474 REMARKS ON THE GENUS MICROPTERNUS, Blyth. 



Locality. 

 Pulo Seban 



Sex. Date. 



Wing. 



.fern. 13'12 75 4-42 



Sill to 

 'Forehead. 



1-0 



Penang 



•74 43 



99 



Malacca 



4-3 



10 



Malacca 



Malacca 



>> >> 



44 



432 



0-99 



1-05 



Malacca 



.fern. „ 652 



0-92 



L in flesh, 83. Head pale brown- 

 ish rufous, margined paler ; 

 nape nearly immaculate ; rest 

 of upper parts closely barred 

 with nearly straight bars ; 

 dark tips to tail 0'3 long ; 

 five dark transverse bars ; 

 whole chin and throat deep 

 brown, broadly margined with 

 pale yellowish ; entire breast 

 immaculate ; rest of lower 

 parts with close curved bars. 



Head nearly uniform brownish 

 rufous ; a portion of nape 

 unbarred ; rest of upper sur- 

 face closely set with imperfect 

 straight bars ; chin and throat 

 dull rufous brown ; feathers 

 with very narrow pale fulvous 

 edgings; dark tippings of 

 tail 0'6; five broad transverse 

 bars; breast immaculate; rest 

 of lower parts obscurely mark- 

 ed with traces of curved bars. 



Head as in No. 1. Entire up- 

 per surface broadly and strong- 

 ly marked with straight bars ; 

 black tippings to tail 0'35 ; 

 five bars about 1'12 broad ; 

 chin and throat as in No. 2; 

 breast and abdomen immacu- 

 late; flanks and lower tail 

 coverts closely barred. 



Head pale brown ; feathers nar- 

 rowly margined with pale ru- 

 fous; occipital crest immacu- 

 late ; entire upper surface 

 closely banded ; chin and throat 

 and rest of lower parts as in 

 preceding. 



Entire head and crest very pale 

 earthy brown, here and there 

 rather darker brown centres 

 of feathers visible; entire up- 

 per parts very closely banded ; 

 chin and throat brown, not so 

 dark as in any of the preced- 

 ing feathers, very narrowly 

 margined with yellowish white, 

 and with shaft stripes of the 

 same color; entire under sur- 

 face immaculate. 



Head as in preceding, but 

 slightly browner, barring on 

 interscapulary region nearly 

 obsolete ; rest of upper sur- 

 face very broadly barred ; chin 

 and throat deep brown, with 

 extremely narrow pale rufes- 

 cent margins aud shaft stripes ; 

 breast and upper abdomen 

 immaculate ; lower abdomen 

 obscurely, flanks and lower 

 tail coverts strongly barred. 



