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I now recofjiiise the following forms : — 



A. Kittdcincia marniiK.s marnirux (Gm.). 



Tiirdiix miirrarus Gm., Syst. JVat. i. (ITsS) p. 820 (ex Latham : Piilo 

 C'oiidore ! ). 



S. Beyond the steel-blue foreueck and cliest is an unbroken chestnut-rut'ons 

 area. ?. Rather dark above and below, but couspicuously diiferent from the iiiiilr. 

 Lateral rectrices in both sexes with blackish base. 



JIa/j. From Southern Tenasserim throughout the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, 

 to Siani iinil Cochin Ciiina. 



H. Kiftnciiii-hi iiiiirrtinis tricolor (Vieill.). 



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Tiirdtdi trirolrr Vieillot, your. Dirt, d' Hist. Nat. xx. (1818) \\ 291 (ex 

 Levaillant : _," V lies de la iiier du snd " eorr. ex Lev. " anx cliraats dn sud." I 

 substitute as the original locality : India I). 



i. Like that of A', m. mac''tiri(s. ?• very much ])aler, thus still more different 

 from the male. Lateral rectrices in botu sexes blackish at base. 



Ilah. India, from Ceylon to Nepal, Assam, Cachar, Tipperah, Manipur to 

 Burma. 



C Kittacincla marmrux suavis (Sel.). 



Copaiicha suariii Sclater, 7'. Z. H. 1861. \i\y ls(!, 187 (Banjermassing, Borneo). 



$. Like that of A. and B., except that the two lateral pairs of rectrices are pure 



white to the utmost base, or with very little, practically only a shade of black at the 



base. ?. Colom-ed us dark and bright as the maJc, but the black not so glossy, 



abdomen slightly paler ; tail mnch shorter. 



■ Hah. Borneo, from south to uorth. (Ur. Sharpe includes Sumatra in the range 

 of Huaris, but Sumatran birdj are A', imu-niriix mdrriinis, having more or less black 

 at the base of the lateral rectrices.) 



D. Kittacincla macrurus omisna snbsp. nov. 



The Javan bird differs considerably from the other forms : The orauge-chestnut 

 under surface is lighter, and there is a more or less conspicuous whitish patch where 

 the blue-black of the chest and the orange-chestnut of the abdomen join, there being 

 a whitish area on some of the orange-chestnut feathers, between the orauge-chestnut 

 tips and the blackish bases, and sometimes some whitish tips to some of the blue- 

 black feathers. The /(■ma/*' is exactly like the adult male in colouration, only the 

 wings and tail are shorter. The thighs seem to be regularly pure white, not more or 

 less orange-chestiuit as in the other forms. Base of the outermost rectrices black 

 for about 4 cm. d wing 97, tail 135, metatarsus 28 mm. ? wing 90, tail 122, 

 metatarsus 28 ftim. 



H'rl,. Java. Tyjie S Lawang, East Java, John Whitehead coll., iu Mus. Tring. 



E. Kitfaci/i'-la macriirux minor Swinh. 



Cittocincla macrurus var. tniiiar Swinhoe, Ihi.'< 1870. p. 344 (Hainan). 

 Distinguished by its smaller size, more extended black bases to the lateral 



