1870.] A Contribution to Malayan Ornithology. 289 



lowish green, especially on the breast ; wing 2f" ; tail \%" ; bill at 

 front f", from gape 1£", tarsus nearly £" ; rictal bristles nearly dou- 

 ble the length of the bill. 



Another specimen of equal size (? a ¥ or immature) is green 

 above with a scarcely traceable tinge of blue on top of head, chin 

 cinereous blue with a black gorget on the throat ; breast yellowish 

 green, the rest dusky green ; size about the same as of the last. 



18. Xanthol^ema indica, Lath. 

 J e r d o n, B. Ind., vol. I, p. 315. 



This species does not appear to be so common in the Malay 

 peninsula, as the various Cyanops. Specimens from the Well, 

 Province, Penang and Malacca quite agree with the Indian bird. 



19. Megalorhynchus Hayii, Gray. 



Meg. spinosus, Eyton, Proc. Zool. S., Lond., 1839, p. 106. 



I have not seen this species from farther North than Malacca ; 

 wing 3£" ; tail If" ; bill at front f ", from gape 1 T 3 ¥ ; tarsus £". 



It is most probably the Bucco Zathami, (Gr m el.) of R affle s, 

 who states that it is also found in the interior of Sumatra. 



Fam. PICID^E. 



20. Tiga "eufa,"* E af f 1. 



Tiga tridactyla, Kaup (1836), B 1 y t h. J. Asiat. Soc. XIV, 

 p. 193, Chruopicoides tiga apud Malherbe, Mon. Picid^e. 



* Genus Tiga, Kaup, 1836, Chrysonotus, S w a i n s o n, 1837, Chrisopicoides, 

 Malh., 1849 —What does Raffles mean (Trans. L. Soc. XIII, 1822, p. 290) by the 

 quotation "Picus Tiga" (Hors f ield)"Tukhibesar, or T. tufa," and immediately 

 after that he refers to the generic peculiarity of Tiga as distinct from Picoicles (P. 

 tridactylus, L i n n.). Does that last reference mean Tiga rufa, or what ? I do not 

 think that it could justly be presumed that Raffles refers to Picus rufus, Gmel. 

 At the same time it would be impossible to say possitively what Raffles meant 

 by the generic name "T.," whether " Tiga or Tuklii," unless his originally labelled 

 specimens could be found. But what other than a specific appellation could 

 be assigned to the second name " rufa ?" Whatever the case may be, this last 

 name would be more acceptable than " tridactyla^ because all other Tiga also 

 have only three toes. The only objection to the name " rufa" may be made on 

 the ground that R a f f 1 e s had a specimen of T. intermedia, B 1 y t h, before him, 

 as the measurements of the bird he gives are rather those of the form designa- 

 ted by Bly t h with the last name, and which, Bly th says, occurs in Java. 

 However, it seems very difficult to discriminate between tridactyla and inter* 

 media, when large series are compared, a*nd I am not certain whether it is 

 correct to separate them specifically. 



