452 ON THE SPECIES OF BATEACHOSTOMUS [1877. 



whether B. affinis can be considered distinct from B.javensis; but there appears to be a dis- 

 crepancy in the dimensions, and the white on the throat in B. affinis seems to be restricted to 

 the gular collar. 



Bateachostomus stellatus. (Plate XL VII. in orig.) 



Podargus stellatus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 43, " Java " (?). 



Batrachostomus javensis (Horsf.), Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1847, p. 1181, partim, nee Horsf. 



Podargus javanensis, Horsf., Blyth, Cat. Calc. Mus. p. 81, no. 404 partim, "Avis juv. ex 

 Malacca," nee Horsf. (1848). 



Batrachostomus javanensis (Horsf.), Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1849, p. 807, nee Horsf. 



Podargus parvulus, T., Schlegel, Handleid. d. Dierkunde, Atlas, t. ii. f. 15, " Sumatra " 

 (1857). 



Batracliostomus stictopterus, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. pt. ii. p. 124. no. 370, " Malacca," d 

 (1859-60). 



Batrachostomus stellatus (Gould), Moore, Cat. E. I. C. Mus. i. p. 388, "Malacca" (1854); 

 Sclater, P.Z. S. 18G3, p. 212, "ex Malacca;" Salvadori, Ucc. Borneo, p. 113, "Sarawak," d 

 (1874). 

 P.Z.S.1S77, Batrachostomus Javanensis (Horsf.), Walden, J, A. S. B. 1875, pt. ii. ex. no. p. 84, partim, 



P' "ex Malacca, Borneo," nee Horsf., ?. 



Batrachostomus stictopterus. Cab. Walden, I. c, " ex Malacca, Borneo," d . 



Batrachostomus affinis, Blyth, Hume, Str. F. 1876, p. 376, nee Blyth; Blanford, Ibis, 1877, 

 p. 251, nee Blyth. 



Hab. Malacca, Borneo, Sumatra, Java (■?). 



Mr. Everett has noted on the label of a rufous bird from Bedi, Borneo (mus. nostr.), and 

 marked a male, that the iris is " light yellow," the feet ochre, and the bill pale brown. Doria 

 (Salvad. I. c.) gives the colour of the iris of a Sarawak example as being light yellow (giallo 

 chiaro). 



The British Museum possesses a single specimen of this species in brown plumage, which 

 is labelled " Sumatra." Its occurrence in that island is probable ; but the correctness of the 

 locality on the label is not beyond question ; the skin is of the characteristic Malaccan make. 

 The figure given by Professor Schlegel {I. c.) of P. parvulus undoubtedly represents B. stic- 

 topterus. It is stated to have been taken from an old male from Sumatra. The wing-coverts 

 are spotted ; and there are no white throat- or breast-markings. 



The type of P. stellatus, Gould (PL XLVII. m orig. ), now in my collection, is marked " Java " 

 on the label. In the original description the length of the wing is stated to be four inches, 

 whereas in the type specimen it is five. Beyond the word " Java " on the label, there is nothing 

 to confirm its Javan origin. It has, however, no appearance of being a Malaccan ti'ade-skin. 

 Mr. Gould informs me that the prominent white spots on the major coverts suggested to him 

 the specific designation of stellatus. The description of B. stictopterus, Cab., was taken from a 

 Malaccan individual in the rufous-brown phase of plumage. 



Without having the advantage of the observations of field collectors to assist us, it is difficult 

 to select from a large series of this species any one example as illustrative of the adult bird. 



