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parts of the face blood-red, bill black, base blood-red, feet 
blood-red. In the female the red at the base of the bill is 
reduced to the angle of the mouth. — Most frequently found 
in bamboo-jungle. 
Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. 
259. Melanoperdi« nigra. 
Cryptonyxz niger Vig. Zool. Journ. IV, p. 349 (1829). 
Melanoperdiz nigra Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 309; Everett, L. B. Born. 
p. 199. 
Numerous specimens of both sexes obtained at Roema 
Manoeal and on Mount Kenepai. — Iris dark brown, bill 
black, feet grayish blue. — This species inhabits brushwood 
and high bamboo-jungle. 
Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borveo. 
Perdicidae. 
260. Excalfactoria chinensis. 
Tetrao chinensis Linn. 8. N. I, p. 277 (1766). 
Lxcalfactoria chinensis Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 811; Everett, L. B. Born. 
p.°200; Sharpe, Ibis 1890, p. 140. 
Excalfactoria lineata Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus. XXII, p. 253. 
Five specimens from Pontianak, Sanggau and Mount 
Kenepai, and two from the Upper Mahakkam. — Iris red, 
bill black, feet yellow. — Plentiful in old and abandoned 
plantations, 
Hab. India, South-east Asia, Malay Archipelago, the 
Philippines, Celebes and Australia. 
Charadriidae. 
261. Charadrius dominicus. 
Charadrius dominicus P. L. 8. Mill. Syst. Nat. Anh, p. 116 (1766); 
Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. XXIV, p. 195. 
Charadrius fulvus Salvad. Uce. Born. p. 313; Everett, L. B. Born, 
p. 204; Sharpe, Ibis 1890, p. 142. 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXI. 
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