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ON CARPOCOCCYX RADIATUS AND C. VIRIDIS. 



Besides that in this species the throat and sides of the neck 

 are greenish-grey , the back and wing-coverts are darker 

 green than in C. radiatus ; the dark crosslines on the ab- 

 domen are narrower and stand more closely , the sides of 

 the breast and vent are washed pale rufescent, which co- 

 lour is very distinct on the black barred lower tail-coverts. 



The Leyden Museum possesses two specimens : one (Cat. 

 N°. 1) collected by Dr. Salomon Muller in western Su- 

 matra (Padang), the other (Cat. N°. 2) by Mr. van Has' 

 selt (1880) in the same district; this last specimen is af- 

 terwards signed by Schlegel's handwriting » Neomorphus 

 radiatus sumatranus" . None of the specimens are sexed , but 

 we may trust that in this species too both sexes are alike. 

 The specimen N°. 2 shows remains of the first plumage: 

 on the head there are a few rufous-brown feathers and 

 among the not yet full grown primaries is an old one: 

 brownish-black, narrowly margined with rufous-brown on 

 the outer web. 



Salvadori describes the young bird as blackish , with 

 chestnut-brown crossbands ; occiput blackish, quills greenish- 

 black , margined with rufous. The naked space round the 

 eye is: »di vari colori; verde, blue, e rosso-vinato chiaro." 

 Judging from our skins the naked space round the eye , 

 and the bill and feet are green. 



Of the habits of this species nothing is known. 



Al. 



caud. 



culm. 



tars. 



Leyden Museum, 1 May 1898. 



Notes from, the Leyden Museum, Vol. XX. 



