1870.] A Contribution to Malayan Ornithology. 323 



of the outermost tail feathers very narrow, that of the inner larger 

 and very much broader. Specimens from the Wellesley Province 

 exactly agree with the type specimen in the Society's collections. 



This is a decidedly smaller race than D. affinis, T y 1 1 e r, (Ibis, 

 1867, p. 323) from the Andamans, which appears to be very doubt- 

 fully distinct from Rangoonensis. Burmese specimens almost per- 

 fectly agree with Gould' s original description of the last-named 

 species. 



73. Pericrocottjs flammeus, Forst. ? 



Jerdon, B. Ind. I, p. 420; d^n Per. elegans, McClelland, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1839, p. 156 ! 



One 2 specimen, from the Wellesley Province, is intermediate in 

 size between speciosus and Jlammeus ; the general coloring and especi- 

 ally the wing spots agree with the latter, except that the terminal 

 yellow spots on the last tertiaries are very small. The top of head 

 is somewhat • blackish ashy, yellowish in front and the yellow 

 tinge extends to half the length of the crown ; Temminck's figure 

 shews it perfectly yellow. The lores are black. The head above 

 is peculiarly flattened, which McClelland says is characteristic 

 of his P. elegans from Assam, and as this is said to differ from 

 speciosus (=princeps) by its smaller size, I do not think it improbable 

 that McClelland' s species will be shewn to be distinct from 

 Jlammeus. Wing S%" ; tail about 8J," bill at front and tarsus 

 y each. 



Godwi n-Austen quotes P. Jlammeus from Assam, but with- 

 out further notice of any peculiarities (Jour. Asiatic Soc. B., 

 XXXIX, p. 99). 



The Malayan specimen is not the female of P. igneus, BJ y 4 t h, 

 (Jour. Asiat, Soc. XV, p. 309), described from a Malacca specimen, 

 which is a much smaller bird, buf it may be the same as Tytler's 

 Per. Andamanensis (Ibis, 1867, p. 322), being apparently only a 

 trifle larger. 



Fam. MTJSCIGAPIDMs 



74. Philentoma velata, T e m m. 



Brymophila velata, Tern. PL Col. 334. — E y t o n in Ann. and Mag. 



