Mr. E. Hargitt on the Genus Chrysophlegma. 281 
by Mr. Buxton were considerably varied or washed with red 
on the back. All I can say is, that a male of C. miniatum from 
East Java, collected by Mr. Wallace, and forming part of 
the British Museum collection, is quite different from C . 
malaccense. It is possible that in the younger stages of 
plumages the Javan and the Malaccan birds may resemble 
each other; never having seen the young of C. miniatum , I 
cannot say, but in the fully adult dress the Malaccan bird 
never assumes the red back, and has at most a few spots or 
blotches of this colour. I have examined a very large series 
of C. malaccense in the British Museum (comprising the 
Hume Collection) as well as those in my own cabinet, and I 
have not found a single specimen from any locality that 
could be mistaken for the Javan bird, neither have I seen 
any examples of C. miniatum from Java that could not be 
readily separated from the Malaccan species. C. malaccense 
is found in Southern Tenasserim, throughout the Malayan 
Peninsula, and also in Sumatra, Bangka, and Borneo. In 
Tenasserim, according to Messrs. Hume and Davison, it is 
confined to the southern portions of the province and is 
rather common. Mr., Davison, in his note on this species 
(Str. F. vi. p. 141, 1878), says :—•“ A bird of the evergreen 
forests, not occurring in open country, but, unlike the other 
Callolophi , rather partial to mangrove swamps, in which I 
have shot them. These, too, I never saw on the ground. It 
has none of the peculiar habits of C. puniceus , and its note 
rather resembles that of the Gecini ” Tavoy is the most 
northern locality whence the latter collector obtained speci¬ 
mens. Mr. E. C. Buxton procured it at Lampongin South¬ 
east Sumatra; and from the same island, as well as from 
Bangka, there are examples in the Leiden Museum. In the 
British Museum there are two specimens from Sumatra, one 
having been collected by Raffles and formerly in the Indian 
Museum, the other having been obtained in the island by 
Mr. Wallace. In Borneo, Governor Ussher found this species 
in Lumbidan, Brunei, and on Moara Island, and it was pro¬ 
cured by Mr. Treacher on the Lawas River. Mr. Everett 
forwarded specimens from Sibu and Matu, and at Sarawak it 
was obtained by the Marquis Doria and Dr. Beccari. 
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