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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Family CORVID^. 



PLATYSMURUS LEUCOPTERUS (Temminck). 



Glaucopi^ leucopterus Temminck, PI. Col., II (Ft. 45), April, 1824, pi. cclxv 

 (Sumatra). 

 Three adults, from Tapanuli Bay. Length, 407-438; wing (male), 

 197-199, (female) 181 mm. "Iris deep red; inside of mouth white.". 



CORVUS COMPILATOR, new name. 



Three specimens, from Simalur, where ''tolerably abundant and not 

 at all shy." Length, 445-457 mm. "Iris dark brown." 



Cbrvus temdrostris Moore,« used for this form by Biittikofer,* is 

 preoccupied by C. tenuirostris, C. L. Brehm,^ and as no other name 

 appears to be available, I have given it a new one. 



Family STURNIDiH 



AGROPSAR STURNINA (Pallas). 



Gracula sturnina Pallas, Keise Russischen Reichs, III, 1776, p. 695 ("In 

 salicetis Dauuriae australioris, circa Ononem et Argununi" ). 



One immature female, from Simalur. "A flock seen at Sibabo." 

 Family EUL'ABETID^. 



LAMPROCORAX ALTIROSTRIS (Salvador!). 



Calomis altirostris Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, 2d ser., IV, 1887, p. 553, 

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

 Four specimens, from Simalur and Pulo Babi. 

 Dr. Sharpe thought this form might be closely related to Z. tytleri," 

 but tytlerl has the small bill of chalyhea, with green, rather than 

 bronzy, upper parts, and differs also in size and in the more prominent 

 lanceolate feathers surrounding the head. In other words, Z. alti-^ 

 rostris is allied to Z. chalyhea rather than to Z. tytleri. 



Lamprocorax altirostris was seen on Pulo Lasia, and "common" or 

 Babi; on Simalur it was "common, especially on the small islets." 

 The measurements of the specimens are given below : 

 Measurements of Lamprocorax altirostris. 



Locality. 



Simalur Island. 

 I'lilo Babi 



Do 



Do 



Sex. 



Male .. 

 ...do... 

 Female 

 ...do... 



Length. 



207 

 213 

 216 

 210 



Wing. 



Mm. 

 100 

 105 

 100 

 100 



Tail. 



Mvi. 



«Catal. Birds Mus. E. I. Co., II, 1856-58, p. 558. 

 6 Notes Leyden Mus., XVIII, 1896, p. 185. 

 «Vollstandige Vogelfang, 1855, p. 57. 

 t^Catal. Birds, Xlll, p. 147. 



