204 Journal of the F.M.S. Museums.  [VOL. X, 
Type. Adult male from Kedah Peak, Malay Peninsula, 
2.500—3,500 ft. Collected by H. C. Robinson and C. Boden 
Kloss, 4th December, 1915. 
Twelve specimens from Bandon to Negri Sembilan 
compared with fourteen from various parts of Java. A 
Sumatran and a Bornean example do not appear to differ 
from Malayan birds. 
We believe that all the names which have been referred 
to this species apply to the Javanese form : javanicus, of 
course; but also Coccyzus rubrirostris Drap., Piaya 
erythrorhyncha Less. and P. chrysogaster Less. P. 
erythrorhyncha was stated to come from Java and, if so, 
the description will only fit this bird: P. chrysogaster 
seems to be the same thing though recorded as from Guiana 
and we attach the name to the Javan form rather than 
to the other as the forehead is stated to be rustv yellow, 
the breast slale coloured and the abdominal region, etc., 
chocolate red. Asa matter of fact the forehead of javanicus 
is not red ; but that colour extends upwards in front of the 
eyes lo a much greater extent than in the race now described. 
4. Brachylophus puniceus continentis subsp. nov 
The typical race of this woodpecker from Java B. p. 
puniceus (Horsf.) is very distinct, the earcoverts being 
darker green and the back and rump entirely lacking any 
tinge or fleckings of golden yellow. 
Hartert (Nov. Zool. III, 1896, p. 542) separated the 
birds of the Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra (type- 
locality) on these grounds and named them Gecinus 
puniceus observandus. 
Seven Sumatran birds before us (wing 115-123) are 
distinctly smaller than our series from the Peninsula. For 
the present we content ourselves with naming the Malayan 
race as above. 
Larger than B. p. observandus from Sumatra. Wing 
of type 132 mim. 
Type. Adult male collected at Tapli, Pakchan Estuary. 
Renong, North Malay Peninsula by H. C. Robinson and 
C. Boden Kloss on 3rd March 1919. Collector’s No. 4382. 
Specimens examined. Seventeen from Chumporn to 
Negri Sembilan. Wings 123-136 mm. 
Six Bornean birds have the wings 118-126 mm. and 
seem lo average about the same size as the Sumatran form 
with which we leave them. 
3). Eupetes macrocerus borneensis subsp. nov. 
Like E. m. macrocerus Temm. of Padang, Sumatra, 
and of the Malay Peninsula (Z£. m. griseiventris Baker) 
but rather more deeply and richly coloured. 
Compared with a topotvype from West Sumatra and 
six adults from the Malay Peninsula. 
