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present race, which is only a subspecies of E. javauensis. The shape 

 of the postocular patch of feathers varies and is in some specimens 

 practically united to the feathei-s of the throat. Better characters 

 for the discrimination of the race from the typical foi-m are the 

 smaller size and the more slender bill, the latter feature being 

 especially well mai'ked. The wings of four specimens range from 

 176-168 mm. while that of a skin from Trang is 162. A male 

 E. javanensis, from Pulau Aor measures 186 mm. 



" Male, iris dark hazel, bill orange-yellow at tip, feet and lappets 

 cadmium yellow, the latter apple green beneath eye." 



Go. CALORXIS CHALYBEA. 

 Calornis chalyhea (Horsf.) ; Sharpe, torn, cit., p. 143 ; Robinson 

 and Kloss, tom. cit., p. 68. 



Common everywhere. 



tJU. ANTHUS MALAYENSIS. 



Anthus malayetisis, Eyton, P.Z.S. 1889, p. 104 ; Robinson and 

 Kloss, tom. cit., p. 74. 



Anthus rtifulus (partim) Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., p. 574 

 (1885). 



Common on the rice-fields of both islands. The specimens 

 obtained are in extremely worn [)lumage but are almost certainly 

 this form. 



" Male, iris dark hazel, bill yellowish horn, feet pinkish flesh." 



PLOCEID^E. 

 07. MUXIA ACUTICAUDA. 



Uroloncha acuticauda (Hodgs.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xiii, p. 356 (1885). 



Very common amongst the lalang and on tlie rice-stubbles of 

 both islands and also on the mainland. 



"Male, iris chestnut, bill lead, lower mandible paler, feet lead 

 black." 



NECTARINIID^. 

 68. ^THOPYGA CARA. 



Aethopyga cava, Hume, Stray Feath., ii, p. 473 (note) (1874). 



Aethopyga siparaja (Raffles) (partim) ; Robinson and Kloss, tom. 

 cit., p. 74. 



This form which extends up the Burmese Coast to Pegu is only a 

 i-ace of the Malayan Ae. siparaja which occurs in the southern half of 

 the Peninsula, Borneo, Java and Sumatra. The differences between 

 the two forms are slight but the northern form {Ae. cara) always has 

 the upper tail coverts greenish not violet, the yellow rump patch 

 more lemon (less orange) the yellow bases to the scarlet feathers of 

 the throat and breast less pronounced and the crown metallic 

 greenish not violet. As Hume points out true Ae. siparaja has the 



