228 PHASIANID^. 



1. Melanoperdix nigra. 



PPerdix cambaiensis, Lath. Iml. Orn. ii. p. 655 (1790) ?[ $juv.]. 

 ? Cambaian Partridge, Lath. Gen. Syn. Hiippl. ii. p. 282 (lci02) ; id. 



Gen. Hist. viii. p. 334 (1823). 

 PCryptonyx rufa8, 2'emm. Pig. et Gall. iii. pp. 534, 747 (1815). 

 ? Cryptonyx cambaieusis, Vif/ors, Zool. Journ. iv. p. 350 (1829). 

 Cryptonyx niger, Vig. Zool. Journ. iv. p. 349 (1829) ; Bonap.C. JR. xlii. 



p. 876 (1856). 

 Cryptonyx ferrugineus, Jiff. Zool. Journ. iv. p. 349 (1829). 

 Cryptonyx ferruginous. Gray, III. Ind. Zool. ii. pi. 45. lig. 1 (1833-34). 

 Cryptonyx dussumieri, Less. Belamj. Voy. Ind. p. 275, pi. vii. (1834) ; 



Hchl. Handl, Dierk. i. p. 393 (1857). 

 Perdix ajruginosiis, Eyton, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 106. 

 KoUulus niger, Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 507 (1846) ; Strickl. P. Z. S. 



1846, p. 105. 

 Melanoperdix nigra, Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 580 (1864) ; Salvad. Uco. 



Borneo, p. 309 (1874) ; Bias. Verh. Ges. Wien, xxxiii. p. 70 (1883) 



[Lihong Baliaja] ; Graboivsky, Ornis, 1885, p. 160 : Everett, List B. 



Borneo, p.l99(1889) [Borneo]; Hose, Ibis, 1893, p.423 [BaramDist.J. 

 Arboricola ? feruginoaa, Blyth, Ibis, 1807, p. 159. 



Adult male. Whole plumage uniform glossy black, except the 

 primaries and their coverts which are brownish black. Iris dark 

 brown. Bill black. Legs and feet pale shining slate-colour. Total 

 length 10-5 inches, wing 5'5, tail 3-3, tarsus 1-8. 



Immature male has the upper and underparts mingled with rufous 

 plumage resembling that of the female adult, and the scapulars, 

 wing-coverts, and secondaries have a buff-coloured spot at the 

 extremity of the shaft. 



Adult female. General colour above chestnut, darkest on the head 

 and becoming brighter on the lower back and rump, more or less 

 vermiculated with black ; scapulars rufous towards the extremity, 

 each with a subterminal transverse black band. Primaries and 

 their coverts brown ; secondaries the same, mottled with ru;ous on 

 the edge of the outer web. Chin and centre of throat whitish, 

 most of the feathers rufous towards the margin. Chest dark 

 chestnut, shading into rufous on the breast, sides, flanks, and under 

 tail-coverts, the three latter are also more or less barred and mottled 

 with black ; belly whitish in the centre, shading into dirty buff oq 

 the sides. Total length 10-5 inches, wing 5-3, tail 2-5, tarsus 1-8. 



Bah. Malay Peninsula, from Province Wellesley southwards, 

 Sumatra, and Borneo. 



a-e. <S 2 ad. sk. Province Wellesley, Malay India Museum [P.]. 



Peninsula (Dr. Cantor). 



f-i- 6 2 ad. sk. Malacca, Aug. Hume Coll. 



]i-p^ J 2 ad. et Malacca {Dr. A. C. Ilaingay). Tweeddale Coll. 



(J imm. sk. 



g. S ad. sk. Malacca, Aug. (P. G. W. P.). Tweeddale Coll. 



r-u. cJ 2 ad. sk. Malacca {Dr. Cantor). India Museum [P.]. 



v-.v. (S 2 ad. sk. Malacca. Gould Coll. 



y, z. 2 ad. sk. Malacca. Capt. Stackhouse 



Pinwill [P.]. 



a . 2 ad. sk. Penibaw, Malay Peninsula. W. Davison, Esq. 



[P.]. 



y, c'. o 2'^^' st. Singapore. Purchased. 



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