1870.] A Contribution to Malayan OrnitJwhyy. 325 



the sides of the vent quite similarly buffy grey in Loth. It would 

 be interesting to make a close comparison of a good series of 

 Burmese specimens, for these are usually referred to our common 

 Indian form. 



77. ClTTACINCLA MACRURA, Gr m e 1. 



J er d on, B. India, II, p. 116. 



J e r d o n calls the breast first black and then chestnut, the colors 

 refer to the anterior and posterior part of the breast respectively. 

 Two specimens from the Wellesley Province and one from Malac- 

 ca, each has the wing 3f", and the bill at front r 9 -g-", being, like in 

 Copsychus mindanensis, slightly less than the usual measure- 

 ments of Indian specimens. The Malacca specimen has the two 

 last secondaries slightly tipped with white. All three specimens 

 are males and the upper plumage is in all glossy purplish black. 



Fam. AMPELIBM. 



78. LOPHOCTTTA GALERICULATA, C U V. 



Leveillant, Ois. de Par. and Boll. pi. 42. 



Common at Penang and in the Wellesley Province. The $ has the 

 black almost quite pure on the head, and the 2 is more olivaceous 

 brown on the back, but I did not see such brown specimens as de- 

 scribed by Raffles; all feathers composing the crest are indistinctly 

 cross barred with dull black and the longest attain 4 inches. There 

 is always a small white spot on the posterior part of the eyelid, 

 above and below. When seen alive in the dense forests, which 

 these birds usually inhabit, they look like gigantic Lophophanes. 

 Total length 10-11 inches; wing 5£"-5f"; tail 4£"-5"; bill at 

 front H", from gape 1£" ; tarsus 1£". 



79. Melanochlora stjltanea, H o d g s. 



Jerdon, B. Ind. II, p. 282 ; Goul d, B. Asia, pt. XX. 



I obtained numerous specimens from Malacca and the Wellesley 

 Province ; they are mostly somewhat smaller than Indian speci- 

 mens, the wing being only 3f-". The lower of the longer wing 

 coverts are generally tipped pale yellowish white and the front- 

 edge of the wing is also yellowish ; only in one $ specimen the 

 pale tips of the wing coverts are entirely absent, they appear to 



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