162 Viscount Waldeu on Dr. Stoliczka's 



were founded, is described by Le Vaillant (Hist. Nat. Courou- 

 cous, p. 20) as having the back, scapularies, rump, and upper 

 tail-coverts of a Uvely rufous or pure cinnamon-colour. It cannot, 

 therefore, have been described from an example of T. duvaucelii, 

 Temm. Mr. Gould's identification appears to be quite in 

 accordance with the facts ; and the title of orrhopluBus, Cab., 

 will have to be suppressed. 



The Sumatran H. mackloti, Miill., may yet be discovered in the 

 Malayan peninsula, while the occurrence of a species closely 

 allied to the Javan H. orescius (Temm.) in Tenasserim is of the 

 highest interest. 



10. Phcenicophaes curvirostris (Shaw). 



It has been satisfactorily demonstrated by Dr. Cabanis (Mus. 

 Hein. iv. p. 67) that this title applies to the Javan Malkoha 

 only. The Malaccan, Sumatran, and Bornean form, with round 

 nostrils and red lower mandible, must take the name Ph. ery- 

 thrognathus, Hartl. (Verz.Brem.Samml. p. 95, 1844), founded on 

 the Sumatran Malkoha Cmcm/ms melanoynathus, Horsf. ap. Raffles, 

 nee Horsf. Dr. Stoliczka states the middle pair of rectrices are 

 sometimes wholly green — an important fact, and which will 

 probably invalidate the right of Ph. eeneicuudus, Verr., to separate 

 specific rank. A Labuan example in my possession has the 

 middle pair also entirely green. 



18. Xanthol^ma indica (Lath.). 



If Bucco philippensis, Brisson, is really identical with the 

 Indian little Barbet {B. indicus, Lath.), this species must take 

 Statius Miiller's name hamacephala, founded by him on Buf- 

 fon's Barbae des Philippines (PI. Enl. 331*), which came from 

 the Philippines (probably Brisson's type, brought by Poivre), as 

 stated by Buffon (Hist. Nat. vii. p. 102) and also by S. IMuller. 

 In Messrs. Marshalls' Monograph of the Capitonidce, it is errone- 

 ously stated that Miiller^s hamacephala was founded on examples 

 from Sumatra; whereas Miiller distinctly says, "Er wohnet in 



* Given in tlie Monograpli of the Capitonidce as no. 871, which re- 

 presents M. viretis (Bodd.). It is to he hoped that the slips in synonymy, 

 and the omission of many important references, which somewhat detract 

 from the scientitic vahie of this otherwise heautiful work, will he repaired 

 in an appendix. 



