of the Genus Micropternus, 7 



uniform rufous : " iris dull red " (Dorla) . Total length 75 

 inches, culmen I'OS, wing 4'25, tail 2*15, tarsus 0"83 ; toes 

 (without claws) — outer anterior 0-63, outer posterior 0-57, 

 inner anterior 0*55, inner posterior 0*15. 



Another male (apparently fully adult) from Sandakau 

 {Pryer), with the feathers entirely surrounding the eye 

 tipped with crimson, has the back and wing-coverts more 

 barred with black, the tail being black, with indistinct rufous 

 barring at the base. It appears therefore that birds fully 

 adult may or may not have the back clearly banded with 

 black. In M. phaoceps are often found fully adult specimens 

 having the back nearly uniform ; but the character of the 

 majority of individuals of each species comprised in the present 

 genus (except M. Aac?io5M5, judging from the examples which I 

 have examined) is to have the back banded. I think that the 

 immature and adult stages of plumage in Micropterni, as in 

 many other genera of Woodpeckers, are more clearly indi- 

 cated by coloration than by markings. In the species at 

 present under notice the large amount and brilliancy of the 

 red surrounding the eye, and the bright yellow spot on the 

 lower mandible, show the adult stage. 



Adult female. Resembling the adult male, but wanting the 

 red patch on the side of the face. Total length 7*2 inches, 

 culmen 1"05, wing 4"23, tail 2'25, tarsus 0"83. 



This species is confined to the island of Borneo. Mr. 

 Pryer met with it in Sandakan, and it has been obtained 

 at Lumbidan by Governor Ussher and Mr. Treacher, the 

 former gentleman having also procured it at Brunei. Mr. 

 Treacher found it on the Lawas river. Mr. Wallace, as well 

 as Marquis Doria and Dr. Beccari, obtained this species in 

 Sarawak, and Messrs. Mottley and Schierbrand procured 

 specimens at Banjermassing. 



3. Micropternus gularis, 



Micropternus gularis, Jerd. Madr. Journ. xiii. p. 139 

 (1844); Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1816, p. 17; id. Cat. B. Mus. 

 As. Soc. p. 61 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. Volucr. Zygod. p. 9 

 (1854, pt.); Beichenb. Handb, Scans. Picinae, p. 403. no. 941, 



