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pai'ts of the face blood-red, bill black, base blood-red, feet 

 blood-red. In the female the red at the base of the bill is 

 reduced to the angle of the mouth. — Most frequently found 

 in bamboo-jungle. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. 



259. Melanoperdix nigra. 



Crijptonyx niger Vig. Zool. Journ. ÏV, p. 349 (1829). 

 Melanoperdix nigra Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 309; Everett, L. B. Born, 

 p. 199. 



Numerous specimens of both sexes obtained at Roema 

 Manoeal and on Mount Kenepai. — Iris dark brown, bill 

 black, feet grayish blue. — This species inhabits brushwood 

 and high bamboo-jungle. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. 



Perdicidae. 



260. Excalfactoria chinensis. 



Tetrao chinensis Linn. S. N. I, p. 277 (1766). 



Excalfactoria chinensis Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 311 ; Everett, L. B. Born. 



p. 200; Sharpe, Ibis 1890, p. 140. 

 Excalfactoria lineata Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus. XXII, p. 253. 



Five specimens from Pontianak, Sanggau and Mount 

 Kenepai, and two from the Upper Mahakkam. — Iris red, 

 bill black, feet yellow. — Plentiful in old and abandoned 

 plantations. 



Hab, India, South-east Asia, Malay Archipelago, the 

 Philippines, Celebes and Australia. 



Charadriidae 



2G1. Charadrius dominicus. 



Charadrius dominicus P. L. S. Mull. Syst. Nat. Anh. p. 116 (1766); 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. XXIV, p. 195. 

 Charadrius fulvus Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 313; Everett, L. B. Born, 

 p. 204; Sharpe, Ibis 1890, p. 142. 



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