1870.] A Contribution to Malayan Ornithology. 299 



Forehead extending posteriorly to the region crossed by a line 

 between the middle of the eyes metallic purplish blue ; occiput, sides 

 of head, neck and its sides, back, scapulars, deep crimson, wings 

 with their coverts dull greenish brown, the feathers with the excep- 

 tion of the two first primaries edged with green on the outer web, 

 shorter coverts broadly tipped with red, longer coverts of the pri- 

 maries and secondaries edged green and tinged with red ; coverts 

 of primaries uniform brown, edged green, shoulder edge of wing 

 red ; rump bright yellow ; margined by elongated olive coloured 

 feathers at the sides ; upper tail coverts, the two central tail fea- 

 thers wholly, and the next on the outer webs purplish steel-blue, 

 this color decreasing towards the outermost tail feathers which 

 gradually pass into shining black and are very indistinctly barred 

 with dull black. 



Loreal region dull black ; a short streak from the base of the 

 lower mandible bright red, bounded below, or internally, by a long 

 streak of purplish steel blue, followed by dull black, both stripes 

 extending to the middle of the neck. Chin, throat and breast bright 

 scarlet, slightly darker on the breast, all the feathers white at their 

 bases and with yellow shafts about the middle ; lower part of breast, 

 vent and lower tail coverts dusky greenish or ashy black ; wings 

 internally dark ashy with a silvery lustre, tail below black. 



I have obtained (in Sept.) three male specimens in the forests of 

 the Wellesley Province . opposite Penang ; all perfectly similar in 

 coloration; wing 2", tail If" — 1|", the central feathers being only 

 about T 3 -g" longer than the next ; bill black above, light brown be- 

 low, at front j_y, from gape very nearly %%" ; feet brown, tarsus 

 nearly £" ; middle toe (including claw) T V. 



The coloration of this species agrees almost in every particular 

 with Jardine's description, and so do also the measurements. 

 I don't think there can be the least doubt as to the identity of the 

 two. Jardine's original specimen was believed to have come 

 from India, but its proper locality was unknown. Vise. Walden 

 (Ibis, Jan. 1870, p. 34) places Jardine's bird as doubtfully identi- 

 cal with Eaffles's siparaja and Temminck's mysticalis. My 

 impression is, that they are quite distinct birds. Raffles says of 

 siparaja that the two central tail feathers are brown, which does not 



