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like the back ; some of the feathers with conspicuous apical spots of white ; 
primary-coverts chiefly black; primaries cinnamon, barred with dusky on 
the outer webs, dusky on the in webs; secondaries cinnamon, irregu- 
larly barred and mottled with black on the outer webs, dusky in the 
center and on the inner webs; tertials cinnamon, vermiculated with black ; 
tail cinnamon-rufous, with transverse bands of a dark tint, which are 
narrowly margined with black; chin, throat, and breast tawny, finely 
banded with black, the concealed portions of the feathers of the upper 
breast being white, subterminally and mesially banded with black; feath- 
ers of the lower breast and abdomen chiefly whitish, margined with tawny 
slightly vermiculated with dusky; thighs and under tail-coverts buff. 
Wing, 140; tail, 106; tarsus, 18; culmen, 25.” (Clarke.) 
There can be little doubt that the specimen described above is really 
the female of B. menaget. Birds of this genus are so complex in colors 
and so scarce in collections that it is very difficult to arrive at a satisfac- 
tory understanding of their plumages and relationships. 
263. BATRACHOSTOMUS JAVENSIS (Horsfield). 
JAVAN FROGMOUTH. 
Podargus javensis HORSFIELD, Trans. Linn. Soe. (1821), 13, pt. 1, 141. 
Batrachostomus javensis HARTERT, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1892), 16, 640; 
SHARPE, Hand-List (1900), 2, 43; McGrecor and WorcrEsTER, Hand- 
List (1906), 51. 
Palawan (Whitehead, Everett, Steere Hxp.). Borneo, Java, and Sumatra. 
“Rufous phase-—Deep reddish brown, with numerous fine black ver- 
miculations; an indistinct white band across the neck, and large white 
spots on the scapulars; under surface deep reddish brown below, with a 
broad pure white band across the upper breast, the feathers of this part 
being white with dark terminal cross-bars, one distinct and one generally 
obsolete, the bases being dark. Many feathers of the breast have very 
large central spots of white, margined with a black line ; abdomen mingled 
with blackish, brownish, and a good deal of isabelline. 
“Brown phase-—Above dark brown, with many pale bars and ver- 
miculations; a broad distinct band of whitish across the hind neck and 
much white on the scapulars; a good deal of creamy white on the lower 
surface. : 
“Blackish phase.—Several specimens from Borneo are black or black- 
ish in color, the vermiculations white or whitish. 
“The reddish specimens are probably females, the brown and the black 
ones being probably males in different phases or perhaps representing 
different ages. 
