204 Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker on [Ibis, 



(7) Micropternus fcrachynrus lanka. 

 Kloss, Ibis, 1918, p. 108 : Ceylon. 



Habitat. South Travancore and Ceylon. 

 Smaller ; wing about 115-8 mm. 



(8) Micropternus brachyurus fokiensis. 



Bi'uchypternus fokiensis Swiuh. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 87 : 

 Fokliien. 



Habitat. Southern China from Fokhien to N.E. Cochin 

 China. 



Head paler than back, and more buff than rufous ; chin 

 and throat pale buff with broad black centres ; underparts 

 deep smoky brown, with no traces of bars except on flanks. 

 Larger. Wing 124-135 mm. ; average 11 specimens, 

 129-4 mm. 



(9) Micropternus brachyurus holroydi. 



Micropternus holroydi Swiuh. Ibis, 1870, p. 95 : Central 

 Hainan. 



Habitat. Hainan (? S.E. Cochin China and east Siam). 



Similar to fokiensis, but with darker head, and the feathers 

 of the throat and chin with larger dark centres and more 

 narrow pale margins. Smaller. Wing 111-122 mm. ; 

 average 8 specimens, 1159 mm. 



(10) Micropternus brachyurus badiosus. 



Meiglyptes badiosus Bonaparte, Consp. Av. i. 1850, p. 113 : 

 Borneo. 



Habitat. Borneo. 



A. very rich, deep red bird, back and scapulars generally 

 immaculate, centre of throat-feathers unicolorous with the 

 breast, and only narrowly margined with white; red under 

 eye, often extending to above it also ; terminal half of tail 

 unbarred black. 



In one specimen from Labuan the feathers of the nape 

 and sinciput are tipped with crimson. 



Wing 107-118 mm.; average 12 specimens, 1135 mm. 



