10.1318. BIRDS OF NORTHWEST SUMATRA— RICHMOND. 503 



I M. perlonga doubtless occnrs on other i.sknds off the west coitst of 

 Himatra, as it has been recorded from Eng-ano by Salvador!," with a 

 vinu' measurement of 185 mm. 



'"Common, but Hies very high, and when settling- does so upon 

 -erv hio-h trees, so that though I fired a number of times I only got 

 )ne, a female. This seems much larger than longipennis.''^ 



MACROPTERYX COMATA (Temminck). 



Ciipselus comatus Temminck, PI. Col., lY (Pt. 45), April, 1824, pi. cclxviii 



(Sumatra). 



An adult female, from Tapanuli Bay. 



Family MICROPODID^. 



? SALANGANA FRANCICA (Gmelin). 



"Many seen. The nests are gathered in considerable quantities," 

 )n Tuangku. Identified as above by Dr. Abbott. Possibly S. inex- 

 oectata (Hume). 



SALANGANA FUCIPHAGA (Thunberg). 



Rirwndo fuciphaga Thunberu, K. Vet. Akad. Nya Handl., XXXIII, 1812, j;. 153, 



pi. IV (Java).'' 



One pair, from Simalur, where it was "common." 

 Family EURYLAIMID.F.. 



EURYLAIMUS OCHROMALUS Raffles. 



Eurylaimas nchromulus Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., XIII, Pt. 2, 1822, p. 

 297 (Singapore; interior of Sumatra). 



Three females, from Pulo Tuangku. 



"Common. A partly finished nest obtained January 29, hung from 

 the extremity of a branch of a lime tree in a clearing; 30 feet from 

 the ground.'' 



CYMBIRHYNCHUS LEMNISCATUS (Raffles). 



Enryiaiimts lemnmntus Raffles, Trans. Linn. Socr. Lond., XIII, Pt. 2, 1822, 

 p. 296 (interior of Sumatra). 

 An adult male, from Tapanuli Bay. Length, 235 mm. 

 The white spots are almost obsolete on the tail of this specimen, 

 occurring on the two outermost feathers only. The crissum and longer 

 upper tail-coverts are orange-rufous, instead of crimson. 

 "Iris, emerald green; feet leaden blue, soles pale fleshy." 



«Ann. Mus. Civ. Geneva, 2d ser., XII, 1892, pp. 128, 129. 



& Authors <,'enerally, since the time of Horsfield and Moore's catalogue, have given 

 "1772" as the date of publication of this name. Giebel gives the correct date m his 

 Thesaurus. 



