" Contributions to Malayan Ornitholof/y." 165 



and indistinct. 1 have detected similar indications in Javan 

 examples of T.javensis, also in the MaJaccan form, but not in 

 individuals of T. hodgsoni. Full-plumaged male Javan examples 

 of T.javensis have the white on the inner webs of the quills 

 limited, as in T. hodgsoni. In Malaccan examples the white 

 is more developed, although not nearly so much so as in T. 

 feddeni. 



25. Chrysophlegma malaccensis (Lath.). 



Malherbe^s identification of Picus malaccensis, Lath., with P. 

 miniatuSy Forster, seems well founded, and so also his opinion 

 that the individual referred to by Mr. Blyth (J. A. S. B. xiv. 

 p. 192) belongs to another species. 



29. Meiglyptes marginatus (Reinw.). 



Latham's description of his P. pectoralis certainly does not 

 agree sufficiently with P. brunneus, Eyton, to warrant the con- 

 elusion of Mr. Blyth and of Malherbe. Reinwardt's title 

 cannot stand, as it was not published until after Eyton's and 

 Lesson's. The oldest available title, therefore, seems to be tukki, 

 Less. (Rev. Zool. 1839, June 1st, p. 167, ex Sumatra), which 

 is senior to Eyton's brunneus by about three weeks. P. lu- 

 ridus, Nitzsch, was published a year later (Fterylogr. p. 137, 

 1840). 



31. Halcyon coromandelicus, Scop. 



Must stand as H. coromanda, Lath. The variations, both of 

 colour and dimensions, which this species exhibits in the different 

 localities it inhabits have been well shown by Mr. Sharpe in his 

 accurate and conscientious monograph. The Japanese race is 

 larger, and not smaller, than that of Lidia. 



32. H. ATRICAPILLUS, Gm. 



= H. j)ileata, Bodd., which must stand. 



33. H. Fuscus, Bodd. 



Mr. Sharpe finds that individuals from Asia Minor, and from 

 India, Malay peninsula, &c. are absolutely the same, and there- 

 fore adopts //. smyrnensis (Linn.) . This sets the question at rest ; 

 for we cannot follow a more reliable author. The individual 

 described by Dr. Stoliczka is clearly a young bird. 



