of the Genus Miglyptes. 193 



Immature male. Differing from the adult in having the 

 black portions of the plumage less intense, and the light por- 

 tions buff or pale brown ; malar patch dull red ; the stripe 

 down the middle of the abdomen dusky brown. (Mount 

 Ophir, Malacca : August 14th.) 



Immature female. Resembling the immature male, but 

 wanting the red malar patch. (Mount Ophir, Malacca : 

 August 14th.) 



The descriptions of the immature birds are taken from 

 specimens in the collection of Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay. The 

 female in the brown or young stage is assuming the adult 

 grey plumage, by moult, the change commencing on the 

 head. The soft parts are given as follows : — " Iris dark lake, 

 bill black, legs greenish " {R. G. W. R.). The male, shot by 

 the same naturalist on the same date, is still in the brown 

 stage ; the soft parts are. given as follows : — " Iris dark 

 brown, bill black, legs greenish " {R. G. TV. R.) . 



Malherbe was the first author to recognize the distinctness 

 of this species from M. tristis of Java ; and it is surprising 

 to find that since the publication of Malherbe^s description 

 of M. grammithorax so many naturalists should have per- 

 sisted in calling the Malaccan bird M. tristis. This can 

 only be accounted for by the rarity of M. tristis for compa- 

 rison. Malherbe's species may easily be distinguished from 

 the Javan bird by its fulvous-barred underparts, Mr. Davi- 

 son obtained it in the southern portion of Tenasserim, and 

 the ITume collection contains specimens from Hankachin 

 and Bankasoon : it is found throughout the Malayan penin- 

 sula; also in the island of Salanga (Miiller) ; and Messrs. 

 Wallace and H. O. Forbes procured examples in Sumatra; 

 it likewise forms part of most collections sent from Borneo, 

 where it would appear to be tolerably plentiful. 



3. Miglyptes tukki. 



Picus tukki, Less. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 167. 



Hemicercus brunneus, Eyton, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 106. 



Picus luridus, Nitzsch, Pteryl. p. 137 (1840). 



Meiglyptes brunneus, Hartl. Syst. Verz. Mus. Hamb. 



