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  Dr. 
  R. 
  Bowdler 
  Sharpe 
  — 
  Bornean 
  Notes. 
  

  

  Adult 
  male. 
  General 
  colour 
  above 
  dark 
  brown^ 
  all 
  tbe 
  

   feathers 
  being 
  ashy 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  ending 
  of 
  blackish 
  

   brown^ 
  which 
  is 
  slightly 
  glossed 
  with 
  purple; 
  hinder 
  neck 
  

   and 
  mantle 
  more 
  rufescent, 
  the 
  feathers 
  having 
  black 
  centres 
  

   and 
  rather 
  broad 
  rufous 
  margins 
  ; 
  wing-coverts 
  like 
  the 
  back, 
  

   with 
  the 
  same 
  blackish 
  ends 
  to 
  the 
  feathers, 
  the 
  median 
  and 
  

   greater 
  series 
  pale 
  rufous 
  at 
  the 
  ends, 
  the 
  greater 
  coverts 
  

   glossed 
  with 
  bronzy 
  brown 
  and 
  with 
  indications 
  of 
  two 
  

   blackish 
  bars, 
  the 
  second 
  one 
  subterminal, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  greater 
  

   coverts 
  resemble 
  the 
  secondaries 
  ; 
  bastard- 
  wing 
  and 
  primary- 
  

   coverts 
  black 
  ; 
  quills 
  brown, 
  with 
  purplish-black 
  bands, 
  

   four 
  in 
  number, 
  the 
  subterminal 
  one 
  broader 
  with 
  a 
  whity- 
  

   brown 
  margin 
  ; 
  tail 
  earthy 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  colour 
  and 
  crossed 
  with 
  three 
  black 
  bands, 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   terminal 
  one 
  very 
  broad 
  ; 
  crown 
  of 
  head 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  long 
  

   occipital 
  crest 
  of 
  black 
  feathers, 
  with 
  remains 
  of 
  small 
  whitish 
  

   tips 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  forehead 
  and 
  eyebrow 
  rufous 
  brown 
  ; 
  

   lores 
  and 
  eyelid 
  black 
  ; 
  sides 
  of 
  face 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  neck 
  dull 
  

   rufous 
  ; 
  ear-coverts 
  washed 
  with 
  grey 
  ; 
  throat 
  white, 
  as 
  also 
  

   the 
  chest, 
  the 
  feathers 
  having 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  rufous 
  on 
  their 
  

   edges 
  and 
  centred 
  with 
  a 
  triangular 
  patch 
  of 
  black, 
  the 
  

   throat 
  with 
  a 
  mesial 
  line 
  of 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  breast 
  and 
  

   abdomen 
  huffy 
  white, 
  broadly 
  barred 
  with 
  pale 
  rufous, 
  these 
  

   bars 
  much 
  broader 
  on 
  the 
  flank-feathers 
  and 
  inclining 
  to 
  

   dark 
  brown, 
  the 
  light 
  bars 
  being 
  correspondingly 
  narrow 
  and 
  

   in 
  fact 
  almost 
  disappearing 
  on 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  feathers; 
  axillaries 
  

   like 
  the 
  lower 
  flanks 
  and 
  similarly 
  barred 
  ; 
  thighs 
  nearly 
  

   uniform 
  white, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  reddish 
  spots 
  ; 
  under 
  wing- 
  

   coverts 
  ruf 
  oils, 
  with 
  paler 
  edges 
  to 
  the 
  feathers 
  ; 
  quills 
  ashy 
  

   below, 
  white 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  with 
  the 
  black 
  bands 
  strongly 
  

   indicated. 
  Total 
  length 
  18 
  inches, 
  culmen 
  r05, 
  wing 
  11-5, 
  

   tail 
  7"5, 
  tarsus 
  1*45. 
  

  

  A 
  second 
  specimen, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  male, 
  is 
  still 
  more 
  rufous 
  

   about 
  the 
  head, 
  throat, 
  neck, 
  and 
  chest, 
  having 
  the 
  black 
  

   throat-stripe 
  and 
  the 
  black 
  streaks 
  on 
  the 
  fore 
  neck 
  very 
  

   strongly 
  developed, 
  while 
  the 
  rufous-brown 
  bars 
  on 
  the 
  

   flanks 
  are 
  exceedingly 
  strongly 
  marked. 
  Total 
  length 
  18 
  

   inches, 
  culmen 
  1, 
  wing 
  12, 
  tail 
  7*9, 
  tarsus 
  1*55. 
  

  

  