FROM WESTERN SUMATRA. 5d 



The examination of Dr. Klaesi's specimens has entirely upset 

 my opinion, as amongst the 35 from the 37, which come 

 into consideration, there are about 12 which with some 

 possibility might be recognized as Sumatran specimens by 

 the somewhat larger spatules on the outermost rectrices, 

 while in the other 23 the spatules are of the same size 

 and even smaller than the larger ones in Bornean speci- 

 mens. As there are no other characters to distinguish 

 Bornean from Sumatran specimens , both are in future to 

 be united under the name given by Vieillot. Specimens from 

 Banka belong to the same species, and the same is the 

 case with another from the Island Salanga, No crested 

 specimens are found amongst the whole series. 



97. Hemipus inter medius. 



Hemipus intermedius , Salvad. Ucc. di Sumatra, p. 209 (1879). 



1 specimen (sex not mentioned). 

 »Iris sienna yellow, bill and feet black." 

 This little fly-catching Shrike is only distinguished from 

 Hemipus intermedins by having the upper tail-coverts black 

 instead of white , and by having not only the four lateral 

 pairs of tail-feathers , but also the fifth , though very faintly , 

 tipped with white. Like the type of Count Salvadori's H. 

 intermedins^ this specimen has head and back glossy black 

 like H. picatus , but the distribution of the white color on 

 the tail-feathers like H. capitalis, which characters are 

 pointed out by Mr. Sharpe (Cat. Birds Br. Mus. III. p. 305) 

 as the principal differences between both latter species. 



Though the description of H. intermedins is given by 

 such excellent an authority as Count Salvadori , I can 

 hardly believe that the upper tail-coverts in that specimen 

 are really white , while in all known other species of 

 this genus , H. obscurus included , they are black. A mis- 

 take however might be possible if the said specimen was 

 in bad condition , and the tolerably long white feathers of 

 the rump had been considered to be the upper tail-coverts , 



Notes from thie Leyden ]Miiseu.ra, V'ol^ IX. 



