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creeper— the Certhia virkits, nr Green creeper— 

 I'he Pkus martim or Greater black woodpecker 

 — PicuA fiavkarts, or Yellow wood pecker— /*/£;wj 

 Mahccemh, or Malacca woodpecker— the Pkm 

 galeaius, or crested vvoo<ij»eck.er, Hitd Pkm mi- 

 nor, or the lesser spotted woodpecker, may al- 

 so be eiiwmerated. 



There are numerous varieties of Kingfi'^hers ; 

 the A Iccdo collar U\ or Collared kingfisher— the 



Alccdo atrkapHki, or Blackcapped kingfisher 



the Akedo Smyrnemis, var, 2, or Smyrna king- 

 fisher — the Akxdo tridactyla, or Three toed king- 

 fisher— a variety of the Akedo itucocephala, or 

 Blue headed kingfifjher, differing in beiug blue 

 barred with black above— cheeks, nape, and or- 

 bits of the eyes chesnut; beneath, pale rufous— 

 a variety of the Akedo maculata, or Spotted king- 

 fisher, dirteririgin being brown barred with black, 

 above— and the Akedo cristata, or Crested king- 

 fisher. 



There are three splendid species of the Barbet 

 tribe, viz, the Bucco Javemk of Horsfield, or the 

 Javan barbet— the Bacc^y v^mkobr of Tern mi nek, 

 or Many colored barbet and the Bucco gttUms of 

 Reinwardt, or Blue throated barbet. They are 

 all three remarkable for splendor and brilliancy 

 of plumage. 



The Pfocetts PhU'ppmta, Teni. ur ^Lo.c^i Major 

 Lin) The Philippine weaver, and the Pkcetts pen- 

 siiis Tern, {Lo.via pragma Lin) or Pensile wea- 

 ver, are both common in the Peninsula, and the 

 latter is remarkable for the elegancfe of its plum- 

 age. The nest of the former h composed of the 

 fibres of leaves, and graj^s, and is curiously con- 



