MALACOPTERUM ERYTHROTE. 175 



whatever that M. erythrote of my Catalogue is 31. pyrrho- 

 genys (Temm.), as indeed I hinted in the last mentioned 

 work (p. 588, note). The types of the latter species are 

 from Java , and it is perhaps doubtful whether the type 

 oi M. erythrote really came from Borneo. The species will, 

 therefore , stand as Malacopterum pyrrJiogenys (Temm.). 



Genus Malia, Schl. (p. 587). 



This genus, which I had not seen at the time of writing , is 

 nearly allied to Mystacornis and may be separated as follows : 



X. Size large; tarsal envelope coarsely 



scutellated Malta, p. 587. 



(3. Size small; tarsal envelope entire. Mystacornis,i).hdl. 



The relationship is interesting, as shewing a link between 

 the Avifaunse of Madagascar and Celebes. 



I append a detailed description of the type of M. grata. 



Malia grata. 



Malia grata , Schl. Notes Leyden Mus. II, p. 165 (1880). — 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. VII, p. 587 (1883). 



Adult. General colour above uniform dark olive-green, 

 yellowish on the hind-neck and mantle with obsolete dusky 

 margins ; wing-coverts dark olive with olive yellow mar- 

 gins; quills dusky brown, olive yellowish along the outer 

 edge of the primaries , the secondaries darker olive-green ; 

 tail-feathers olive brown , edged with olive yellow , and 

 having numerous dusky bars under certain lights ; lores 

 and an indistinct line along the sides of the crown, ear- 

 coverts and sides of face dark olive with brighter yellow 

 shaft-streaks; cheeks yellow, mottled with dusky ends to 

 the feathers ; throat , breast and abdomen brighter olive- 

 yellow, slightly obscured with dusky endings to the plu- 

 mes of the throat; sides of body, flanks, thighs and un- 

 der tail-coverts olive-green, slightly washed with yellow; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries olive yellow , brighter 



^ otes from thie I^eyden M!useurn , Vol. "VI. 



