species, of which there were evidently no representatives in {һе Leyden Museum. The 
plate in the * Planches Coloriees’ was drawn by Huet, a French artist, and the specimen 
represented in the drawing undoubtedly came from Malacca, and was probably in the Paris 
Museum. Temminck must have written his description from this drawing and not from 
his Bornean specimens, otherwise it would not have agreed with it so completely as it 
does, the reference to the distribution of the black on the head describing exactly the 
Malaccan bird and not the Bornean. Of this he says in his text, “ du noir profond couvre 
le front, entoure le bec et l'orbite des yeux, et forme au-dessus de cet organe, un large sourcil.” 
This, as will be readily observed by a glance at the plate of the Bornean bird, is not one of 
its characters, as it has no supereiliary stripe, the entire top of the head between the eyes 
being black, while, on the contrary, the Malaccan species does possess this stripe as 
described by Temminck and shown in his figure. 
This fact being established, Temminck’s name must be applied to the bird from Malacca, 
and that of coccinea bestowed by Eyton, and by which it has generally been called, must 
become a synonym. Although known for so many years, and apparently not uncommon 
in the localities it frequents, but little has been recorded of its economy or habits. 
The figures in the Plate represent two adult birds. 
