REMARKS ON THE GENUS MICROPTERNUS, Bhjth. 475 



Locality. Ser. Date. 

 Malacca ... male -74 



Wing. 

 425 



Bankasoon ... „ 15-4-77 



Bankasoon ... ,, 7-6-77 



44 



■67 



Bankasoon ... „ 8-6-77 



47 



Bankasoon ... ,, 16-6-77 473 



Bankasoon ...fern. 14-6-77 4 42 



Bankasoon ... r , 8-6-77 



46 



Bankasoon ... „ 21-4-77 4 62 



Sill from 



Forehead. 



099 Head dull earth brown, only 

 tips of crest feathers rufes- 

 cent ; interscapular region im- 

 rnflculate ; rest of upper surface 

 barred ; chin and throat sooty 

 black, with traces of whitish 

 margins to the feathers ; low- 

 er surface immaculate ; traces 

 of bars on lower tail coverts 

 and flank. 

 1 08 Head and upper parts like first 



Singapore male ; lower parts 

 like No. 4 Ma\acca, female, but 

 dark tips 0'3, tail with six 008 

 bands. 



106 Head nearly uniform with back, 

 but, of course, unbarred with- 

 out any perceptible paler mar- 

 gin or infuscation ; chin and 

 throat unicolorous with the 

 breast, with narrow yellowish 

 margins to the feathers ; low- 

 er parts nearly immaculate, 

 but with barrings on flanks 

 and lower tail coverts; tail 

 bars 501 in width. 



l'l Head precisely as in No. 1 ; tail 



tippings 5 five 0-1 bands ; 

 chin, throat, and entire lower 

 parts precisely as in No. 2 

 from Palo Seban, but throat 

 a trifle duller. 



115 Upper parts precisely asin second 

 Bankasoon male ; tail tippings 

 - 4 ; six tail bands about 9 

 wide ; lower parts almost 

 precisely as in No. 2. 



1'02 Identical with Penang female, 

 except the barrings on upper 

 back are rather i-mser and (ail 

 bands rather nar ower. 



114 Head as in first S/ngapore male ; 

 upper surface more closely 

 barred, tail tippings 0'4; five 

 01 bands ; chin and throat 

 dull brown, with extremely 

 narrow, almost obsolete, dingy 

 fulvous margins, as in Penang 

 females. Rest of lower parts 

 as in first Singapore . 



1-13 Head nearly uniform as in Pe- 

 nang female ; general tint very 

 deep chestnut; whole upper 

 parts, except buck of neck, 

 strongly banded with straight 

 bars; tail tippings - 3 ; only 

 four imperfect about 12 

 bands ; chin and throat cho- 

 colate brown with conspicuous, 

 though narrow, bright fulvous 



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