THE MALAYAN TALKING-MYNAH. 
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366. GEACULA JAVANENSIS. 
THE MALAYAN TALKING-MYNAH. 
Corvus javanensis, Oshech, Voyage to China, i. p. 157. Mainatus major, Briss. 
Orn. ii. p. 308. Eulabes javanus, Cuv. Regn. Anim. 2nd edit. i. p. 377. 
Mainatus sumatranus, Less. Traite, p. 357. Eulabes javanensis, Wald. 
Ibis, 1871, p. 176. Gracula javanensis, Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 274. 
Description. — Male and female. Similar to G. intermedia, but larger, 
with very massive bill and legs ; the feathered patch above the naked skin 
on the side of the head coalescing with the ear-coverts_, or in some cases 
divided from them merely by a line not broader than a pin. In G. inter- 
media the patch is separated from the ear-coverts by a naked skin not less 
than "15 of an inch in breadth. 
The soft partSj judging from skins only, are coloured as in G. inter- 
media. 
Length about 12*5 inches, tail 3*5_, wing 6'8, tarsus 1*5, bill from gape I'6. 
The female is rather smaller. 
Tenasserim specimens of this species agree well with specimens from the 
Malay peninsula, Sumatra and Java. The Javan bird is perhaps the 
most brilliant, and the Sumatran bird has the bill the most massive but 
they all belong to the same species, and they cannot be confounded with 
G. intermedia. 
The difference in the height and massiveness of the bills of this and the 
preceding species cannot be well exhibited by measurements. When the 
birds are placed side by side it is very striking. 
The Malayan Talking-Mynah occurs in the extreme south of Tenasserim, 
where my men procured specimens from December to February. As Mr. 
Hume does not admit the specific distinctness of this and the preceding 
species, it is doubtful whether Mr. Davison met with it in Tenasserim 
or not. 
It extends down the Malay peninsula, and is met with in Sumatra, Java, 
Bangka, Borneo and Palawan. As before remarked, it is doubtful whether 
this bird or G. intermedia occurs in Cochin China. 
The habits of this species are not likely to differ in any particular from 
those of the preceding. 
