( 549 ) 



2c, Scaeorhynchus gularis fokiensis (David). 



The largest of the three forms of S. gularis which seem to be recognisable. 

 Ou the whole very mnch like S. gularis gularis, bnt larger, the black throat-patch 

 lower down than in .S'. gularis gularis and transfluvialis, and leaving a distinct space 

 white on the chin, instead of reaching nearlj' or entirely the base of the bill. The 

 •ear-coverts seem to be darker. Underside white. Wing 98 — 99 ; bill (measured as 

 before) 15 — 15-5 mm. ; tail nearly 90 mm. instead of about 85 in S. gularis gularis 

 and in .S'. gularis transfluvialis. 



Fokien, China. 



I have examined examples from the collection of Mr. De La Touche. 



lilST OF A COLLECTION OF BIRDS FROM THE LINGGA 



ISLANDS. 



By ERNST HAKTERT. 



FOR a number of years it was the late Mr. Alfred Everett's wish and intention 

 to explore the little group of the Liugga Islands, south of Singapore, in order 

 to ascertain whether their fauna was entirely that of the Malay Peninsula, a 

 •continuation of which this gronp seems to be, or whether it had any admixture 

 •of the fauna of Sumatra, or any peculiar forms. Unfortunately onr friend never 

 reached the Lingga Islands himself, bnt during his last illness in Singapore he sent 

 •some of his trained Bornean bird-skinners there, who made a small collection of 

 bird-skins, a list of which follows hereafter. 



This collection contains only purely Malaccan forms, and would thus show that 

 the Lingga fauna was entirely that of the Malay Peninsula, bnt it is too incomplete 

 for any final statement, though it is of interest that such forms, which one expects 

 to show local variation, do not differ. It is the first bird-collection ever made on 

 these islands, as far as I am aware. 



In a collection of mammals made on the Lingga Islands by Mr. Abbott only 

 one new form (^Mus lingensis) has been separated by Mr. Miller (ef. P. Wash. Acad. 

 Sci. ii. pp. 206, 242 ; 1900). 



1. Cittocincla tricolor (Vieill.) Two jun. 



2. Orthotomus nificeps (Less.). S ? . These two specimens seem to be rather 

 small, but the male has the wing worn and is moulting, and one from Palawan as 

 well as two from Borneo are about equally small. 



3. Anuropsis malaccensis (Hartl.). Two. 



4. Stachyris davisoni Sbarpe (waiw/zews/s Hartert). Two c?i:J,one ?. 



5. Malacopterum cinereum Eyton. S ? . 



6. Malacopterum magnirostre (Moore). Three specimens. Messrs. Gates and 

 Biittikofer are doubtless correct in placing this species in the genus Malacopterum 

 instead of Turdinus. 



7. Trichastoma rostratum Blyth. One ? . I may call attention to the fact, 

 that many Malaccan examples are more rufous than Bornean ones, while others do 

 not show this difference at all. 



