Collection of Birds from No7ihe)-n Borneo. 379 



Alcurus ochrocephalus (Gm.), S, N. i. p. 821 (1788), ex 

 Brown. 



Yellow-crowned Thrush, Brown, lUustr. p. 50, pi. 22, " Cey- 

 lon [errore] and Java.''^ 



Trichophorus crispiceps, Blytli, J. A. S. B. pp. 186, 204, " Te- 

 nasserim'' (1842). 



Ceylonese Stare, Lath. Syn. ii. p. 11. no. 11, "Ceylon." 



Sturnus zeylanicus, Gm. torn. cit. p. 804. no. 11 (1788), tx 

 Lath. 



Trachycomus ochrocephalus (Gm.), Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 1C9. 



Examples from Java, Sumatra, Malacca, Sarawak, and Te- 

 nasserim are identical. 



The description of the Ceylonese Stare given by Latham 

 agrees well with this species, although, of course, the Ceylon 

 habitat is erroneous. 



Its affinities seem to be with Alcurus striatus, Blyth ; and 

 therefore I do not adopt the genus Trachycomus, formed for 

 it and three other forms of Pycnonotus by Dr. Cabanis (/. c). 



KiTTACiNCLA suAVis (Sclatcr), P. Z.S. 1861, p. 185, "Bor- 

 neo meridionalis," op. cit. 1863, p. 216. 



"Marup, 6." 



This example possesses the three outer pairs of rectrices pure 

 white from their insertion, the fourth pair being only partially 

 black on the inner web. The average length of the wing in 

 Ceylon, Maunbhoom, Hainan, Malaccan, and Sumatran K. ma- 

 croiira is 3"63 inches, in Javan 3*87 ; in this Bornean repre- 

 sentative form it is fully 4 inches. It is interesting to find that 

 the North Bornean bird possesses the distinctive characters first 

 noticed in that from South-east Borneo. 



Prionochilus maculatus (Temm.)j PI. Col. 600. fig. 3, 

 S "Borneo" (1836). 



" Simunjon, J, iris dark red, bill and legs dark brown." 

 Malaccan examples are identical. 



Prionochilus xanthopygius, Salvador!, Atti Ac. Sc. Tor- 

 rino, 1868, p. 416, pi. — . fig. 1 d, 2 $ , "Borneo." 

 " Jambusan, cJ ." 



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