TIMALIIDA. 
Genus MALACOPTERON 1 Eyton. 
Malacopteron magna Ey ton* Larger Red-headed Tree-Babbler. 
Malacopteron magnum magnum Eyton. 
Malacopteron magnum Eyton, Proc, Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 103 : 
Malacca. 
Malacopteron majus Blyth, Joura. Asiat. Soc. Bengal. xvi, 1847, p. 461 : 
Malacca. 
Nafothera pileata Bp., Consp. Gen. Avium, 1850, p, 359: Sumatra. 
Distr. — Malay Peninsula. 
Sumatra; Nias Island, West Sumatra. 
Borneo (not north); North Natuna Islands. 
Malacopteron magnum saba Clias. and Kloss, 
Malacopteron magnum saba Chasen and Kloss, Bull. Raffles Mus. 
4, 1930, p. 75 : Sandakau, British North Borneo. 
Distr. — Borneo (north). 
Malacopteron cmereum Eyton. Smaller Red-headed Tree- Babbler. 
Malacopteron cmereum cinereum Eyton. 
Malacopteron cinereus Eyton, Proc. Zool, Soc. 1S39, p, 103 : 
Malacca. 
Nap other a coronata Bp,, Consp, Gen, Avium, 1850, p. 358 : Sumatra. 
Distr. — Malay Peninsula, 
Sumatra; Rhio and Lingga Archipelagos. 
Borneo, 
Malacopteron cinereum rufifrons Cab. 
Malacopteron rufifrons Cabanis, Mus. Heine, i, 1850, p. 65 : Java. 
? Timalia ruficapilla Jacq. and Puch., Vov. P 61 e Sud. Ois, lit* 1853, 
p. 89 : Pulau Laut, S. E. Borneo ( ? error). 
? Timalia squ&mifr&ns Bp., Comptes Rend, xxxviii, 1854. P* So fex 
Puch. MS). 
Distr, — Java. 2 
Malacopteron cinereum bungurense Hart. 
Malacopteron cinereum bungurense Hartert, Nov. Zool. i, 1S94, 
p. 470 ; Bungurun, North Natuna Islands. 
Distr. — North Natuna Islands. 
* If Malacopteron is considered preoccupied by Malacopterus Serv. 1833 
Malacornis Gistel, 1850 must be used. See Riley 1933. 
3 The occurrence of this form in Sumatra, or Borneo, is doubtful. The 
name leptdocephalus seems to be nom. nud. in all citations. 
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