122 piciD^. 



brown spots ; fore neck and chest buff, the remaininp: under surface 

 of the body whiter, the whole being crDssed by zigzag marldngs 

 of dusky brown ; under tail-coverts blackish brown barred with 

 buffj' white ; under wing-coverts dusky olive-brown, barred and 

 spotted with dull white. Total length 9 inches, culmen 1"2, wing 

 5'2, tail ;5-lo, tarsus 1 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0-83, 

 outer posterior O'S, inner anterior 0-58, inner posterior O-'So. 



Adult female. Differs from tlie adult male in having the forehead, 

 face, neck, and chest covered with minute rounded spots of blackish 

 brown and huffy white. Total length 9 inches, culmen 1"07, wing 5, 

 tail 3-1, tarsus 0-92. 



Hah. Confined to the Island of Java. 



a. Ad. St. Java. J. Inskipp, Esq. [P.]. 



b. c? ad. sk. Java (Ilorsfield) . India Museum. 



c. (S ad. sk. Java. Gould Coll. 



d. cJ ad. sk. Java. Wallace Coll. 



e. J ad. sk. ¥.. ia.\&. {A. R. Wallace). Tweeddale Coll. 

 f,g. Skeletons. Java. Purchased. 



2, Chrysophlegma malaccense. 



Le Pic de Malacca, Sonn. Voy. hid. ii. p. 211 (1782). 



Malaccan Woodpecker, Lath. Sipi. Suppl. p. iii. (1787). 



Picus malaccensis, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 241 (1790) ; id. Hht. B. iii. 



p. 302 (1822); Drap. Diet. Class. Hist. Nat. xiii. p. 500 (1828) ; 



Bli/th, J. A. S. Ii. xiv. p. 102 (1845). 

 Picus miniatus (7ion Lhrst.), Shatv ■S,- Kodd. Xat. Misc. xi. pi. ccccxiii. 



(1800). 

 Chrysonotus miniatus (no7i Forst.), Eyton, P. Z. S. 1839, p. lOG. 

 Gecinus miniatus (pt.), Grai/, Gen. B. ii. p. 439 (1846) ; id. List 



Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 75 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 191, no. 8682 



(1870). 

 Chloropicos miniatus (pt,), Malh. N. Classif., Mhn. Acad. Metz, 



1848-49, p. 350. _ 

 Gecinus malaccensis, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 59 (1849). 

 Gecinus miniatus, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc, App. p. 336 (1849). 

 Venilia miniatus (pt.), Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 128 (1850) ; Horsf. 



i^- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co. ii. p. 664 (1856-58). 

 Venilia miniata, Reichenb. Handb. Scans. Piciuee, p. 358, no. 830, 



pi. dcxxix. figs. 4184-85, c? 2 (1854) (pt.) ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, 



p. 456. 

 Brachylophus miniatus (pt.),i?/). Consp. Volucr. Zyffod.]>. 10 (1854). 

 Chloropicus miniatus (pt.), Malh. Picidce, ii. p. 116, pi. Ixxvi. figs. 1, 



2 (1862). 

 Chrysophlegma miniata, Jerd. B. Tnd. i. p. 291 (1862) ; Hume, Str. 



F. 1873, p. 450 ; id. op. cit. 1874, p. 472. 

 Venilia malaccensis, Sclat. P. Z. S. l8G3, p. 211 *. 

 Chrvsophlegma malaccensis, StoUczka, J. A. S. B. 1870, p. 292 ; 



YVald. Ibis, 1871, p. 165; Hume, Str. F. 1875, p. 324. 

 Callolophus malaccensis, Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 50 (1874) ; Sharpe, 



* In this paper Dr. Sclater clearly points out the differences between this 

 species aud its ally C. miniatvm. 



