17. 1IELA.X0PERDIX. 



y. $ ad. sk. Malawoon, Jau. 



»•. (J ad. sk. S. Tenasserim, Jan. 



«-v- 6 2 ad. sk, 

 n; v. c5' 2 ad. sk. 

 ^Z-^r. $ ad. et 



iiuni. sk. 

 e'-i'. S 2 ad . sk. 

 k'-m'. (S 2 ad. 



sk. 

 n'. 2 nr.ad.sk. Malacca 



Province AVellesley (Dr. Cantor] 

 -Selang'ore, Dec. ( TF. Davison). 

 Malacca, Jan., July, Aug-. 



Malacca, .Nug. {R. G. W. li.). 

 Malacca. 



E. W. Gates, Esq. 



[C.l. 

 E. W. Gates, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 India Museum [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



o'-f/'.d 2 ad. sk. 

 '■>«'• d 2 ad. sk. 



t'. d ad. sk. 



ti -7p'. (f 5 ad. 



sk. 

 x'. (^ ad. sk. 



ij'. d ad. sk. 

 z', a". 2 ad. et 



iuv. St. 

 i"'-d". (S 2 ad. 



sk. 

 e". d ad. St. 

 f",'j"- d ad.sk. 



/("-Z;". (J ad.jimm. 



et pull. .sk. 

 I". Juv. sk, 



7)i"-o". (S 2 ad. 



_sk. 

 J)". 2 imm. sk. 



q". Pull. St. 

 >•". Skeleton. 



«'V'. Skeletons. 



«". Skeleton. 



Malacca {Dr. Cantor). 

 Joliore, March, Aujj. { W. Davi- 

 son). 

 Sumatra. 



Siedjoendjoencr, Sumatra, Sept., 



Oct. (C. Bock). 

 Lamponfr, S.E. Sumatra (E. C. 



BiLvton). 

 Java. 

 Java. 



Sarawak, Borneo. 



Sarawak. 



Sarawak {A. li. Wallace). 



Mt. Dulit, Sarawak, June, Aug. 



Baram, Sarawak, Sept. 



Marup {A. II. Everett). 



Sandalam ( W. B. Pryer). 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 W.IIarvev,Esq., & 

 Capt. S. Pinwill ^P.]. 

 A. R. Wallace, 



Esq.[C.]. 

 India Museum[P.J. 

 Hume Coll. 



A. R. Wallace, 



Esq. [C.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Sarawak. 



Indian Arcbipelag-o. 



Purchased. 



Ilajah Brooke [P.]. 



Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 

 Tweeddale & Gould 



Colls. 

 C. Hose, Esq. [C.]. 



A. H. Everett, Esq. 



[C.l 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Dr. B. B. Sharpe. 



A.Wiener.Esq. [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman 



Coll. 

 A. H. Evei-ett, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 Purchased. 



17. MELANOPERDIX. 



Ttix". 



Melanoperdi.K, Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 580 (1864) M. nigra. 



Tail short, soft, and rounded, -with 12 tail-feathers only, more 

 than half the length of the wing. 



1st primary cniual in length to the lOtb, 5th slightly longest. 



Bill sliort, thick and deep. 



Tarsus long, much longer than middle toe and claw ; the latter 

 short and curved ; liallux with a rudimentary claw. 



Ilancje. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. 



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