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Phila. ), seems to shoAv less of these white shafts than does T. 

 buttikoferi, yet it falls in the other division. 



Malacopteron erythrote of Sharpe I had already decided to be 

 congeneric with T. buttikoferi before consulting Mr. Biittikofer's 

 paper, and I find he has reached the same conclusion, regarding it 

 as a synonym of Trichastoma pyrrhogenys Temm., which it evi- 

 dently is. There may be some question, however, as to the geo- 

 graphic distribution of the species, as our two specimens are labeled 

 Sumatra. 



On p. 84 of Mr. Biittikofer's paper he refers Brachypteryx 

 polyogenys Sirickl. with a query to Anuropsis malaccensis (Hartl. ). 

 With Strickland's type before me I have no hesitation in confirm- 

 ing this identification. Another of Strickland's types, also in the 

 Academy's collection, brings to light a curious error which has been 

 perpetuated in all the works on the Timalioe, and which involves a 

 change in the name of the well-known Rhinomyias pedoral'is. 

 Among the many type specimens secured for the Academy by Dr. 

 Thomas B. Wilson is the original of Napothera umbratilis 

 " Temm." Strickland (Cont. Orn., 1849, p. 128, PI. 31). This 

 name being quoted by Sharpe, Gates and Biittikofer as a synonym 

 of Trichastoma rostratum Blyth, I made an examination of Ihe 

 Strickland specimen, regarding it as typical of the genus Tricha- 

 stoma, but soon became convinced that it had nothing whatever to 

 do with the latter, and subsequently, with the aid of Dr. C. W; 

 Richmond, it was identified as Rhinomyias pectoralis Salvad. ! 



Strickland's name having many years' priority must be adopted, 

 and the species will then stand a.s Rhi/iomylas wnbratilw (Strickl. ). 



Dr. Richmond has sent me for comparison some specimens of 



Rhinomyias from the U. S. National Museum collection, collected in 



Linga and Mandalar Islands, Western Sumatra, which he had 



identified as ^^ R. pectoralis.'" These, however, differ from the 



type of R. umbratilis, of which pectoralis becomes a synonym, and 



seem worthj^ of separation as a distinct race, for which I would 



propose the name of 



Rhinomyias umbratilis richmondi snbsp. nov. 



Type 170,8 0, U. S. Nat. Mus., Mansalar Island, west coast of 

 Sumatra, Marcli 13, 19U2. Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



Size and proportions apparently similar to R. umbratilis (=pec- 



toralis Auct.). Coloration similar, but of a decided olivaceou> 



