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what darker above than a male from Trang and a male from Perak and 

 possibly may not be the same. 



Bornean birds have been separated by Hartert as E. h. whiteheadi,*^ 

 and the only specimen examined from there bears out the diagnosis; a 

 male from Pulo Laut, southeastern Borneo, is brighter and more rufes- 

 cent above than the two males from the Malay Peninsula. The 

 specimen may represent an insular form or the difi'erences may be due 

 to individual variation. 



OPHRYDORNIS ALBOGULARIS ALBOGULARIS (BIyth) 



Setaria albogularis Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 13, p. 385, 1844 (Singa- 

 pore) . 



Dr. W. L. Abbott took a single male of this rare species on the 

 Rumpkin River, Pahaiig, June 5, 1902. He gives the soft parts as: 

 Iris deep red ; upper m.audible black, lower mandible leaden ; feet dark 

 leaden. 



Dr. Abbott states that it frequents thick brush in heavy forest, 

 keeping close to the ground. 



I have seen no records from Siamese territory, but it will probably be 

 found to extend much farther north than it is knov/n to do at present. 

 It occurs also in Sumatra. 



This species may be briefly described as: Pileum, lores, and cheeks 

 dark neutral gray; a narrow white superciliary from the nostril to 

 posterior border of the e3'^e; throat white; a neutral gray band acioss the 

 jugulum; middle of the breast and belly white; sides, flanks, and under 

 tail coverts cinnamon-buff; back and closed wing cinnamon-brown; 

 tail fuscous, the outer webs of the feathers russet. Wing, 71 ; tail, 49; 

 culmen, 13.5 mm. 



The rictal bristles are long and stiff, and the white feathers over the 

 lores, forming part of the superciliary, are erect and stiff". 



A related form, 0. a. moultoni Robinson and Kloss, is found in 

 Borneo. 



AETHOSTOMA ROSTRATUM ROSTRATUM (BIyth) 



Trichastoma rostratum Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 11, p. 795, 1842 

 (Singapore) . 



One male and one female, Bangnara, Peninsular Siam, July 17, 1926. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected the following specimens in the Malay 

 Peninsula: One male, Trang, January 4, 1897; two males and one 

 female, Singapore Island, May 20-26, 1899; one male, Rumpin 

 River, Pahang, June 3, 1902. He gives the soft parts as: Iris pale 

 brown; upper mandible dark horn brown, lower leaden; feet brownish 

 fleshy. 



« Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 36, p. 36, 1915. 



