402 Mr. G. C. Norman on the Geographical 



and, indeed, its numbers throughoiit the island are very 

 limited. The island of Manaar and the adjoining coast 

 may perhaps be considered an exception ; in the former I 

 saw a good many in March, and Mr. Simpson says it is 

 found about Illepekadua and in the interior between that 

 place and Mahintale. Mr. Holdsworth does not record it 

 from Arijni. Layard procured it at Ratnapura " (Lcgge, B. 

 Ceylon, p. 249). 



Indo-Chinese Subregion. — Karen-Nee (Wardlaw-E,am- 

 sayj Walden, in Blyth'sB. Burmah, p. 81). Common in the 

 whole of Pegu, except the plains of the south (Oates, B. Brit. 

 Burmah, ii. p. 117). Rarely met with in Tenasserim; once 

 at Meetamyo (Hume & Davison, Str. F. 1878, p. 162). Kau- 

 karyit, June and August (J. Darling; Hume Coll.). Salanga 

 Islands (Muller, J. f. O. 1882, p. 406). Malacca (Davison, 

 Str. F. 1878, p. 162). Penang (Cantor; Horsf. & Moore, 

 Cat. ii. p. 693). Singapore (Charlton; M<5. 5n^.). Sumatra 

 (Schlegel, Mus. P.-B. p. 43). Rare in Sumatra (Biittik. 

 Notes Leyden Mus. ix. p. 29). Borneo: Labuan (Motley 

 & Dilhvyn, N. H. Labuan, p. 55) ; Sarawak (Ussher; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1878, p. 414 ; Doria & Beccari; Salvad. Ucc. Borneo, 

 p. 67); Dyak River (Sclater, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 209). 

 Banjermassing, S. Borneo (J. Motley ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 

 1863, p. 209). Celebes (Fischer; Blasius, J. f. O. 1883, 

 p. 155). 



China. — Amoy, May (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1867, p. 227) . Ning- 

 po, May (Swinhoe; Seebohm Coll.). Tientsin (Ince; Mus. 

 Brit.). 



Cochin China and Siam {teste Gates, B. Brit. Burm. ii. 

 p. 117). 



3. Coccystes jacobinus. 



The present species has been divided at diflPerent times into 

 several sub-species ; but after a careful comparison of a large 

 series, I am unable to find any character to separate the 

 Indian birds from the bulk of the African specimens, and the 

 name of C. pica should therefore be dropped. It is only 

 in Gaboon and in South-eastern Africa that recognizable 



