THE BIRDS OF THE NATUNA ISLANDS 



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Juvenal male, U.vS.N.M. No. 174724, Pulo Lingung, near Bungu- 

 ran Island, June 16, 1900. "Iris gray brown." 



Juvenal female, U.S.N.M. No. 174722, Bunguran Island, June 

 22, 1900. "Iris red; bill and feet black." 



All these individuals show some molting feathers among the wing 

 quills and bod}^ plumage; and adult male No. 174723 is in the midst 

 of the molt. Measurements are given in Table 34. 



Doctor Abbott found this drongo common in the thick jungles on 

 Bunguran Island. 



1 Measured in the flesh by the collector. 



i Type. 



The recognizable races of Dissemurus paradiseus now nmnber 22, 

 and are as follows: 



1. Dissemurus paradiseus paradiseus (Linnaeus). 



[Cuculus] paradiseus Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 12, vol. 1, p. 172, 1766 (after 

 May 24). ("Siam.") 



Geographic distribution. — Southern Tenasserim and southern Siam 

 to French Indo-China. 



2. Dissemurus paradiseus johni Hartert. 



Dissemurus paradiseus johni Hartert, Nov. ZooL, vol. 9, no. 3, p. 579, Dec. 16, 

 1902 (in text). ("Five Finger Mts., Hainan.") 



Geographic distribution. — Island of Hainan, Cliina. 



3. Dissemurus paradiseus rangoonensis (Gould). 



Edolius Rangoonensis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 4, p. "213" [ = 5], 

 Apr. 9, 1836. ("Rangoon.") 



Geographic distribution. — Central Burma to the southern Chin 

 Hills, South Shan States, and northern Siam. 



4. Dissemurus paradiseus grandis (Gould). 



Edolius grandis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 4, p. "213" [ = 6], Apr. 9, 

 1836. ("Nepalia et (verosimiliter) in Sumatra.") 



