29. MlCROPTEENtrS. 393 



Key to the Species *. 



A. Above rufous, more or less barred with black. 

 a'. Shafts of quills clear orauge-reddi.'^h ; fea- 

 thers of the chin and throat unicolorous with 

 the underparts, but with paler margins ; 



tail narrowly barred with black ; with red [p. 394. 



spot under the eye ^j/iteoce/JScJad., 



b'. Shafts of quills dark brown, dusky, or red- 

 dish brown. 

 a". Feathers of the chin and throat darker 

 than the underparts ; the red on the face 

 confined to a spot under the ej^e. 

 a'". Feathers of the chin and throat en- 

 tirely margined with white or bufty 

 white ; tail barred equally rufous and [p. 396. 



black Irachyurus^ S ad., 



b'". Feathers of the chin and throat mar- 

 gined with white only on the apical 

 portion ; tail narrowly barred with [p. 3C9. 



black gularis cS fid., 



b". Feathers of the chin and throat unicolor- 

 ous with the undei'parts ; apical third (or 



more) of the tail-feathers black ; eye en- [p. 401. 



tirely sun-ounded with red badioszis cJ ad., 



B. Above dark brown, narrowly barred with rufous, 



with red spot under the eye. 

 c'. Larger: length 83 inches, culmen l'l,wing 



5 ; the central stripe on the feathers of the 



chin and throat darker than the underparts ; 



head and neck much lighter than the body; [p. 402. 



upper parts distinctly barred . foh'etisis J ad., 



d'. Smaller: length 7'5 inches, culmen 1, wing 



4"5 ; centres of the feathers of the chin and 



throat unicolorous with the underparts ; 



head and neck only slightly lighter than the 



body ; the rufous barring on the back and [p. 403. 



rump almost obsolete huJroydicS fd., 



1. Micropternus phseoceps. 



Picus rufus {lion GrneL), Gray, Hardw. 111. Ind. Zool. pi. xxix. fig. 2 



(1821-22). 

 Meiglyptes badius {non Raffl.), Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. 3Iisc. 1844, 



p. 85. 

 Micropternus phaioceps, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv. pp. 195, 551 (1845); 



id. Cat. B. Mus. As. Sac. p. 60 (1849) ; B2). Consp. Vohm: Zyyod. 



p. 9 (1854); Tytler, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. 1854, p. 307 5 



Beichenb. Scazis. Picince, p. 403, no. 939, jjl. dclvii. fig. 4373 5 j 



* I have not entered the females of the species in tlie Key. They differ 

 from the males solely in the absence of red on the face. 



t In the extreme north of Tenasserim where this species meets M. phaoceps, 

 it is very probable that they interbreed, individuals occurring -which possess 

 the characters of both species. It is almost an impossibility to determine these 

 birds, and I have included them in the species to which I think they are 

 most nearly related. 



