36 Mr. II. B. Sharpe's Contributions to the 



21. Callolophus puxiceus (Horsf.) ; Salvad. I.e. p. 49. 



a. " No. 14. c? • Kucking, August 30, 1874. Iris crim- 

 son ; feet dirty green ; maxilla blackish brown ; mandible 

 chrome-yellow ; bare space about the eye pale blue." 



This specimen is apparently either immature or in Morn 

 plumage ; for the head is earthy brown, with the red feathers 

 appearing here and there. 



22. Meiglyptes tristis (Horsf) ; Salvad. /. c. p. 56. 

 a,b. "No. 24. J^. Jambusan, Sept. 12, 1874. Iris crimson." 

 c. ? . ''Sibu, July 1874.^' 



There is considerable difference in the amount of barring 

 on the breast in the two males, showing that this is a variable 

 character. 



23. Meiglyptes tukki (Less.) ; Salvad. /. c. p. 57. 



a. "No. G6. ?. Jarabusan, Sept. 16, 1874. Iris crimson; 

 bill black, mandible whitish ; legs dark olive-brown." 



Agrees tolerably well with Malaccan and Sumatran ex- 

 amples {Wallace), but is not so rufescent as the specimens 

 recorded by me from Labuan (P. Z. S. 1875, p. 103). 



24. Xylolepes validus (Temm.) ; Salvad. /. c. p. 43. 

 a. " No. 96. ? . Jambusan." 



25. LoRicuLus GALGULUs (L.) ; Salvad. /. c. p. 26. 

 a. " (J . Sibu, Jan. 19, 1875. Iris chocolate." 



6. " ? . Sibu. Iris chocolate ; legs greenish brown." 



26. CopsYCHUS problematicus, sp. n. 



C. chalybeo-niger : tectricibus alarum et secundariis inter- 

 mediis extiis albis : gutture et pectore superiore chalybeo- 

 nigris : corpore rcliquo subtiis albo, hypochondriis ciue- 

 reis : alis ut in speciebus reliqais picturatis : rectricibus 

 sex intermediis nigris, proxima alba, pogonio interno ob- 

 lique nigro notato, duabus reliquis albis versus basin po- 

 gonii interni nigris : subalaribus nigris, quibusdam an- 

 guste albo terminatis. 

 " No. 82. S ' Sibu. Iris chocolate." 

 I cannot unite this species to C. saularis. I have carefully 

 examined our series of the above bird ; and I consider that 

 one species alone inhabits the peninsula of India, ranging 



