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CATALOGUE. 
421. IRENA MALAYENSIS, Moore, 
Irena puella of the Malay countries^ Auctorum. (^Horsf., 
Zool. Bes. in Java, t. ^. ?. Temm., 1*1. Col. 70, 
225, 476. Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 349.) 
Bee SSI, Java, Horsf. 
BiANG Kapooe, Sumatra, Baffles. 
QuATANG or Kkouing, Malay, Ei/ton. 
A. B. c. ^ ?. Java. From Dr. Horsfield's Collection. 
D. (J, and Drawing. Sumatra. From Raffles s Collec- 
tion. 
e.f. Malacca. Purchased. 
The distinction between the Indian and Malayan Irena was first 
pointed out by Lord Arthur Hay, to the former of which he gave 
the name of I. indica ; but as the specimen described by Latham 
was from India, the name puella will apply to those from the 
Continent only ; consequently, the Malayan is without a name, for 
which species Malayensis is applied. " In the Malayan bird, the 
under tail-coverts reach quite to the end of the tail ; while in I. 
puella, Lath., they are never less than an inch and a quarter short of 
the tail-tip in the males, and generally an inch and a half short in 
the females. I have verified this observation upon so many examples, 
from both regions, that there can be no doubt of the fact." — (Blyth, 
J. A. S. Beng. XV. p. 308.) 
" This species inhabits woods and forests, feeding on fruits and 
wild grains. In Java it is a very rare bird, and confined to a few 
districts, where it conceals itself on solitary hills, distant from the 
habitations of man, preferring rather elevated and cool situations. 
I met with it only in the western parts of the island ; once in the 
province of Banyu-mas, and a second time on the ridges of hills 
situated southwest from Buitenzorg. This bird is also found in the 
interior of Sumatra and the adjacent islands." — (Horsf., Zool. Res. 
in Java.) 
