1872.] FEOM NOETHEEN BOENEO. 227 



Ei'iithropitta granatina: — The blnck on tlic forehead recedes more from the base of the bill 

 and occupies more space, thus diminishing the extent of crimson. The shade of crimson is much 

 darker, being deep cherry-red and not vermilion. The blue stripes on the sides of the head and 

 the blue wing-coverts are distinctly paler ; on the other hand the back is very much darker, and 

 glossed with a totally different shade of purple. The red of the abdominal region and under tail- 

 coverts is conspicuously deeper. 



Melajs^opitta muelleei (Bp.), Consp. Av. i. p. 250, " Celebes," errore (1850), ex Miill. & 

 Schlegel. 



Pitta atricapilla, Miill. & Schlegel, nee auct., Verb. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. Ind. Zool. p. 19- ibis, ]R72, 

 no. 19, "Borneo;" Schlegel, Vog. Nederl. Ind. Pittce, p. 31. no. 4, pi. 2. fig. 2, " Borneo P- ^"''■ 

 meridional ; " Mus. Pays-Bas, Pitta, p. 3. 



" Marup, 6 , iris brown ; $ , iris brown." 



Both examples in adult plumage. In the male the first four primaries are tipped with black, 

 the fifth slightly ; the next five quills are pure white to their extremities. In the female examples 

 all the quills are terminated with black, on the first quill the white forming but a narrow bar. 



TiMALiA NiGEicoLLis, Temm. PI. Col. 594. fig. 2, "Borneo" (1836); Hartl. Eev. Zool. 

 1846, p. 4. 



Timalia erythronota, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1842, p. 793, "Smgapore." 



Brachypteryx nigrogularis, Eyton, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1845, p. 228, "Malay peninsula." 



" Marup, 6 , iris crimson ; Matang, 6 , iris crimson, bill and legs black." 

 Agrees with examples from Sumatra, Malacca, and Penang. 



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



Timalia trichorros, Temm. PL Col. 594. fig. 1, " Sumatra, Borneo " (1836). 



" Busan, 6 , Marup, 2 , iris brovra." 



Sexes alike. Bornean examples are somewhat larger than those which inhabit Sumatra and 

 Malacca, and are perhaps somewhat lighter in shade. 



MixoKNis BORNENSis, Bonap. Consp. i. p. 217, "Borneo" (1850); Hombr. & Jacquin. Voy. 

 Pole Sud, iii. p. 90, pi. 19. fig. 2, " Banjermassing ; " Sclater P. Z. S. 1863, p. 215. no. 64, 

 " Banjermassing." 



" Marup, d , iris Naples yellow ; ? , bill lead-brown, iris Naj^les yellow, legs red-brown ; 

 August, not breeding." 



This Mixornis is well figured (/. c). The Marup examples have the ground-colour of the 

 lower breast and belly of a more lively yellow than a Banjermassing individual. I am acquainted 

 with and have compared five distinct species of this genus, of which the following are the titles : — 



1. Motacilla ruhicainlla, Tickell, J. A. S. B. 1833, p. 576, "Jungles of Borabhum and ibis, 1872 

 Dholbhum." P-376. 



lora cJiloris, Hodgs. MS. ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1842, p. 794 ; oj). cit. 1844, p. 380, " Lower hills 

 of Nipaul." 



