On the birds collected during the 'Skeat expedition' to the Malay peninsula, 1899-1900 / by J.L. Bonhote.

  • Bonhote, John Lewis James, 1875-1922.
Date:
1901
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Credit: On the birds collected during the 'Skeat expedition' to the Malay peninsula, 1899-1900 / by J.L. Bonhote. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    16. Peeiceocotus oeoceus Sharpe. Fericrocotus croceus, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 269. a. (S . Gunonj^ Inas, 4000 ft., Perak. 14th Dec., 1899. • Bill and feet black ; eyes hazel. This specimen is, I believe, the only one collected since the species was described from an isolated specimen procured by Mr. Wray near this same locality. It differs slightly from the type in having the cheeks dark grey, i. e. lighter than the crown, and in the throat being golden bulf fading to white at the base of the bill, instead of dark slate-grey. As the type of croceus^ however, shows signs both of the yellow on the throat and also of the grey on the cheeks, these differences are probably due to age. Dr. Sharpe, in describing the species, suggests that it may be merely a yellow variety of F. wrayi^ but more material is necessary before the matter can be definitely settled. I have carefully examined the series of F. wrayi at the British Museum ; and those males that are still in their immature- yellow dress or in process of assuming the red plumage are easily to be distinguished by the following characters :— (i.) In F. wrayi <S there is always a slight trace of red visible somewhere, which is not the case in F. croceus. (ii.) In F. croceus the colour of the back is as deep and glossy as in specimens of F. wrayi in full red plumage; F. wrayi in yellow plumage is always duller on the back. (iii.) In F. lurayi in yellow plumage the yellow does not extend over the throat to the base of the bill, but it has those parts of a dirty white which are afterwards to be black ; in F. croceus the intensity of the yellow is not diminished. 17. Ehipiduea JAVANiOA (8pamn.). Muscicapa javanica, Sparrm. Mus. Carls, iii. pi. 75. Rhipidura javanica (Sparrm.), Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 332 (1879); Oates, op. cit. i. p. 267 ; Hartert, loc. cit. p. 389. a. Tringganu. 29th Oct., 1899. Iris brown ; bill and feet black. [ Local name “ murai gila ” (= mad murai), so called from its alleged eccentricity of flight.—E. E.'] 18. Teepsiphone affinis (Blyth). Tcliitrea affinis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 292 (ecc A. Hay MS.). TeipsipTione affinis (Blyth), Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 349 (1879); Oates, op. cit. i. p. 261; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 270. a. $. Aring, Kelantan. 1st Sept., 1899. Bill and feet blue-black. 19. SiPfliA EUBECULOiDES (Vigors). FJicenicura ritheculoides^ Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 35. [4]
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