Mr, R. B. Sharpens Catalogue of Accipitrefe. 99 
I have examined two adult specimens of Spilornis from 
Penang, two from Malacca, and one from Singapore, all of 
which come so close to the Andaman specimens of S. davisonij 
that I can hardly think them separable from it; the two 
Penang birds, in particular, seem only to differ from davi- 
soni in wanting the white external edge to the wing-lining, 
which Mr. Hume notes as a constant character of S. davisoni^. 
The following measurements, taken by myself, may be 
worth recording:— 
Wing. 
Tarsus. 
Middle toe s. u. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
In the collection of the Marquis 
of Tweeddale. 
Adult from Malacca. 
15-25 
1-8 
n . 
15-2 
. 3-1 
1-8 
In the Norwich Museum. 
Adult from Penang . 
15-5 
3-25 
1-8 
j? n . 
15-3 
3-2 
1-8 
Adult from Singapore . 
15-2 
3-3 
1'7 
Immature from do., marked S • • 
14-6 
3*3 
1-7 
„ „ marked $ .. 
14-8 
3-2 
1-8 
The Norwich Museum also possesses four examples of Spi- 
lornis from the island of Sumatra, 
three of which are fully 
adult, and the fourth very nearly so; the following are the 
measurements of these specimens :— 
Wing. 
Tarsus. 
Middle toe s. u. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
d . 
14-9 
3-2 
1-5 
d . 
14-8 
3-3 
1-65 
Sex not recorded. 
15-4 
3-5 
1-7 
» V . 
16-5 
3-5 
1-8 
Two of these specimens closely resemble in plumage the 
ordinary Spilornis of Ceylon; but a third is less clear in 
its ocellations, and inclines, in the character of its mark¬ 
ings, to the specimens which I have seen from Malacca and 
Singapore; the fourth specimen, which is just attaining its 
adult plumage, is a very clearly spotted bird, with the brown 
portions of its plumage darker than is usual in Ceylonese spe- 
* Vide ‘ Stray Feathers ’ for 1873, p. 306, and for 1874, p. 147. 
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