28. MIGLYPTES. 391 



5. Miglyptes jugularis. 



Meiglyptes jugularis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 195 (184o) ; id. Cat. 



B. Mus. As. Sue. p. (50 ( 1849) ; Horsf. Sr Moore, Cat. B. Miis. 



E.I. Co. ii. p. 069, uo. 977 (185(J-58) ; ^Hume, Str. F. 1874, p. 471 ; 



id. ^- Gates, op. cit. 1875, p. 14; Hume ^- JDavison, op. cit. 1878, 



vi. pp. 132, 501 ; Oafes, B. Brit. Burm. ii. p. 00 (1883). 

 Pbaiopicus jugularis, Malh. Picidce, ii. p. 11 (1862). 

 Hemicircus jugularis, Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 71 (1808) ; id, 



Hand-l. B. ii. p. 191, no. 8070 (1870). 

 Miglyptes jugularis, Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 87; Bingham, op. cit. 



1880, p. 161; Gates, op. cit. 1882, p. 190; Haryitt, Ibis, 1884, 



p. 197 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Star. Nat. Genova, 1888, p. 568. 



Adult male. Back, scapulars, upper tail-coverts, tail and the shafts 

 black, the rump buffy white ; a very coDspicuous patch of buffy 

 white extends along the forearm and comprises some of the median 

 and the greater wing-coverts, the remainder of the coverts black, 

 with a few transverse white spots ; quills black, with minute white 

 spots on the outer webs and larger spots on the inner webs, the 

 innermost feathers barred with white right across ; shafts black ; 

 head black, the lores spotted, the remainder finely vermiculated 

 with buffy white ; occipital crest viniform black ; a small dull red 

 malar patch ; side of the neck and hind neck buffy white, this form- 

 ing a distinct collar, and a branch from it, on the side of the neck, 

 running on to the side of the chest ; from the chin to the under 

 tail-coverts, inclusive, black, the chin and throat spotted with 

 white, the sides of the body, flanks, and thighs transversely varied 

 with white; under wing-coverts and axillaries uniform huffy white: 

 " bill and claws black ; legs and feet dirty dull green ; irides dark 

 brown " {J. Darling). Total length 6-5 inches, culmen 0'93, wing 

 4"05, tail 1"8, tarsus 0-8 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0'55, 

 outer posterior 0"55, inner anterior 0'35, inner posterior 0"28. 



Adult female. Wants the red malar patch, but otherwise resembles 

 the male. Total leugth G-5 inches, culmen 0"S5, wing 4, tail 1'8, 

 tarsus 0"7S. 



In this species, as in the other members of the genus, the light 

 portions of the plumage vary from buffy white, sometimes tinged 

 with yellow, to buff' or rufous buff. It does not appear to be a 

 question of age, as male birds thus differing have the red malar 

 stripe equally bright in colour. 



Hah. British Burmah (Arrakan and Pegu Hills, and Tenasserim 

 south to Toungyah) ; Siam ; Cochin China *. 



a. cJad. sk. E. Tegu Hills, April 27, 1873 Hume Coll. 



(E. W. Gates). 



b. Jimui.sk. Tonglioo. Tweeddale Coll. 



c. Jad. sk. Tjaloba,Tenasserim, April 1877 Tweeddale CoU. 



(^Limborff). 



* An example from tliis country (coUtcted by Dr. Ilarmand) is in the Paris 

 Museum. 



