Dr. J. Murie on the Motmots and their Affinities. 383 



Tetrao viridis, Gm. S. N. i. p. 761. no. 46, $ (1788), ex Lath. 



Perdix corunata, Lath. Suppl. Ind. Orn. p. 62. no. 1, c? et ? 

 (1801). 



Cryptonyx coronatus, Temm. PI. Col. 350, S , 351, $, "Ma- 

 lacca, Sumatra, rare in Java (?)." 



" Marup, c5" , iris brown, bill (red at base) black, legs coral- 

 red." 



Examples of both sexes, undistinguishable from Malaccaa 

 individuals. 



Rhizothera longirostra (Temm.), Pig. & Gallin. iii. pp. 

 3.23, 721, "Sumatra" (1815) ; Gray & Hardw. 111. Ind. Zool. 

 pi. — . fig. 2, 5 . 



Tetrao curvirostris, Raffles, Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 323, " Su- 

 matra" (1821). ' 



"Busan, October, S , $, iris sienna red, bill black, legs 

 white ; Marup, July, § , iris brick-red, legs whitish." 



These three examples agree perfectly with as many Malaccan 

 specimens collected by the late Mr. Maingay. That gentleman 

 noted one of his grey-breasted specimens as being a male. The 

 example marked male by Mr. Everett has also a grey breast ; 

 and the two marked as being females are without the cinereous 

 pectoral band. These independent observations coincide with 

 Temminck's statements (/, c). 



Hypot^nidia striata (Linn.), S. N. i. p. 262, "Philip- 

 pines" (1766), ex Brisson; Walden, Tr. Zool. Soc. viii. p. 95. 

 "Marup, c?, iris purple-red, legs leaden, bill red-brown." 

 In perfect plumage. Identical with Malaccan examples. 



XLIII. — On the Motmots and their Affinities. 

 By Dr. James Murie, F.L.S. &c. 



(Plates XIII.-XV.) 



" If naturalists, before offering an opinion on the affinities of 

 groups, were but to consider well the totality of characters be- 

 longing to each of those which they suspect to be allied, were 

 but to study all their points of difference as eagerly as they 



