226 BIRDS OF THE 



Micropus melanoleucus Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. VI, p. 69; id. Ibis 

 1889, p. 274; Everett, L. B. Born. p. 112. 



An adult female from the southern foot of Mount Ke- 

 nepai and an adult male from Nanga Raoen, both shot 

 in brushwood, and two specimens from the Upper Ma- 

 hakkam. — Iris, bill and feet black. The adult female has 

 the lower surface less dark brown than the male. An imma- 

 ture specimen in the Leyden Museum, from Sumatra, has 

 the upper surface earthy brown, the feathers being broadly 

 edged with olive-brown, while the lower surface is olive- 

 gray. The white patch on the wing is only indicated by 

 a few white feathers. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra (Muller, Horner) and 

 Borneo, where it seems to be spread over the whole island. 

 One of the specimens in the Leyden Museum was collected 

 at Koetei on the east-coast and presented by Dr. Vorderman. 



169. Hemixus malaccensis. 



Hypsipetes malaccensis Blyth, J. A. S. Bang. XIV, p. 574 (1845); 



Salvad. ücc. Born. p. 202; id. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, 



XIV, p. 221 (1879); Sharpe, Ibis 1879, p. 256. 

 Trichophorus striolatus (ex Mull. M. S.) Bp. Consp. I, p. 262. 

 Hemixus malaccensis Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. VI, p. 52; Biittik. N. 



L. M. 1887, p. 63; Everett, L. B. Born. p. Ill; Sharpe, Ibis 1889, 



p. 274; id. id. 1890, p. 277. 

 Hemixus sumatranus Ramsay, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1882, p. 431; 



Nicholson, Ibis 1883, p. 246; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 



Genova, XXV, p. 525 (1887/88). 

 Hemixus striolatus (part.) Salvad. op. cit. XXXII, p. 61 (1892). 



A great series collected on Mount Kenepai and Mount 

 Liang Koeboeng. Found in the low bamboo jungle as well 

 as in the high forest. — Iris brown, bill black, base of 

 lower mandible horny white, feet grayish brown. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Central, Western and 

 Northern Borneo. — Ramsay, and after him Nicholson and 

 Salvadori (1. c.) have separated the Suraatran specimens 

 from those from Malacca and Borneo under the name of 

 H. sumatranus^ and later on (1. c.) Salvadori identified this 



Notes from the ]Lieyd.en ]Museuiii, A^ol. XX.I. 



