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4. P. forsteni, Bp. Celebes. 



5. P. muelleri, Bp. Borneo. 



6. P. sordida (L. S. Miiller). Philippines. 



The first three species are representative forms of a Papuan type ; the remaining three 

 of an Indo-Malayan. 



Dr. Cabanis (Mus. Hein. ii. p. 4, no. 10) identifies an example oi Melanopitta in the 

 Halberstadt collection, and said to be from Timor, as Turdus irevicaudus, Bodd. 

 This is seemingly an error, P. irena being the only known Timorese species. 



Sumatra is brought within the range of the Philippine Melanopitta by Mr. Elliot 

 {I. c); but no authority is quoted. 



The examples obtained by Dr. Meyer ( J ? ) in no way differ. 



CRATEEOPODID^. 



Megalurus, Horsfield. 



96. Megalurus palusteis. 



Megalurm palustris, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 159^ "Java" (1820); Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1844 



p. 373; Ibis, 1865, p. 30; op. cit. 1867, p. 6. 

 Malwus marginalis,'Remw., Temm. PL Col. 65. fig. 2, "Java" (1823); Kittlitz, Voy. Liitke 



(Postels) iii. p. 326. 



Hab. Luzon (Kittlitz) ; Philippines {Blyth). 



Kittlitz mentions {I. c.) this species among the birds he observed in the island of 

 Luzon. He remarks that it runs on the ground, and moves along and among the 

 branches of low shrubs without jumping. Mr. Blyth (/. c.) identified the same species 

 among the Philippine birds contained in the Derby Museum at Liverpool. Javan and 

 Philippine examples have yet to be compared ; and it may here be observed that the 

 Megalurus of continental India {Turdus takko, Buch. Hamilton, M. S. ii. p. 75), does 

 not appear to have been critically compared with the Javan type. 



Cratekopus, Swainson. 



97. Crateropus caudatus. 



Gramla caudata^, Ciivier, in Mus. Paris ; Pucheran, Archives du Mus. vii. p. 342 ; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, 

 p. 6. 



Hab. Philippines {Eydoux & Oervais). 



The above specific title is, by most authors, attributed to Dumeril ; but no reference is 



' It is possible that, under the title of Cossyphus cawlatus, Dumeril may have described the Cuvieran type , 

 but I have failed to discover the place. The earliest description of the species I can find is by Drapiez, Diet. 

 Class, vol. X. p. 219 (1826) ; but he quotes Dumeril as the author of the title. 



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