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From the above material, birds from Sumatra, Borneo, and Siberut 

 appear diflerent from the mainland form and should be known as V.f. 

 schierbrandi (Pelzeln). 



V. /. culminata can be distinguished from V. negleda by the tips of 

 the three outer tail feathers being narrowly tipped with gray (on the 

 outer only 6 mm long), while in the latter the tips are white and on 

 the outer feather about 12 mm long. 



The Trang specimen is the northernmost record in the Peninsula. 

 Robinson and Kloss ^* report a male from Bangnara, Patani, collected 

 by Aagaard, July 21. 



This form ranges from Singapore north to Trang. V. f. jimbriata 

 (Temminck), a darker form, is confined to Java and Bali. 



VOLVOaVORA NEGLECTA NEGLECTA Hume 



Volvocivora neglecta Hume, Stray Feathers, vol. 5, p. 203, 1877 (southern Tenas- 

 serim). 



One male, Bukit, Patani, January 25, 1931; one male, Kao Luang, 

 Nakon Sritamarat, July 17, 1928; one male, Tha Lo, Bandon, Sep- 

 tember 22, 1931. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected three males and two females, Trang 

 (Prahmon, March 5 and 13, 1896; Tyching, May 22, 1896; Kantany, 

 January 16, 1897; Trang, December 26, 1898). 



The six males have a wing measurement of 98-105 (102) mm. 



This form varies from slate gray to deep gull gray; the wings and 

 tail are black, the latter with a white tip on the outer feathers about 

 12 mm long decreasing toward the central pair. 



The lighter-colored specimens appear younger, as a light specimen 

 is molting into a darker plumage. 



In my opinion this race does not belong to the Jimbriata group. 



It ranges from soutliern Tenasserim through Peninsular Siam to 

 the northern Malay States. 



LALAGE NIGRA NIGRA (Forster) 



Turdus niger Forster, Indische Zoologie, p. 41, 1781 (India; restricted to Singa- 

 pore) . 



Lalage nigra brunnescens Baker, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 44, p. 13, 1923 (Klang, 

 Malay Peninsula). 



One adult male (unsexed) and three immature males, collected by 

 C. Boden Kloss at Tanjong Kalong, Singapore, March 4, May 23, 

 and May 29, 1900, were received from Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



The form ranges from Penang in the w^est to Singora on the east 

 coast of Peninsular Siam south to Singapore, the Nicobars, Sumatra, 

 west and middle Java. 



Williamson ^^ has recorded it from Singora and Patani. Appar- 

 entlv it is not a common bird in Siam. 



•♦ Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 254. 1924. 

 -" Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 2, p. 60, 1918. 



