NO. 1318. BIRDS OF NORTHWEST SUMATRA— RICHMOND. 495 



freckled with dusky; under tail-coverts white, barred and mottled 

 with ru.sset and dai'k brown at the tlp.s; under wing-coverts and a.vil- 

 laries pale russet or ])uff, Avith l)lackish markings; under primary 

 coverts butt', with broa<l dusky tips; under sui'face of wings dusky, 

 paler and obscurely dottcxl at tip; inner featluM's butt', ])asalh' , barred 

 with buff for about two-thirds of their length (outer primary barred 

 at base onl}^). 



Length, 191; wing, 143; tail, 61; tarsus, 23; bill, from gape, 19 mm. 



"Iris greenish yellow; bill pale brown, black at tip; feet pale fleshy 

 brown. Stomach contained insects. Shot in bright sunlight while 

 sitting on a ])ush b}^ a fresh-water creek at Telok Dalam." 



This species ajjpears to be nearest to P. alfredi Hartert, from 

 Flores, l)ut is smaller, has the tail plainly barred, and differs from it 

 in various details. 



SYRNIUM NIASENSE Salvador!. 



Syrnlum niascnsr Salvadoki, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, 2(1 ser., IV, 1887, p. 526 

 (Nias Island). 



One pair, from Palo Bangkaru. The dimensions arc: Male, length, 

 381; wing, 297; tail, 156; female, length, ■106; wing, 303; tail, 170 

 mm. "'Toes and bill leaden; cere dark leaden." 



These birds appear to be S. 7iiasense, but the measurements are 

 somewhat greater than those given by Salvadori. 



Family PSITTACID.E. 



PALiEORNIS MAJOR Richmond. 



Falseomis major Richmond, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XV, August 6, 1902, p. 188 

 (Pulo Babi, west coast of Sumatra). 



Six specimens from Babi and one from Lasia. The latter, a male, 

 is even larger than the type, measuring: Length, -I-IS; wing, 19-1; tail, 

 229 mm. Another male, from Babi, has a wing 196 mm. long. The 

 females are a little smaller (wing about 186 mm). The color is exactly 

 that of P. fascU(tu>!. 



"Upper mandible red, tip yellow; lower mandible black; iris pale 

 yellow, with an inner circle dull green; cere greenish leaden; feet 

 pale green." In the female the whole bill is black. "Much larger 

 than the Palseornis of Simalur, about 16i Inches long. Common. In 

 pairs, evidently breeding. Owing to the dense jungle difficult to see 

 and shoot. " 



PAL.ffiORNIS FASCIATUS (Miiller). 



Psittacus jasciatus P. L. S. MtJLLER, Natursyst., Suppl., 177(5, p. 74 (Pondichery). 

 " Generally common " on Simalur. Nine specimens were obtained, 

 agreeing in size with Andaman birds. Males measure: Length, 368- 

 394; wing, 171-176; females, length, 351-368; wing, 165-175 mm. 



