196 PODABGIB^. 



1098. Batrachostomus affinis. Blyth's Frogmouih. 



Batrachostomus affinis, BIyth, J. A. S. B. xvi, p. 1180 (1847); 

 Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 426 (pt.), pi. xlv; id. Ibis, 1877, 

 p. 338 ; Hume, Ibis, 1878, p. 120; id. Cat. no. 105 ter ; Bingham, 

 S. F. ix, p. 149; Oates, B. B. ii, p. 15, ^t. ; Kartert, Cat. B. M. 

 xvi, p. 643. 



Podargus affinis, Blyth, Cat. p. 81. 



Coloration of both sexes very similar to that of B. hodgsoni, but 

 the male of the present species has on the crown no black spots, 

 but usually some minute M-hite or buff specks, and there is a 

 reddish- brown collar above the whitish one, w-hich is raore 

 distinct than in B. hodgsoni. The breast too is more rufous. 

 The female is darker and duller chestnut. The vsize is smaller : 

 length about 8*5 ; tail 4-4 ; wing 4-5 ; tarsus '55 ; breadth of 

 gape 1*2. 



Distribution. The Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and probably 

 Sumatra. A single specimen, apparently belonging to this species, 

 was obtained by Major Bingham in the Meplay valley, south-east 

 of Moulmein in Tenasserim. 



1099. Batrachostomus moniliger. The Ceylonese Frogmouih. 



Podargus javanicus, apvd BIyth, J. A. S. B. xi, p. 798. 



Podargus javanensis, ajmd Jerdon, Madr. Jour. L. S. xiii, pt. 2, 



p. 143 ; Blyth, J.A.S. B. xiv, p. 309 {nee Horsfeld). 

 Batrachostomus moniliger, Layard, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xviii, p. 806; 



Layard, A. M. N. H. (2) xii, p. 165; Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 189; 



Holdsio. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 420 ; Legye, Ibis, 1874, p. 12 ; id. S. F. 



iii, p. 198 ; Hume <§• Bourd. S. F. iv, p. 376 ; Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 



1877, p. 439, pis. xlviii, xlix ; Hvme, Cat. no. 105 ; Legge, Birds 



Ceyl. p. 331 ; Oates in Hume's N. ^ E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 38 ; Hartert, 



Cat. B. M. xvi, p. 644. 

 Batrachostomus punctatus, Hume, S. F. i, p. 432 ; ii, p. 355 ; iii, 



p. 199; iv, p. 377; id. Cat. no. 105 bis; Blanford, Ibis, 1877, 



p. 262 ; Tweeddale, ibid. p. 391 ; Hume, Ibis, 1878, p. 122. 



The Wynaad Frogmouih, Jerdon. 



Coloration. Male. General tint mottled grey, with a more or less 

 rufous tinge ; supercilia whitish ; black spots, each terminated 

 by a buff speck, on the crown and back ; a white collar on the 

 hind-neck ; scapulars and tertiaries whitish, quills dark brown, 

 with buff or rufous spots on the outer webs ; tail with pale and 

 dark cross-bands ; lower parts much like the upper, with an 

 imperfect white gorget, and much white on the abdomen. 



Female. Dull rufous, like B. affinis $ ; supercilia pale ; au 

 indistinct white collar on the hind-neck ; scapulars with very 

 small subterminal black spots tipped with minute white specks ; 

 some white spots at the ends of the wing-coverts ; beneath, the 

 abdomen is much paler ; there is a band across the throat of 

 feathers white at the end with a somewhat irregular subterminal 

 black bar ; similar feathers are scattered over the abdomen. The 



