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Type. Adult male from Kedali Peak, Malay Peninsula, 

 2,500-3,500 ft. Collected by H. C. Robinson and C. Boden 

 Kloss, 4th December, 1915. 



Twelve specimens from Bandon to Negri Sembilan 

 compared with fourteen from various parts of Java. A 

 Sumatran and a Bornean example do not apj)ear to difi'ei- 

 irom Malayan birds. 



We believe that all the names which have been referred 

 to tliis species api)ly to the Javanese form : javanicus, of 

 course ; but also Coccyzus rnhiirostris Drap., Piaya 

 evylhrorbyncha Less, and P. chrysogaster Less. P. 

 crythioi'hyncha was stated to come from Java and, if so, 

 the description will only tit this bird : P. chrysogaster 

 seems to be the same thing though recorded as from Guiana 

 and we attach the name to tiie Javan form rather than 

 to the other as the forehead is stated to be rustv yellow, 

 the breast slate coloured and the abdominal region, etc., 

 chocolate red. As a matter of fact the forehead of puHinicus 

 is not red ; but that colour extends upwards in front of the 

 eyes to a much greater extent than in the race now described. 



4. Brachylophus puniceus continentis subsp. nov 



The typical race of this woodpecker from Java B. p. 

 punier as (Hoisf.) is very distinct, the earco verts being 

 darker green and the back and rump entirely lacking any 

 tinge or tleckings of golden yellow. 



Hartert (Nov. Zool. Ill, 1896, p. 542) separated the 

 birds of the Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra (type- 

 locality) on these grounds and named them Gecinus 

 puniceus ohservandus. 



Seven Sumatran birds befoi-e ms (wing 115 123) are 

 distinctly smaller than our series fro)>i the Peninsula. For 

 the present we content ourselves with naming the Malayan 

 I'ace as above. 



Larger than B. p. oJjservandus from Sumatra. Wing 

 of t^pc 132 mm. 



Type. Adult male collected at Tapli, Pakchan Estuary, 

 Renong, North Malay Peninsula by H. C. Robinson and 

 C. Boden Kloss on 3rd March 1919. Collector's No. 4382. 



Specimens examined. Seventeen from Chumporn to 

 Negri Sembilan. Wings 123-136 mm. 



Six Bornean birds have the wings 118-126 mm. and 

 seem to average about the same size as the Sumatran form 

 with which we leave them. 



5. Eupetes macrocerus borneensis subsp. nov. 



Like E. m. macrocerus Temm. of Padang, Sumatra, 

 and of the Malay Peninsula (E. m. griseiventris Baker) 

 but rather more deeply and richly coloured. 



Compared with a topotype from West Sumatra and 

 six adults from the Malay Peninsula, 



