1870.] A Contribution to Malayan Ornithology, 321 



lores through the eye brownish black, shoulder edge of wing white, 

 lower wing coverts ashy brown ; mustachial streak extending from 

 the base of the lower mandible posteriorly white ; below, cinereous 

 white, paler on the chin, very slightly rufescent at the sides of the 

 breast and passing to white on the vent and lower tail coverts ; 

 wing 4" ; tail 2-J" ; bill at front very nearly J", from gape slightly 

 more than \" ; tarsus -§-". 



The bill of this section of Tephrodornis, including the pre- 

 sent species, pelvica and gularis, is very much like that of Tur- 

 dirostris, but the feet are very feeble, and the tarsus as short 

 as in Hemipus. The Malayan form is especially distinguish- 

 ed by its unusually feeble feet, as compared with the size of 

 the bird. I do not think, however, that there is sufficient ground 

 for a generic separation of these species from Tephrodornis, but if a 

 special section should be thought convenient, Hodgson's 

 name Tenthaca would have priority before Tephrolanius. 



70. Yolvocivora culminata, Hay. 



Cellepyris culminatus, A. Hay, Madras Journ., 1845, XIII, 

 pt. II, p. 157. 



I have not seen this species except from Malacca, where- 

 from the type specimen was described, and even here the bird does 

 not seem to be common. A female specimen is bluish ashy above, 

 darker on the wings and tail, slightly rufescent at the base of the 

 beak, the wing coverts are margined paler, and the outer tail fea- 

 thers are strongly blackish ; sides of head and below dull white, 

 with narrow transverse blackish stripes ; the three outer pairs of 

 tail feathers are tipped white ; wing 3|" ; tail 2£", bill at front £", 

 from gape -§-", tarsus £■". The Malacca species is smaller than 

 V. saturata, lately described by S w i n h o e, (Ibis, April, 1870). 



B 1 y t h and J e r d o n suggest that this species is probably 

 identical with Temminck's fimbriata. Comparing Tem- 

 minck's figure of the female specimen (PI. Col. 250) with the 

 one noted above, the Malacca bird appears to be a little smaller, 

 while Temminck's species wants the rufescent color on the 

 upper base of the bill, it also has the chin much purer white and con- 

 trasting with the greyish white tint of the rest of the lower parts, 



