29. MicRoriERNus. 399 



q\ )-\ sK 2 ad. Lampongr, S.E. Sumatra (E. Twt-eddale Cull. 



slv. C. Buxtoji). 



t\ 2 ad. sk. Billiton. Tweeddale Coll. 



M'. J ad. sk. [Java.] Tweeddale Coll. 



2. Micropternus gularis. 



Micropternus gularis, Jerd. Marh: Jow-n. xiii. p. 130 (1844) ; Bb/th, 



J. A. S. B. 1846, p. 17 ; id. Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 61 (1849) ; 



Bp. Cunsp. Vohicr. Zt/ffod. p. 9 (1854, pt.) ; Reuhenh. Scans. 



Picince, p. 403, no. 941, pi. dclviii. figs. 4375-4376, J S (1854) ; 



Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 294 (1862) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 297 ; Hume, 



Str. F. 1873, p. 434 ; Blanf. Ibis, 1874, p. 92 ; Ler/ffe, Str. F. 



1875, p. 201 ; id. Ibis, 1875, p. 283 : Fairbank, iSir. F. 1876, 



pp. 255, 265 ; Hmne, op. cit. 1877, pp. 480, 481 ; id. op. cit. 1879, 



p. 88; Legge, B. Ceijl. p. 200 (1880); Biitl. Cat. B. S. Bomb. 



Presid. p. 24 (1880) ; Vidal, Str. F. 1880, p. 53 ; Btitl. t. c. p. 386 ; 



Davison, Str. F. x. p. 356 (1883) ; Hargitt, Ibis, 1885, p. 7. 

 Pliaiopicos jerdoni, Malh. N. C/assif., Mem. Acad. Metz, 1848-49, 



p. 338 ; td. Rev. Zool. 1849, p. 5.35. 

 Meiglyptes gularis, Gray, Gen. B. iii. App. p. 22 (1849) ; Bp. 



Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 113 (1850) ; Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. 



p. 125 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 203, no. 8841 (1870). 

 Micropternus phaioceps (mom Blyth), Layard, An7i. c^ May. Nat. 



Hist. 2nd ser. xiii. p. 450 (1854). 

 Phaiopicus jerdoni, Malh. Picidce, ii. p. 3, pi. xlvii. figs. 1, 2, 3 



(1862). 

 Picus gularis (mow Wayl.), pt., Sundev. Cansp. Av. Pic 



(1866). 



Adult male. General colour rufous, the top of the head, also the 

 chin and throat, browner, the feathers of the chin and throat having 

 a dark brown crescent-shaped subapical marking, the apical margin 

 being whitish ; immediately below the eye a patch of crimson ; 

 back, rump, and upper tail-coverts with almost obsolete narrow 

 black bars, the wings narrowly but distinctly barred with black, 

 the tips of the outermost quills black ; shafts of quills reddish brown ; 

 tail with narrow and iiicomplete bars of black, the shafts brown ; 

 entire under surface of the body and the under tail-coverts uniform, 

 with the exception of some almost obsolete black bars on the flanks 

 and thighs ; under wing-coverts barred with black. Total length 

 9 inches, culmen 1-25, wing 5, tail 2-G, tarsus 0-9 ; toes (without 

 claws) — outer anterior 0-7, outer posterior 0-6, inner anterior 0'55, 

 inner posterior 0-23. 



Adult female. Differs fi'om the adult male in wanting the red 

 spot under the eye : " bill dull black ; legs, feet, and claws the 

 same, but tinged with plumbeous ; irides deep brown " ( W. Davi- 

 son). Total length 8-5 inches, culmen 1-1, wing 4-8, tail 2-4, 

 tarsus 0"88. 



Hah. The Peninsula of India and Ceylon ; the most northerly 

 range appears to be South Konkan. 



