238 BIRDS OF THE 



189. Mixornis horneensis. 



Mixornis horneensis Bp. Consp, I, p. 217 (1850); Salvad. Ucc. Born, 

 p. 215; Everett, L. B. Born. p. 107; Sharpe, Ibis 1889, p. 416. 



Tea specimens from Pontianak, Smitau, Nanga Raoen 

 and Poelau, consequently all from the lowland of the 

 Kapoeas basin, and five specimens from Long Bloe (Upper 

 Mahakkam). — If there is any reason to separate this species 

 from M. javanica, it can only be based upon the somewhat 

 broader dark stripes on throat and breast, though it must 

 be said that in some of the Bornean specimens of the 

 Leyden Museum these stripes are not broader than in some 

 Javan ones. — Iris pale orange, facial skin pale blue, bill 

 black, lower mandible bluish horn-color, feet grayish green. 



Hab. Borneo, where it seems to have a general distri- 

 bution. 



190. Macronus ptilosus. 



Macronus ptilosus Jard. & Selby, 111. Orn. pi. 150 (1835); Salvad. 

 Ucc. Born. p. 216; Sharpe, Ibis 1889, p. 282; Everett, L. B. Born, 

 p. 108. 



Numerous specimens from the foot and the slope of 

 Mount Kenepai, Nanga Kaoen, the Liang Koeboeng, from 

 Poelau on the Sibau River and from the Upper- and Lower 

 Mahakkam. — Iris dark brown, skin above the eye sea- 

 green, on chin and face purplish blue; bill black, lower 

 mandible greenish, feet dark brown, soles ochre. 



Hab. Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo, where 

 it is generally distributed. 



Field-notes of Mr. von Berchtold : » Man triflt diese 

 zutraulichen und wenig scheuen Vogel stets in dichtem 

 Busch zu zweien oder in grösserer Gesellschaft, sich von 

 Ast zu Ast, von Strauch zu Strauch herumtreibend und 

 nach Nahrung suchend. Ihr ganzes munteres Benehmen ist 

 so possierlich, dass es eine Freude ist, demselben zuzu- 

 sehen. Ihr Hauptlockton ist ein leises »fih" mit rasch 

 hinter einander folgeuden kurz ausgestossenes »kuku-kuku- 



Notes from tlie Leyden IVluseum, "V^ol. XXI. 



