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bimaensis Bp. I should rather have compared it with Ch. 

 carbonaria (Bp.) , which , I think , stands nearer on ac- 

 count of the dark bases to the fluffy feathers on the sides 

 of the lower back. The Sumatran species is however at once 

 distinguished from Ch. carbonaria by its much shorter tail , 

 of which the lateral feathers show a slight tendency to 

 curl out- and upward. The metallic steel-blue spangles on 

 the feathers of chest and sides of neck are larger than in 

 both above mentioned species, and the metallic purplish 

 coronal feathers, which have a strongly pronounced gloss 

 of steel-green , are broader and larger and form a much 

 more conspicuous metallic coronal patch than in any other 

 species of Chibia. Wing 14,3 — 15 cm., tail 10,5 — 11, tars. 

 2,2, bill from front 3,3—3,5. 



93. Chaptia malayensis. 



Chaptia malayensis, A. Hay, J. A. S. B. KV, p. 294 (1846); — 

 Salvad. Ucc. di Borneo, p. 153 (1874); — Tweedd. Ibis 1877, 

 p. 315; — Salvad. Ucc. di Sumatra, p. 207 (1879); — Ni- 

 cholson, Ibis 1883, p. 245. 



Edolius picimis, Bonap. (apud S. Mull.) Consp. Av. I. p. 352 (1850). 



4 specimens (2 cf , 2 9)- 

 »Iris chocolate , bill and feet black. Native name : Saweh 

 itam." 



94. Buchang a stigmatops. 



Buchanga stigmatops, Sharpe , P. Z. S. 1879, p. 247. 

 Dicrurus cineraceus, Snelleman (nee Hovsf.), Sum. Exp. Vogels, p. 

 42 (1884). 



11 specimens. 

 »Iris vermilion, bill and feet black. Native name ; Saweh.^'' 

 All these specimens , as well as the two collected by the 



Dutch Sumatra Expedition , agree in every respect with 



the description given by Mr. Sharpe. 



95. Bhring a remifer. 



Edolius remifer, Temm. P. C. III. 178. 



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