CALORAMPHUS FULIGINOSUS.
( T H E R E D - B R E A S T E D B R O W N B A R B E T .)
Mieropogon fuliginosus (1830) Teuim.; PI. Col. Teste, p. 83.
Mcgalorhynchus hayii (1846) Gray; Gen. of B. II. p. 429 (part.).
sanguinolentus (1863) Sclater; P. Z. S. pp. 206, 210.
Caloramphus sanguinolentus (1863) Sclater; P. Z. S. pp. 206, 210.
„ fuliginosus (1863) Goff.; JIus. P. B. Bucc. p. 73 (part.).
hayii (1868) Gray; Cat. Brit. Mus. Capit. p. 19.
Tapeas of the natives of Borneo (Motley).
C. supra saturate terricolor: gutture pectorcque rubro maculatis.
Hab. in insula " Borneo " dicta.
Sexes alike; above dark earthy-brown; shafts of the feathers of the head stiff and
elongated about an eighth of an inch beyond the webs, black; sides of the face, throat, and
breast bright brick-red; under surface yellowish-white, indistinctly spotted with red; bill
dark horn-colour (black according to Wallace), paler in the young bird; iris yellowbrown
; orbits reddish ; feet pink. In size it is similar to C. lathami. Wing 3"-2, tail 2",
tarsus 0"-8.
Hab. Borneo (Motley, Wallace).
This species is confined strictly to the island of Borneo; like many other of the
Malayan birds it is replaced in the rest of the Indo-Malayan subregion by a closely
allied form, C. lathami; and to this day some naturalists are doubtful whether specific
separation is admissible. The older authors considered the difference to be sexual, and
put down this species as the male. Recent observations have quite disproved this point;
and the fact that this one is never found out of Borneo is enough to warrant their being