150 MESSRS. ROBINSON AND KLOSS ON 



/Greenish hronze above ; much white on forehead: 



,-j little chestnut in tiiil .. .. C. >n. )nalananus, .^ ,9 

 "' Coppery tureen above ; little or no white on forehead : 



( much chestnut in tail .. .. C. xanlhoiluiuchus, 2 ad. 



jj. J Claws of all toes similar .. .. .. •• ..19 



I Claw of hind toe very long and nearly straight . . • • . . 24 



20 



,y (Bill red throughout; general colour above grey Zanclosti'tintu javcinUus pnllidus 

 (Bill wholly or partly green 



(Culmen almost straight, back ferruginous . . Bhlnortha c. chlorophcpa 



20- Culmen much cnrvecl throughout, buck metallic 



{ green . . ... . . . . . . • • . . 21 



2j J Tail-feathers tipped chestnut . . . . J'huoiicojihaefi c erytht ogtiathus ^ ^ 



(Tail-feathers tipped white .. .. •• •• '^'^ 



( Abdomen chestnut . . . . . . Jiliopodytt's .tumatranns 



[ Abdomen not chestnut . . . . . . • • . . 23 



22 



no j Wing 6 inches or more, abdomen grey . . R. tristia longicaudatus 



( Wing about -5 inches, abdomen blackish .. .. H. diardi 



I Wing about 5.5 inches, under wing-coverts 



n.] chestnut .. .. .. Centropus beyujahnsia javaniciix 



Wing about S inches, under wing-coverts not 



' chestnut . . . , . . C. sinensis interniedius 



233. Clamator coromandus (Linn.). 



Chicuhis coromandus, Linn., Syst. Nat. i, 1766, p. 171 (Coiomandel). 



Coccystes cor om audits, B., p, 54 (Junk Seylon) ; F., p. 39 (Trang and 



Langkawi); J., p. 158 (Langkawi, Tenitau and Telibon Ids.). 



Not uncommon in the winter months over the whole of the 



Malay Peninsula. 



234. Surniculus lugubris dicruroides (Hodgs.). 



Pseudornis dicruroides, Hodg-son, Jouiii. A.siat. Soc. Bengal, viii, 



1839, p. 136, pi. (Nepali. 

 Cucangelus lugubi-is, B., p. 52 (Junk Seylon). 

 Surniculus lugubris dicruroides, J., p. 156 (Langkawi, Terutau, 



Telibun and Lontar Ids. ; Trang ; Perlis) ; K., p. 97 (Koh Lak) ; 



L., p. 97 (Junk Seylon ; Ghirbi). 



$. Koh Lak, S. W. Siam, 2 April 1919. [No. 4946]. 



" Iris dark hazel ; bill black ; feet purplish grey." 



Total length 250; wing 138; tail 184; tarsus 15-5; bill from 

 gape 24-5 mm. 



Adult birds from Khao Luang, Nakorn Sri Tamarat, have 

 the wings 144, 138, 140, 126 mm., the last .showing an approach to 

 S. I. hrachyitrus. 



A. Hume & Davison, Stray Feathers, vi, 1878. E- O. Grant, Fasciculi Malayenses, iii (Birds), 190C. 



B. Miillcr, Die Ornis der Insel Salansa, 188'2. F. Robinson and Kloss, Ibis, 1910-11. 



C. ihite^, Birds Uiit. Bnnnali, Vols, i & ii, 188!. C. (iairdner, .lourn. X. H. Soc. Siani, i, 1915. 



O. Bonhote. P. Z. S. 1901, Vol. i. H. Robinson, .lourn. F. M, S. Museums, v. 1915. 



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