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until examination of the type of Hyloierpe brunneicauda Salvadori 

 shall prove it to belong to some other species. Should this name, 

 however, ultimately prove unavailable, we can fall back on the 

 substitute name Napothera phaionota published by Sharpe.^ 



There appear to be now 4 recognizable races of Alcippornis brun- 

 neicauda, as follows: 



1. Alcippornis brunneicauda brunneicauda (Salvadori). 



Hyloterpe brunneicauda Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, ser. 1, 

 vol. 14, p. 210, Apr. 22, 1879. ("Ajer Mantcior" [western Sumatra].) 



Napothera phaionota Sharpe, Notes Leyden Mus., vol. 6, p. 178, July, 1884 

 (Kuhl MS.). (Synonym of Alcippe cinerea Blyth.) 



Geographic distribution. — Malay Peninsula to Sumatra. 



2. Alcippornis brunneicauda hypocneca (Oberholser). 



Alcippe cinerea hypocneca Oberholser, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 60, no. 7, 

 p. 8, Oct. 26, 1912. ("Pulo Pinie, Batu Islands.") 



Geographic distribution.- — Batu Islands, Barussan Chain, western 

 Sumatra. 



3. Alcippornis brunneicauda eriphaea Oberholser. 



Alcippornis brunneicauda eriphaea Oberholser, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 

 74, no. 2, p. 2, Sept. 27, 1912. ("Liang Koeboeng (Grot), Borneo.") 



Geographic distribution. — Borneo. 



4. Alcippornis brunneicauda epipolia Oberholser. 



Alcippornis brunneicauda epipolia Oberholser, antea, p. 63. 

 Geographic distribution.- — Natuna Islands. 



•DRYMOCATAPHUS NIGROCAPITATUS NIGROCAPITATUS (Eyton) 



Brachypteryx nigrocapitata Eyton, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 7, p. 103, Nov., 

 1839. ("Malaya" [= Malay Peninsula].) 



Recorded by Hartert ^ from Bunguran Island. 



CYANODERMA ERYTHROPTERA NEOCARA, new subspecies 



Subspecific characters. — Similar to Cyanoderma erythroptera erythrop- 

 tera, from Singapore, but posterior lower parts less buffy (more 

 grayish); upper surface more rufescent; and crown distinctly brighter 

 than cervix, forming thus a well-marked crown patch, instead of 

 being uniform with cervix. 



Description. — Type, adult male, U.S.N.M. No. 174799, Bunguran 

 Island, Natuna Islands, July 20, 1900; Dr. W. L. Abbott. Forehead 

 between slate color and dark neutral gray; crown between russet and 

 hazel; cervix cinnamon brown verging toward ochraceous-tawny and 

 mixed with neutral gray; back and inner scapulars between russet 

 and cinnamon brown; rump and upper tail coverts like the cervix and 

 shading anteriorly into the color of the back; tail mars brown, most 

 of the inner webs of the feathers between Prout's brown and mummy 



« Notes Leyden Mus., voL 6, p. 178, July, 1884 (Kuhl MS.). 

 ' Nov. Zool., vol. 1, no. 2, p. 470, Apr. 16, 1894. 



