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CAPITONID^. 



along the inner edges : "bill black; feet greenish slate-colour ; iris 

 bright brown " (B. G. Wardlaw Bamsay). Total length 10 inches, 

 culmen 1-6, wing 4-8, tail 2-7, tarsus 1-15. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 10 inches, 

 culmen 1-6, wing 4-6, tail 2-5, tarsus 1-1. 



Young. Similar to the adults, but everj where duller : none of the 

 bright parts strongly marked, the yellow moustache scarcely evident, 

 and the scarlet spot below the eye absent ; the lower mandible pale 

 towards the base. 



The differences set forth by Professor Blasius for the separation 

 of the Bornean bird from the Malayan are not found to be perma- 

 nent in the series in the British Museum. The widening of the red 

 crown on the nape is found alike in birds from both countries, and 

 the shade of colour in the blue of the throat and eyebrow is equally 

 variable. 



Hab. Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. 



a. 2 a<i- sk- 



b. Ad. sk. 



c. 5 ad. sk. 



d-k. cS ; I, m, n. 



2 ad. sk. 

 o-w. Ad. ; :r. 



Juv. sk. 

 y-c'. S fid.; d' , 



e,f. $ad. sk. 

 ^'. Ad.; A'. Juv. 



sk. 

 i', k'. Ad. sk. 

 r. cS ad. sk. 

 m'. Juv. sk. 

 n'-s'. (S; t', u'. 



$ ad. sk. 

 v'. Ad. sk. 

 w'. Ad. sk. 



Batang Padang, Perak. L. Wray, Esq. [P.]. 



Penan^ {Dr. Cantor). India Museum. 



Salangore, March 19 ( W. Davi- Hume Coll. 



son). 



Klaug, Feb.-April, July, Sept. Hume Coll. 



( W. Davison). 



Malacca, July to Sept. (TK. Hume Coll. 



Davison). 



Malacca, Aug. {R.G. W.R.). Tweeddale Coll. 



Malacca {Dr. Maingay). 



Malacca (Dr. Cantor). 



Malacca (-4. R. Wallace). 



Malacca. 



Johore, March to Aug., Sept. 



( W. Davison). 

 Singapore. 

 Sumatra {Raffles). 



.v'. cJ ad. sk. Sumatra. 



y',z'. (S ad. sk. Siedjoendjong, Sumatra, Sept. 



( Carl Bock). 

 a"-e". Ad. sk. Lampong, S.E. Sumatra {E. C. 

 Buccton). 

 Billiton. 



r',V'-Ad.;5". 

 Inim. sk. 



i". Ad. sk. 



k". Ad. sk. 

 X". Ad. sk. 

 /x". d ad. sk. 



v'. ? ad. sk. 



^", o''. Ad. sk. 

 tt". Ad. sk. 



Kina Balu, N.W. Borneo {F. 



Burbidge). 

 Labuan {Sir H. Loto). 

 Lumbidan {Sir H. Loiv). 

 Busan, Sarawak, Oct. {A. 



Everett). 

 Busan, Saraw.ak, Oct. {A. 



Everett). 

 Sarawak. 

 Baiijarmassiug (/. Motley). 



Tweeddale Coll. 



India Museum. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Purchased. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hiune Coll. 



India Museum. (Type 



of species.) 

 Wallace Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



H. Yeitch, Esq. [P.]. 



R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Salvm-Godman Coll, 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Rajah Brooke [P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



