Northern Portion of the Malay Peninsula. 
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These specimens closely resemble “a” but differ in the 
following points:—The dark bars on the undersurface are more 
rufous, the rufous nuchal collar is more pronounced, the gular 
streak is thicker, and most of the feathers of the crown have 
paler edges, either buff or grey, giving a streaked appearance 
to these parts. 
Measurements :— 
b. Wing 12*7 ; tail 8’8 ; tarsus 1*6 ; bill from gape 1*3; 
crest 2*3 inches. 
c. Wing 12*3; tail 8*7 ; tarsus P65 ; bill from gape 1*25 ; 
crest 2*3 inches. 
d. A still younger male. 
Chong, Interior of Trang, North Malay Peninsula, 18th 
December, 1909. 
In this specimen, which is somewhat in moult, the upper 
surface is much paler, especially the shoulders, the feathers 
of which have pale margins, the throat and chest are heavily 
streaked longitudinally with black, and the cross-barring has 
a very irregular appearance, large guttate spots being present 
in the centre of the abdomen; sides of the head heavily 
streaked with black. 
Wing 122 ; tail 8*5; tarsus 1*6 ; bill from gape 1*25 
inches; crest (in moult). 
e. Between Hankachin and Bahonee, Tenasserim, February 
6th, 1875 (A. L. Hough). 
Somewhat older than “ d” judging from the evenness 
of the under-surface barring and the black shoulder, but 
having the head pale, the shafts of the feathers only 
black ; breast very pale, sides of the head grey; crest 
long. 
Wing 12*9; tail 9*1; tarsus 1*6; bill from gape 1*3j 
crest 2*6 inches. 
Type of B. incognita , Hume. 
/. Adult female. Native Sikkim, March 1878. 
Head pale rufous-buff with dark shaft-stripes to the 
feathers ; a faint black gular stripe and the under surface 
rufous buff and white, the bars clearly defined; median wing- 
coverts buff tipped with white. 
