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Show 77.J THE MARQUIS OF TWEEDDALE ON BATRACHOSTOMUS. 439 and mottled with dark rufous. Wing 5*0, tail 5*25, width of gape A Bornean (Bedi) example marked d hy Mr. Everett (mus. nostr.) is in the rufous-bay plumage, and is not distinguishable from Malaccan individuals (mus. nostr.). If the sex was correctly ascertained, it would appear that both sexes wear similar plumage. Win"- 4*90, tail 5*0, width of gape 1*37. In B. stellatus the auricular plumes are much less developed than in any of the other species. The front of the tarsus for about a quarter of its length is feathered. The bill is large and massive, and the gradation of the remiges and rectrices is normal. BATRACHOSTOMUS AURITUS. Podargus auritus, Vigors (Griffith), Tr. Cuv. Au. Kingd. ii. p. 114, t. (1829); Vigors, App. Mem. Sir S. Raffles, p. 652, "Sumatra" (1830). Batrachostomus auritus (Vigors), Gould, Ic. Av. pt. ii. p. 13, t. 7 (1838); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875', p. 99. Bombycistomus fullertonii, Hay, J. A. S. B. 1841, p. 573, woodcut, "Sumatra," Podargus, sp. - , Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1842, p. 106, "Malacca." Podargusfullertoni, Hay (?), Blyth, t. c. p. 798, "Malacca." Hab. Sumatra, Malacca, Borneo. The Malaccan bird has still to be compared with the typical Sumatran form. I have compared the Bornean example with the Malaccan, and can discern no distinction. The species is too well known to require description. The tarsus is well feathered anteriorly in both sexes for more than half its length. BATRACHOSTOMUS, sp. n. An example in rufous-brown mottled and striated plumage of an undescribed species of Batrachostomus was obtained in Mindanao by the ' Challenger' expedition. It is labelled a female, and will be described in my forthcoming report on the Philippine birds collected by the expedition. The tarsus is feathered anteriorly for a quarter of its length. BATRACHOSTOMUS MONILIGER. (Plates XLVIII., XLIX.) Batrachostomus moniliger, Layard, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1849, }>. 806, 2, "Ceylon." ? Podargus javanensis, Horsf. Jerdon, Madr. J. L. Sc. nee Horsf. 1 Batrachostomus moniliger, Blyth, Jerdon, B. India, i. p. 189, "Southern India" (1862). Batrachostomus moniliger, Blyth, Holdsworth, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 420, "Ceylon." Batrachostomus punctatus, Hume, Str. F. 1874, p. 354, o* ? "Ceylon;" op. cit. 1876, p. 377. |