508 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxvi. 



Two males and two females from Tuangku, all agreeing with the | 

 above characters; the females, as in C. erythroptera, being a little j 

 smaller than the males. ^'Common." 



STACHYRIS BANJAKENSIS Richmond. 



Stackyris banjakensis Eichmond, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XV, August 6, 1902, 

 p. 190 (Pulo Tuangku, Banjak Islands). 



Two adult males from Tuangku. 



This species has a longer bill than typical S. maculata; is morei 

 heavily spotted below, and has a paler nape, back, and wings. Bothl 

 species have a large pale-blue bare space on the side of the neck, whic^ 

 is ordinarily hidden by the feathers. 



"ALCIPPE CINEREA Blyth." 



''Alcippe dnerea, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng., XIII, p. 384" (Sharpe, Catal. Bird? 

 Brit. Mus., VII, 1883, p. 622). 



An adult male from Tapanuli Bay. Length, 153 mm. ' ' Iris brown- 

 ish gray; feet fleshy brown; bill dark horn brown, pale leaden at Itase.' 

 beneath."' 



I am unable at present to consult Blyth\s paper; my recollection h] 

 that he did not intend to name a new species, but merely included whai' 

 he thought to be Eyton's Malacopteron cinereiis in his new genus! 

 Alcippe. 



MALACOPTERON MAGNIROSTRE (Moore). 



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Alcippe inagnirostrin Moore, in Horsfield and IVloore, Catal. Birds Mus. Eas; 

 • India Co., I, 1854, p. 407 (Malacca). 



Three males from Pulo Mansalar and Tapanuli Bay. The lengtl 

 of the wing varies from 77 to 81 mm. 



MALACOPTERON NOTATUM Richmond. 



Malacopteron nofatum RicnMOXD, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XV, August 6, 190' 

 p. 190 (Pulo Bangkaru, Banjak Islands). 



Five specimens from Pulo Bangkaru. "Iris brown; bill dar: 

 brown, leaden beneath; feet leaden." It was found to be " common 

 on both Tuangku and Bangkaru. 



In the original description this species was compared, in part, witi 

 ''31. cantori (Moore);" this should have been "if. magnirostr 

 (Moore)." 



CHALCOPARIA SINGALENSIS (Gmelin). 



\_Motadlla'] singalensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, Pt. 2, 1788, p. 964 ("in insu 

 Zeylon"). 



One adult female from Tuangku. Length, 108 mm. "Iris red, 

 The lower surface in this specimen is of a brighter ^^ellow than in foi 

 females from the Malav Peninsula. 



