5 ? 



g. Juv. Penang ( Cantor) 10 6-9 |.f J.^^ 



In nearly all the above specimens the first primary is uniform • 

 only on one does there appear to be a trace of f!ilvous km iTas 

 this specimen has a distinctly spotted abdomen, these two eham ters 

 seem to be dependent on maturity. <^Jiaracteis 



Camhoja. The single skin that I have seen from this country wa, 

 collected by the late M. Mouhot, and now belongs to tSES 



^?"tan5-l ta"""rr ^*^"°-r*°^-l length^O-oinehes'S^ 

 iS, tail 5-1, arsus 1. In general appearance it is like the Soutl^" 

 China examples and is adult, with a distinctly spotted abdomen • 

 firs^mmary mottled with fulvous near the base! but not diftiSy' 



Borneo. A skin obtained by Mr. Wallace at Sarawak is in the 



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