252 ON THE GENUS PYCNONOTUS. 



Micropus chalcocephalus Sharpe, Cat, B. VI, p. 68 (1881), 

 Hab. Java and Bawean. 

 The two typical specimens from Java and Bawean. 



4. Brachypodius fusciflavescens. 



Brachypodius fuscoflavescens Hume, Str. Feath. 1873, p. 297. 

 Micropus fusciflavescens Sharpe, Cat. B. VI, p. 66 (1881); Oates, 

 B. Br. Ind. I, p. 295 (1889). 



Hab. Andamans. 

 Not represented. 



5. Brachypodius poiocephalus. 



Brachypus poiocephalus Jerd. Madr. Journ. X, p. 246 (1839). 

 Brachypodius poiocephalus Blyth , J, A. S. Beng. XIV, p. 576 (1845). 

 Micropus phaeocephalus Sharpe, Cat. B. VI, p. 68 (1881); Oates, 

 B. Br. lad. I, p. 296 (1889). 



Hab. Malabar. 

 One specimen. 



Genus Microtarstis Eyton. 



Type: Microtarsus melanoleucus Eyton. 



General color black , head not crested , rump-feathers 

 stiff and very long, reaching nearly the tips of upper 

 tail-cuverts , tail much rounded, uniform black, tarsus 

 shorter than culmen , wing longer than tail. — One spe- 

 cies known. 



Range. That of the species. 



] . Microtarsus melanoleucus. 



Microtarsus melanoleucus Eyton, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 102; Salvad. 



Ucc. Born. p. 202 (1874). 

 Micropus melanoleucus Sharpe, Cat. B. VI, p. 69 (1881). 



Hab. Malacca, Sumatra and Borneo. 

 One specimen from Malacca, four from Sumatra, and 

 two from Borneo. 



Leyden Museum, April 1896. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum . Vol. X VII. 



