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Auotlier specimen, more adult, has no label attaclied ; the 

 outer tail-feather has an obscure oblique spot of white. The 

 Sibu specimen has two outer tail-feathers on each side dis- 

 tinctly spotted with v, hite. 



I have lately examined a bird from Saigon, in Cochin China, 

 which was pale in coloration when compared with Malaccan 

 examples ; but I believe this to be merely the result of bleach- 

 ing, as the parts not exposed to the light are of the normal 

 colour. 



Count Salvadori has separated the Malaccan Cymbirhynchus 

 from the Borneau one, as the latter is supposed to have no 

 white spots on the tail. As we have a large series of these 

 birds, I have passed them under review in order to test the 

 characters of these two species, and give the following results. 

 I may premise by saying that all the specimens marked C. 

 affinis by Mr. George Robert Gray, are nothing but the 

 ordinary species. Our examples are chiefly from Malacca ; 

 l3ut some show the extension of the range of this species into 

 Camboja and Siam; so that Dr. Salvadori was naturally led 

 to include these countries within the habitat of (7. affinis {cf. 

 Atti R. Accad. Tor. xi. p. 418). The following remarks refer 

 to the Museum specimens : — 



a. 2 • Sumatra {Wallace) . Two outer tail-feathers marked 

 with white. 



b. 6 . Malacca ( Wallace) . Three outer tail-feathers marked 

 with white ; wing-coverts tipped with small white dots (? re- 

 mains of immaturity) . 



c. Malacca. Two outer rectrices marked with white. 



d. Ditto. Ditto. 



e. Ditto. Ditto. 



/. Malacca {Harvey). Three outer rectrices largely marked 

 with white. 



g. Malacca {Harvey). Three outer rectrices marked, the 

 spot disappearing on the third ; a few wing-coverts terminally 

 spotted with white. 



h. Malacca. Three rectrices marked with white ; spots on 

 wing-coverts large. 



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