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and Borneo which do not surpass our Nias bird in size. 

 The green is evidently predominating in the olive color 

 of the bird, the red malar stripe is plainly developed, and 

 the under wing-coverts are dusky yellow, as also the pale 

 spot on either side of the neck. Our specimens of this 

 species show much variation as to the greener or browner 

 tinge of their plumage. While in our specimen from Nias 

 the green tinge is prevailing , there are a male from Ma- 

 lacca and a female from Borneo with a rather sooty brown 

 plumage , in which no green tinge can be observed. To 

 this brown variety of M. Tukki probably belongs M. in- 

 fuscatus Salvad., which of course must be claimed as a 

 female, on account of the want of the red malar stripe, 

 while it is sexed by Modigliani as a male. The above 

 quoted figure of M. infuscatus in Modigliani's work is , 

 like most of those not drawn by Keulemans , of a very 

 inferior value and does not fully agree with the descrip- 

 tion given by Count Salvadori. 



14. Gecinus puniceus (Horsf.). 



Picus puniceus Nienwenh. & Rosenb. Versl. Eil. Nias, p. 19; Rosenb. 



Mai. Arch. p. 220. 

 Chrysophlegma puniceum Salvad. Ucc. di Nias, p. 529. 

 Gecinus puniceus Oust. I.e. pp. 108, 119. 



Two adult males (Nos. 5 and 37) and three adult females 

 (Nos. 2, 6 and 53) from Hili Madjeio, and another adult 

 female (No. 135) from Goenoeng Sitoli. 



»Iris red, bill black, lower mandible yellow, feet dirty 

 yellow. Native name: To-/«'a." 



15. Chrysophlegma niasense, n. sp. 



Callolophus malaccensis Salvad. Ucc. di Nias, p. 530. 

 Chrysophlegma malaccense Oust. I.e. pp. 109, 119. 



An adult male (No. 13) and two females (Nos. 18 and 

 56) from Hili Madjeio, and another female (N". 129) from 

 Goenoeng Sitoli. 



Notes from tlie Leyden ]Mu.seura, Vol. XVIH. 



