512 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



CISTICOLA CISTICOLA (Temminck). 

 Sylvia cklicola Tkmmin<;k, .Maiuu'l d'Orn, 2d ed., I, 1820, p. 228 (Portujral). 

 Three males, from Simalur, where it was "common in the padd}' 

 ticlds and in long* grass." 



KITTACINCLA MELANURA Salvador!. 



Cittocliicla iiidanura Sai.vadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. (iencn-a, 2d Her., IV, 1886, p. 549, 

 pi. VIII, fig. 1 (Nias Island). 



Five specimens, from Simalur, Bal^i, and Lasia. 



These specimens are smaller than typical lu melamira, having- a 

 wing measurement of 86-95 mm. ; for the Nias bird Salvadori gives 

 95-97 mm. In our birds the outermost tail feather has a bare sug- 

 gestion of white at the tip. Length, male, 258-286; female, 216-241. 

 The two females in this series are slightly paler on the underparts 

 than the males. 



"'Iris dark brown; feet dull purplish brown; bill })lack." 



On Simalur the species was found to be "not very conmion, and 

 very shy." It was "common, but ver}^ shy," on Balii and Lasia, 



KITTACINCLA MALABARICA (Scopoli). 



Musdcapa {malabarica) Scopoli, Del. Flor. Faun. Insubr., II, 1786, p. 96 (based 

 on "Le gobe-mouche a longue queue de Gingi" of Sonnerat, Voy. aux 

 Indes, etc., II, p. 196; Malabar). 



Five adult males, from Pulo Mansalar, Tuangku, and Bangkaru. 



In color these birds can be matched with examples from various 

 islands in the China Sea, from the Mergui Archipelago, etc., but two 

 of them have uuusuall}^ long tails, measuring 198 and 218 mm. The 

 wing measurement (five males) varies from 95 to 99 mm. 



"Common" in the Baujak Islands. 



The name //lalaharlcd antedates both tricolor and tiKicroura^ and is 

 of unquestionable application, butScopoli's reference to "tab. Ill" of 

 Sonnerat's work is erroneous. 



COPSYCHUS SAULARIS MUSICUS (Raffles). 

 Lanius musicus Rakkles, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., XIII, Pt 2, 1822, p. 307.« 

 Five specimens froui Loh Sidoh Bay and Simalur. 

 It was "common about clearmgs" on Simalur. 



"It appears to ine doubtful whether Raffles's name should be used for this form. 

 Me certainly did not give a recognizable description, and apparently had no inten- 

 tion of describing a new species, as will be seen from his account: "The Dial Bird, 

 or Tardus mindanensis of Gmelin and Gracula saularis of Linnaeus; now with more 

 propriety placed under Lanius. 



It is one of the few singing birds of India, and its note is pleasing. It is about 

 eight inches and a half in length. In the female the feathers of the throat and 

 breast are whitish, mottled with grey and brown; and several of the wing-coverts 

 are also white with reddish-brown shades. Ail the colours are duller than in the 

 male." 



