1901.] BIEDS OF THE " SKEAT EXPEDITIOK." 71 



'i- 83. Cheysophlegma malaccensb (Lath.). 



Picus malaceensis, Lath, Ind. Orn. i. p, 241 (1790). 

 Calloloplius malaceensis. Gates, op. cit. ii. p. 147. 

 ChrifsojMegma malaccense, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 442 ; 

 Hargitt, Cat. Eds. Brit. Mas. xviii. p. 122 (1890). 



a. S • Aring, Kelantan. SOfch Aug., 1899. 



b. 2 ' Khota Bharu, Kelantan. 4th Oct., 1899. 

 Bill black above, pale below ; feet dirty green. 



-j- 84. Cheysophlegma weayi Sbarpe. 



Chrysoplilegma ivrayi, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 279 ; Hargitt, 

 Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 130 (1890). 



a. d . G-unong Inas (4000 ft.), Perak. 16th Dec, 1899. 



Bill slate-colour ; feet black ; iris red-brown. 



This specimen, which is, so far as I am aware, the first male 

 known, is somewhat larger than the type ; its dimensions being : 

 head and body 180 mm., tail 126, wing 150, tarsus 25. It dii¥ers 

 from the female in the malar stripe being light buff instead of 

 chestnut, and is still further distinguished in having the chin (which 

 in the males of C. styani and C. ricketti is dark) of the same colour, 

 viz. light buff, separated from the malar stripe by a narrow line 

 of dark brown. The crown of the head is more rufous than in the 

 female and the bill lighter, being bluish slate in colour ; the quills 

 and tail are black, not dark brown. 



With regard to G. Jlavinucha, apart from size (for G. ivniyl 

 is considerably smaller) it difi'ers in the presence of the brown 

 band separating the buff malar stripe from the buif of the chin. 

 The colour of the nape, which is of a golden yellow in G. lurayi, is 

 of a deep orange in G. Jlavinucha, and the buff of the throat in 

 the last named is also of a much deeper tint. As regards the 

 primaries, taking the outer web of the 2nd primary for comparison, 

 we find that in G. ricJcetti there are six complete chestnut bars, in 

 C. styani five, in G. pierri from Cochin China four, and in G.wrayi 

 and G. flavinucha three ; in all cases there is in addition a small 

 incomplete bar or dot at the distal end. 



In regard to the size of these species, G. ricketti is the largest, 

 then come G. pierri and G. Jlavinucha in order, and lastly G. styani 

 and G. ivrayi, which are about equal, but it is noticeable that 

 G. styani has the largest bill of any. 



-^85. MiGLYPTES GEAMMITHOEAX (Malh.). 



Phaiopicus gramynithorax, Malh. Picidte, ii. p. 12, pi. xlviii. 

 figs. 4 & 5 (1862). 



Miqlyptes grammithorax (Malh.), Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 443 ; 

 Harg'itt, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 385 (1890). 



a. $ . Ulu Aring, Kelantan. Sept. 1899. 



-|-86. MiGLYPTES TUKKi (Less.). 



Picus tukJci, Less. Eev. Zool. 1839, p. 167. 



