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to indicate the elongated squamate markings on these parts 

 (if they existed), which would prove it to be G. vittatus; but 

 Raffles, in the description of his P. affinis, says it is '' cine- 

 reous or slightly ferruginous below, mixed with brown on the 

 abdomen/' and this latter character shows that the bird he 

 had before him was not uniform on the abdomen, as figured, 

 and the author's expression, " mixed with brown below," 

 may apply to the squamate markings on the underparts of 

 G. vittatus. 



The present species was formerly supposed to be confined 

 to the island of Java, but more recent researches have con- 

 siderably increased its range, and from specimens which have 

 come under my notice I am of opinion that a still more ex- 

 tended range can be proved. There can be no doubt that 

 G. vittatus occurs in Siam, as there are in the British Mu- 

 seum several specimens collected in that country by M. H. 

 Mouhot, also other examples procured at Bangkok by Captain 

 Conrad. Schomburgk (Ibis, 1864, p, 257) also observed it in 

 Siam, and I have in my own collection a specimen obtained 

 in the western part of that country by Uerr Carl Bock. 



This species also occurs in Cochin China, and, according to 

 Dr. Tiraut (Ois. Basse-Cochinchine, p. 90, 1879), is tolerably 

 common in the wooded provinces. The species found by 

 Dr. Tiraut is the true G. vittatus, but its habitat, as stated 

 by that author, viz. '' Burmah, Tenasserim, and Malayan 

 Peninsula, North of Pakchan," would lead one to believe 

 that either he is not acquainted with the species (G. viri- 

 danus) inhabiting those countries, or that he does not recog- 

 nize it as distinct from G. vittatus. The latter occurs, how- 

 ever, in the southern part of the Malayan Peninsula, as will 

 be shown by an examination of the specimens in the Hume 

 collection. In this there are several adult examples of G. 

 vittatus, obtained by Mr. Davison at Jurrum and near Klang, 

 Salangore, in the months of December, January, and February. 

 These birds resemble examples from Siam, Cochin China, and 

 Java. I have never seen a single specimen of G. vittatus from 

 the Malayan Peninsula except those above mentioned, and it 

 will be interesting to know whether, in the peninsula, the 



