29. MICEOPTERNUS. 



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blankish brown ; feathers of the forehead and crown centred with 

 dusky brown ; immediately below the eye a patch of crimson ; 

 feathers of the chin, throat, and malar region very dark brown, 

 entirely margined with dull buffy white, some of the feathers 

 having a pale rufescent basal shaft-streak ; under surface of the 

 body with a few almost obsolete black bars on the flanks and thighs, 

 the under tail-coverts similarlj^ marked ; under wing-coverts 

 transversely spotted with black : " irides reddish brown ; upper 

 mandible black ; lower mandible black at tip, and behind dirty 

 white ; legs and feet grey '' {H. 0. Forbes). Total length 7-5 

 inches, culmen 1-05, wing 4-25, tail 2-2.5, tarsus 0-83 ; toes 

 (without claws) — outer anterior 0-62, outer posterior 0*57, inner 

 anterior 0*47, inner posterior 0'25. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult 'male in wanting the red 

 patch under the eye. Total length 7 inches, culmen 1, wing 4*2, 

 tail 2-05, tarsiis 0"S. 



Immature birds have the head lighter, and the feathers of the 

 chin and throat of a less dark brown. In very young specimens the 

 dark centres to these feathers are of a still paler brown, and the 

 dark centres of the occipital feathers have a spotted character. 

 I have seen an example of a young female in which the rufous 

 nuchal feathers were tinged with red ; but this would appear to be 

 of very unusual occurrence, and I regard it as purely accidental. 



Hah. Tenasserim Province * ; Malayan Peninsula, including the 

 island of Salanga, south to Singapore ; Sumatra, £angka, and 

 Java. 



a. ,5 ad. sk. 



b. S ad. sk. 



c. $ ad.; d. d" 

 imm. sk. 



e. 2 ad. sk. 



/, ff, h. S ad. ; i, 

 k, I. 2 ad. et 

 imm. sk. 



m. 2 ad. sk. 



71. 2 ad. sk. 



0. S inmi. sk. 



2>. 2 ad. ; q. 2 



imm. sk. 

 r. S ad. sk. 



Tenasserim. 



Tenasserim, March 28, 1877 



( W. Lwiborc/). 

 Pahpoon, Jan. 13, 1874 (TF. 



Davison). 

 Beeling, Feb. 11, 1876 {W. 



UavisoH). 

 Kaukaryit, Jan., Aug., Sept. 



Wimpong, Dec. 9, 1876 (Tf, 



Davison). 

 Thatoue, Dec. 17, 1876 {TV. 



Davison). 

 Houngtbraw E,., Jan. 8, 1877 



( W. Davison). 

 Myawadee, Jan. 20, 1877 ( IV. 



Davison). 

 Moulmein, Nov. 27, 1876 ( W. 



Davison). 



J. C. D. Packma 



Esq. [P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll, 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Cull. 



* In the extreme north the species probably interbreeds with M. j)Jt(eoceps, 

 which also occurs there, birds possessing intermediate characters being often 

 found. 



