290 A Contribution to Malayan Ornithology . [No. 4, 



B 1 y t h says (Ibis, 1866, II, 356) that his T. intermedia, (see 

 J e r d o n, B. Ind. I, 299) also occurs in Java and extends to Pe* 

 nang, but is replaced at Malacca, — which is geographically interme- 

 diate between the two countries — by T. tridactyla ! The latter species 

 appears to be very common in the "Wellesley Province and on Pe- 

 nang island where I obtained it. The colouring is typical, except 

 that the back is in some specimens bright crimson, in others (often 

 slightly larger), scarcely so, being almost pure golden yellow. This 

 last character has been assigned as characteristic of B 1 y t h ' s in- 

 termedia, but none of our specimens attain the size recorded of that 

 species. The white spots on the head of the females (the larger 

 race) are very elongated, pointed above, somewhat obtuse below, but 

 very distinct on the whole head. The measurements vary in seven 

 different specimens as follows : wing 4£" — 5£' ; tail 3f-"— 4" ; bill at 

 front %" — l T y ; tarsus -J-£" — |f'. The bill and tarsus appear to be 

 sometimes shorter in the ? than in $ . Thus the length of wing 

 varies in tridactyla between 4| and b\ inches and that of intermedia 

 is stated to be 5£". Some of the specimens in the Museum, labelled 

 as intermedia, have it barely 5-£". 



21. Tiga Kafflesi,* V ig. 



Strickland in Ann. and Mag. N. H., XIX, 1847, p. 133, and 

 B ly t h, Jour. As. Soc. XV, p. 16. 



Apparently not common in the Wellesley Province and on Pe- 

 nang. A $ measures : wing 5^" ; tail about 4$* ; bill at front \ T \" 

 from gape l£ ff , at base f" high and equally broad ; tarsus J". The 

 colouring exactly agrees with B 1 y t h 's description. 



22. Hemilophus Javensis, H o r s f . 



Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII, p. 175 ; Mueller ipicm, Bonap., apud 

 J e r d o n. Megapicus leucogaster, Rein w. — M a 1 h e r b e Mou. 

 Picido3, p. 47. 



A specimen from the Wellesley Province in full plumage has the 

 lower parts, including the sides, fulvous white, lower tail coverts 

 black, and the feathers in front of them as well as those on the ti- 

 bia spotted black ; it measures — wing 9", tail along the central fea- 



# Cldoropicoides Rajjlesi apud Mallierbe. 



