232 BIRDS OF THE 



Seven specimens collected in the forests of Mount Liau<T 

 Koeboeng and sixteen on the Upper Mahakkam. — Iris 

 light brown, bill horny gray, feet brownish flesh-color. In 

 some specimens the crown is conspicuously tinged with 

 brown, but this variation seems to be independant from 

 the sex. The male is constantly somewhat larger than the 

 female. 



Hab. Malayan Peninsula and Borneo, where it seems 

 to be widely distributed. 



177. lole olivace.a. 



Me olivacea Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XIII, p. 386; Salvad. Ucc. Born, 

 p. 210; Everett, L. B. Born. p. 111. 



A large series from Mounts Kenepai and Liang Koeboeng, 

 where it was found in high forest. Also from the Upper 

 Mahakkam, — Iris white, bill horn-color, feet greenish 

 yellow. 



The immature bird has the upper surface, especially the 

 wing, strongly tinged with ferruginous. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and Borneo, where 

 it seems to be spread over the whole island. 



Tiniellldae. 



178. Eupetes macrocercus. 



Eupetes macrocercus Temm. PI. Col. II. pi. 516 (1836); Sharpe, Ibis 

 1890, p. 367; Hose, Ibis 1893, p. 388; Sharpe, Ibis 1894, pp. 

 421 and 542. 



Two specimens (adult male and female) were shot near 

 my station on the western slope of the Liang Koeboeng, 

 at an altitude of 750 m., and an adult male on the Bruny 

 River (Upper Mahakkam). — Iris dark brown, bill horny 

 brown, naked skin on the neck blue, feet dark grayish blue. 



It is by no means easy to see these birds, as they 

 are running along the ground in high forest hidden by 

 undergrowth and protected by their brown color which 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseum, "Vol. XXI. 



