faint red in a ring round the larger end, the ground being white. The nest was neatly lined
with dry grass inside, and exteriorly was roughly put together with bamboo-leaves and rush."
I give these details as given by Mr. Everett, but at the same time must say that I feel convinced
that he was deceived, and that the present species does not lay spotted eggs, nor build a nest as
described by him.
I n the preparation of t h e above article I have examined the following specimens :—
E Mm. II. E. Dresser,
a, ^ . Malacca, 1877 (H. Kelkam). b, $; c, ad.; rf, juv. Malacca.
E Mm. Brit.
a. Tenasserim (Packman), b, Tenasserim, 8th December, 1870 (E. W. Oates). c. Singapore, d. Malacca
(Harvey), e. Malacca, April 1854 (Cantor), ƒ, <J. Malacca, 1854 (A. R. Wallace), g. Pcnang (Gould coll.).
h. Sumatra, i, <J . Sumatra, 1801 [A. R. Wallace), k. Borneo. /. Busau, Borneo (A. Everett), m. Borneo
(Sir J. Brooke), n. Labium (II. Low), o, juv. Tagora, Sarawak, May 1875 {Everett).
E Mm. Ticceddale.
a, b, c, d, e,f, ad.; y, juv. Malacca, 1873 and 1874 (Wardlaw Ramsay). It, ? . Mount Opbir, Malacca, 11th August
1873 (W. Ramsay), i, k. Sumatra (Bock). I, <$; m, J ; n, (?; o, ? . Sumatra, September 1878 (Bock).
p,q,S- Sumatra, October 1878 (Bock), r, juv. Lampong, Sumatra (Bock), s, $. Sarawak, Borneo, 10th
January, 1870,
E Mm. Paris,
a, b, ad.; c, juv. Sumatra (Duvuucel). d. Borneo (Toussainf),