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and now in the British Museum. It is not improbable that 

 in the islands of Luzon and Negros specimens will be met 

 with which will be identical with the typical bird. Luzon 

 examples have the bill blacker than those from other loca- 

 lities, and Mr. Everett gives the soft parts of an adult male 

 as follows : — " Bill black ; iris, feet, and claws lead-grey." 

 Specimens from Surigao and Zamboanga are stated to have 

 the iris yellow (these are unmistakably adult birds), and the 

 young from Basilan is said to have the iris white. 



In Tenasserim this species may occasionally interbreed 

 with Th. feddeni, as I have in my collection a male specimen 

 from Malewoon, given to me by Mr. Gates, in which the 

 white feathers of the rump have a subterminal band of black. 

 This, coming as it does from such a locality, is suggestive of 

 hybridization. This bird was shot on the 29th of January, 

 and is apparently fully adult. 



The range of Th. javensis is very extended, embracing the 

 southernmost portion of Tenasserim, the Malayan Penin- 

 sula, Sumatra, Banka, Java, Borneo, and also some of the 

 Philippine Islands. In Tenasserim this species has been re- 

 corded from Mergui by Blyth; Mr. Davison obtained it at 

 Lanyah, Bankasoon, and Malewoon. In writing on the 

 birds of the Malayan peninsula, Lieut. Kelliam observes : — ■ 

 " I found this handsome Woodpecker plentiful round Saga- 

 met, some sixty or eighty miles up the Moar river. I never 

 came across it in the north of the peninsvda." Capt. Weber 

 procured it in the island of Salanga. Mr. Hume's collection 

 contains examples from Wellesley Province {Stoliczka), Ma- 

 lacca, Pulo Seban, Kurroo, and Johore. Messrs. Buxton 

 and Forbes obtained this species in South-east Sumatra; and 

 the Leiden Museum contains specimens from Banka, and 

 also from Java, in which island it has likewise been obtained 

 by Mr. Forbes. In Borneo it occurs near Sandakan ; I have 

 a specimen from Elopura [Fryer). It has been recorded 

 from Labuan by Governor Ussher, the Ron. Hugh Low, 

 Messrs Motley and Dillwyn, and also by ^Mr. Treacher. 

 Governor Ussher and Mr. Low also obtained it in Lum- 

 bidan ; Mr. Treacher sent specimens from the Lawas river. 



