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of the uuiform white centre of the body, strongly mottled 

 with large white spots , forming well-distinguished , broad 

 cross-bars on some feathers of the flanks. J/, iope/a Swinhoe, 

 with which I should propose to unite M, suhundulata Godwin- 

 Austen , is easily distinguished from M. punctulata by the 

 much paler , more olive-brown tinge of the upper surface , 

 by the very indistinct dark barring of the rump , the pale 

 olive-green instead of fulvous upper tail-coverts and middle 

 tail-feathers , by the want of the brown on forehead and 

 sides of the face, the lesser extent of the brown color on 

 the throat, and by the less large and less rounded white 

 markings on breast and flanks, while the brown markings 

 on both these latter parts are paler brown. The number 

 of our Museum specimens, which I range in this sub- 

 species, is 13, most of which are from Formosa, while 

 a few are from Moulmein , Cochin China and China (M. 

 suhundulata). 



The Javanese specimens , all belonging to M, nisoria 

 (Temm.), agree with M. punctulata in the brown color of 

 the upper surface, the dark double barring of the rump 

 and the large white ocellations on breast and flanks , but 

 differ from it in the larger extent of the brown on the 

 throat, which reaches partly down upon the chest, not 

 ending as abruptly as in the former species. The most 

 distinctive character, however, is the color of the upper 

 tail-coverts and the innermost tail-feathers , which is ashy 

 gray with a very faint tinge of olive. This species is re- 

 presented by twelve specimens from Java. 



M. cahanisi Sharpe , from Luzon, is not represented in our 

 collection, but there are six adult specimens from the island 

 of Bourbon. The bird is found in a wild state on that island, 

 but is said to have been introduced and is mentioned as 

 M. punctulata by Hartlaub (die Vogel Madagascars, p. 403), 

 while Sharpe states , in his Catalogue , the occurrence of 

 M. nisoria on the island of Mauritius. Our specimens from 

 Bourbon agree entirely with M. nisoria from Java , with 

 the exception of the upper tail-coverts and centre tail- 

 Notes from the Leyden Bluseum , Vol. XIV. 



