746 Mr. H. C. Robinson on Birds collected on the 



Criniger ochraceus. 



Crinifjer ochraceus Moore, Cat. B. E. I. Comp. Mus. 18j4, 

 p. 252 ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. ix. 1902, p. 559. 



Criniger gutturalis (part.) Sharpe, Cat. vi. 1881, p. 80. 



Criniger sordidus Richmond, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. 

 1900, p. 320; Robinson & Kloss, Ibis, 1911, p. 57. 



a-d. 3c?, 1 ? . Koh Chang I., S.E. Siam. 5-6 Dec, 

 1914. 



e,f. 2S- Koh Kut I., S.E. Siam. 27-30 Dec., 1914. 



g. IS- Klong Yai, S.E. Siam. 6 Jan., 1915. 



h. 1$ . Klong Menao, S.E. Siam. 11 Jan., 1915. 



''Iris ochreous, hazel or dark brown; upper mandible 

 dark plumbeous, horny or sooty, lower mandible plumbeous 

 or plumbeous blue; feet brownish fleshy, soles yellow.'^ 

 — C. B. K. 



Both Mr. Richmond in describing and Mr. Kloss and 

 myself in admitting C. sordidus failed to recognise the fact 

 that the type of C. ochraceus was obtained by Heifer in 

 Tenasserim, probably in the central or southern districts, 

 and that consequently, if any ditference exists between the 

 northern race and the southern Peninsular form, it is the 

 latter that will have to receive a name. On comparing the 

 present series of eight skins and others from Trang, Perils, 

 and Bandon, including one of the typical specimens of 

 C. sordidus, with a large series from the Federated Malay 

 States, I find that the only differences to be noted are a 

 slightly richer tint of yellowish ochraceous brown on the 

 lower tail-coverts in the northern specimens, and a more 

 pronounced white throat, more clearly defined from the rest 

 of the luider parts, in the southern specimens. In the latter 

 also the sides of the breast are more ashy grey. The race is 

 perhaps suflSiciently distinct to merit separation, and it may, 

 therefore, be designated as : 



Criniger ochraceus sacculatus, subsp. nov. 



Range. Southwards from the north of Perak to the south 

 of the Malay Peninsula, generally at considerable elevations, 

 especially in the south of its range. 



