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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 inner 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. menagei. 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). 

 JAY AN FROGMOUTH. 



Podargus javensis HOBSFIELD, Trans. Linn. Soc. (1821), 13, pt. 1, 141. 



Batrachostomus javensis HABTERT, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1892), 16, 040: 

 SHABPE, Hand-List (1900), 2, 43; MCGREXJOR and WORCESTER, Hand- 

 List (1906), 51. 



Palawan (Whitehead, Everett, Steere Exp.). 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 himi 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. 



