^84 i'RuCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Oct. , 



Exibigula dispar (Horsf.). 



Tvnlus dispar Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc, XIII, p. 150, 1821. 

 Java. 



Two from Lampoug aucl two from the Padaug highlands. 

 Copsychus saularis musicus (Raffl.). 



Lnnivs musicus Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc, XIII, p. 307, 1832. 

 Sumatra V 



Two fi'om the Padang highlands and one from Lampong. 



RafHes states that this is the " Tardus mindanensia of Gmelin 

 and the Gracula saularis of Liunjeus, now with more propriety 

 placed in the genus Lanius. It is one of the few singing birds of 

 India." Whether this name is not a pure synonym of saularis is 

 an open question; though Raffles probably had the Sumatran bird 

 in mind he does not say so, nor is his diagnosis sufficient to iden- 

 tify it. 



Our specimens show considerable variation, one having only four 

 black feathers in the tail, and the next pair white for a space of 

 one inch. This bird exactly matches a Siam example in the 

 Academy collection. From the material at hand this race does 

 not seem very well defined. 

 Cittocincla macrurus suavis (Sclater^. 



Copsychus suavis ScUter, P. Z. S., 1861, p. 185. Borneo. 



Five specimens from Lampong. 



Sharpe (Cat. Birds, VII, p. 88) states that the name C. macrurus 

 should not be used, as it is not identifiable ; the white outer tail 

 feathers of Latham's plate would indicate the Bornean bird, while 

 the type locality, " Pulo Condore," would almost certainly yield 

 true " tricolor." The present series from Sumatra shows much 

 variation in the extent of white on the outer tail feathers. In one 

 it is I in., measured along the mid-rib, and in another 2^. 

 Hydrocichla ruficapilla Temm. 



Knicurus ruficapillus Temminck, PI. Col., Ill, PI. 534, 1832. 



Three specimens from the Padang highlands. ^ 



Hydrocichla velata Temm. 



Enicurus velatus Temminck, PI. Col., Ill, PI. 160, 1823. 



One from the Padang highlands. 

 Hydrocichla frontalis Blyth. 



Enicurus frontalis Blyth, Jour. As. Soc. Bengal, XVI. p. 1.56, 1847. 

 Malay Peninsula. 



Three specimens from Lampong. 



