3i). HEMICKRCUS. 483 



Adult male. Ujiper back and scapulars covered with very large 

 rounded or slightly heart-shaped spots of black surrounded by butfy 

 white, these being on the apical and exposed part of the feather, 

 the base being black barred with white ; lower back purplish slate- 

 colour ; rump bufty white ; upper tail-coverts black tipped with 

 white ; wing-coverts black margined with huffy white ; quills black, 

 the inner webs of the primaries margined at the base with white, 

 those of the secondaries margined and notched along their whole 

 length, the outer webs of the secondaries spotted with white, the 

 innermost of these feathers barred with huffy white across both 

 webs ; shafts black ; tail-featJiers and shafts black ; forehead, crown, 

 and elongated ci'cst brilliant scarlet, the latter composed of very 

 soft feathers ; hind neck buffy white ; nasal plumes, sides of the 

 face and neck, and from the chin to the vent, both inclusive, dark 

 slate-grey, with a slight tinge of olive, chiefly on the underparts ; 

 a faint trace of a whitish stripe runs down the side of the neck, but 

 this is almost obsolete ; the thigh-feathers are black margined with 

 huffy white, the black forming a heart-shaped spot, the feathers of 

 the abdomen and vent tipped with dull buffy white ; under tail- 

 coverts black with whitish tips ; under wing- coverts buffy white. 

 Total length 5*5 inches, culmen O'S, wing 3-35, tail 1*15, tarsus 

 065 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior U'6, outer jjosterior 0'05, 

 inner anterior 0'4, inner posterior 0"28. 



Yoiimj male. Has the forehead and crown bright rufous buff; 

 the entire crest flame-red ; the feathers of the underparts tipped 

 with greyish white ; the buffj'-white stripe down the side of the 

 neck well marked ; a greater amount of white on the upper back, 

 wings, and wing-coverts ; the feathers of the lower back broadly 

 tipped with buffy white. 



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

 crown, and entire crest olive-grey. Total length 5-2 inches, culmen 

 0-8, wing 3-35, tail 1-2, tarsus 0-(")5. 



Hah. Confined to the island of Java. 



a b. S 9- fid. sk. Java. Gould Coll. 



c, d. S 2 ad. sk. E. Java. Wallace Coll. 



e. $ ad. sk. E. Java (A. R. Wallace). Tweeddale Coll. 



/. c? ad. sk. E. Java (Mus. Luyd.). ?alvin-Godman Coll. 



V/. c? jiiv. sk. Batang, Java. Gould Coll. 



h. Juv. sk. Java. Purchased. 



i. Skeleton. Java. Purchased. 



2. Hemicercus sordidus.* 



Picas concretus (pt.), Waijl. Si/.d. Av. Picas, sp. 70 (1827). _ 

 Dendropicus snrdidus, Eijtoii, Ann. Sj- Maij. Nat. Hist. xvi. p. 229 

 (1845). 



* Under the title of Meigh/ptes sordidus, Eeichenbach describes a bird from 

 Tenasserim ; but from the description given it is impossible to assign it to any 

 known species, and it is equally puzzling to know iu which genus it should be 

 placed. 



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