THE BIRDS OF STNGAPOKE ISLAND 
A large bird, wmg about 6 mchts-^-Chrysccalapies 
4- ■ ,rafithopygius 
i A small bird, chequered black and white ... 5 
' Throat and breast uniformly dark- — Hemuercns 
sordid us 
Throat and breast barred black and white — Mi^r- 
lyptes grammi thorax 
Small birds, sparrow size — streaked and spotted 
black and white ... ... --7 
Larger birds, brightly coloured ... ... S 
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6. 
7' A 
f Larger, wing about inches—Z^O'^^^'*'-*" f^*^'- 
J capUhis 
Smaller J w^n,^ about 2f or 3 inches — Dry abates 
auntus 
9- 
g fWings crimson ... .„ .„ 9 
' 1 Wings not crimson ... ... ... ii 
Underparts nearly hl^ck^Blyth'sptcus rnbiginosus 
Underparts barred black and white — Caliolofhus 
malaccensis 
V Underparts green ... ... ... 10 
J Top of head red, throat green — Picus cantmentis 
Top of bead green, throat black and white — Chry^ 
\ sophlegma humii 
f Bright red rump, golden back ... ... 12 
Large green birds, no red rump ... .13 
Entirely rich brown with black transverse 
ba r s — Mi croptc rn us brae hyusn s 
Dark with pale transverse bars— M/^/yj*/rj tukki 
'3 toes (not exactly a field character!) — Dinopmm 
javmienst 
4 toes — Ckrysocolapics chersonesus 
Underparts uniform and ^^rk—Chlorop\co\des 
pemnsHlaris 
Underparts conspicuously streaked— Pi chj vtttaU4s 
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