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US. GEC1NUS ROBINSONI, Grant. 

 (Plato II.) 



Gecinus robinsoni, Grant, Bull., B.O.C., xix., No. cxxvii., p. 10 

 (1906). 



Adult male. — Like the male of G. occipitalis (Vig.), but, with the 

 general colour, very much darker; the crown nearly uniform, black 

 like the nape, scarcely showing any trace of grey on the sides of the 

 feathers ; the back and underparts dark olive-green, instead of olive ; 

 and the tail-feathers black with very faintly indicated greenish-grey 

 bands on the edges of the middle pair of rectrices. 



Iris, reddish-chestnut ; bill, black ; feet, greenish lead-colour. 



Total length: ca., 11.5 in. ; culmeii, 1.85 in. ; wing, 5.5 in.; tail, 

 3.8 in. ; tarsus, 1.15 in. 



Adult female— Differs from the male in having the entire forehead 

 black like the crown. 



Iris, brown ; bill, black ; feet, greenish lead-colour. 



Total length : ca., 11.5 in. ; culmen, 1.75 in. ; wing, 5.35 in.; tail, 

 4.0 in. ; tarsus, 1.15 in. 



a., b. m., f. Gunong Tahan (8th Camp). 5,300-6,000 ft. 9th July. (Nos. 

 293, 294). (Types of the species). 



[The discovery of a Woodpecker on the plateau of Grimong Tahan 

 was most unexpected, seeing that there are no large trees or thick 

 jungle. The pair obtained, which were shot by one of my Dyaks on 

 a tall Pandanus, were probably stragglers from some of the lower and 

 more thickly wooded slopes on the Kelantan side, which I was unable 

 to reach. No other specimens were seen, though we all searched for 

 the bird diligently.— H. C. E.] 



118a. GECINUS RODGERI, Hartert and Butler. 



Gecinus chlorolophus, Hargitt, Cat. Birds, Brit. Mus., xviii., 

 pp. 60 and 62 [part, specimen, v'" Mountains of Perak] (1890). 



Geciuus rodgeri, Hartert and Butler, Nov. Zool., v., p. 508 (1898) ; 

 Butler, Journ. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc, No. 32., p. 23 (1899). 



[Though not collected during the present expedition, I may mention 

 that the Selangor Museum possesses four examples of this rare Wood- 

 pecker from the hills on the Pahang boundary between 2,700 ft. and 

 4,000 ft. 



As far as I can ascertain, the species is only known from two other 

 skins, the type in the Tring Museum and the specimen in the British 

 Museum, listed as Gecinus chlorolophus (specimen, v'") by the late Mr. 

 Hargitt (cf.), who did not regard it as specifically distinct. — H. C. E.] 



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119. MESOBECCO DUVAUCEII (Less.). 

 Mesobucco duvauceli, Grant, p. 102. 



a. /. Kuala Tembeling, Pahang River. 200 ft, 31st August, 1905. (No. 

 618). 



