2. BATKACHOSIOMUS, 637 



a*. Breast without obvious white spots . . stellatus, p. 639. 



6*. Feathers of breast chiefly white poliolophus, p. 638. 



b'". No obvious spots of white or buiF to the 

 upper wing-coverts. 

 c*. Wing more than 5 inches in length, 

 a'. Bill larger and more swollen ; bristles 



on forehead and ear-tufts shorter . . javensis, p. 640. 

 6'. Bill smaller and less swollen ; bristles 



on forehead and ear-tufts longer . . hodtjsoni, p. 642. 

 d^. "Wing less than 5 inches in length .... affinis, p. 643. 

 d'. No obvious white or butf patches on outer 



webs of scapulars woniliger, p. 644. 



1. Batrachostomus auritus. 



Podargus auritus, Gray in Griffith, ed. Cuviers An. Kingd. ii. p. 114, 

 cum tab. [ex Vig. MS.) (1829) ; Vig. App. Mem. Raffl. p. 652 

 (1830; Sumatra). 



Batrachostomus auritus, Gould, Icon. Av. ii. p. 18, pi. vii. (1838) ; 

 Grag, List Spec. B. Brit. Mus. ii. pt. i. p. 3 (1848) ; Bp. Comp. i. 

 p. 57 (1850) ; Cass. Cat. Caprini. Mus. Fhilad. p. 8 (1851) ; Horsf. 

 Sf Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co. i. p. 387 (1854) ; Cab. et Heine, 

 Mus. Hein. ii. p. 123, footnote (1860) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 64 

 (1869) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 99, 1879, p. 332; Tweedd. Ibis, 

 1877, p. 388; id. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 439 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 249 

 (Borneo); Hwne, Stray K viii. p. 48 (1879; Malay Penins.). 



Bombycistomas fulleitouii, Hag, Journ. A. S. Beng. 1841, p. 574, 

 woodcut (Sumatra). 



Podargus fullertoni, Blyth, Journ. A. S. Beng. 1842, p. 798 

 (Malacca). 



Adult. General aspect of the upper surface chestnut-brown with 

 dark vermiculations, and whitish bars bordered with blackish ; a 

 collar of buify white, bordered with black, composed of several 

 narrow but sharply defined bands across the hind neck ; quills deep 

 ashy brown, the outer webs banded with pale cinnamon and dark 

 brown ; greater wing-coverts with triangular bulFy-white terminal 

 spots, bordered on both sides with blackish lines ; throat and breast 

 brown, with whitish spots and bars ; abdomen pale buff. Total 

 length about 16 inches, wing 10-3, tail 8, width of gape 2*3, 

 tarsus 0'9. 



Some specimens are much darker and browner, while others are 

 more reddish ; these seem not to be sexual differences. The 

 nidiflcation and the young of this bird are unknown. 



Hah. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. 



rt.Ad.sk. Malacca (Caw tor). India Museum. 



h. Ad. St. Malacca. H. Cuming [C.]. 



c, (/. Ad. sk. Malacca. Capt. Pinwill [P.], 



e~m. Ad. sk. Malacca {R. G. W. R. and Tweeddale Coll. 



Dr. Mainyay). 



n-s. Ad. sk. Malacca, July. Hume CoU. 



t. Ad. sk. Labuau [Sir Hugh Low), Sharpe Coll. 



M. Ad. ak. Trusan, Borneo. A. H. Everett, Esq. 



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