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Dinopium javanense palmaruiH, Streseiiifiiui, Arcli. F. Natiii'gescli. 

 87, 1921, p. 93 (Suniiitra and Malacca). 



2 6 * 2$. Tung Pran, Takuatung, Peiiin.sular Siam, 14 

 February 1919 (Nos. 39«9, 3990*, 3991, 4011). 



" Iris chestnut ; bill slate, culmen black ; feet plumbeous sage 

 green." 



Total length ^ 271, 283*; 9, 262, 270; wing c?, 134, 141*; 

 2, 133, 136; tail c^, 103, 108*; 2, 102, 110; tarsus 6, 23, 23*; 2, 

 22, 22; bill from gape S, 34, 34.5* ; 2, 33, 33 mm. 



Dr. Stresemann has recently separated Sumatran birds from 

 the typical Javan form on account of smaller size and named them 

 B. j. palinaruni (l.c.s.), giving the wing-length as 122-13() nnn, 

 10 ex.). Hesse records 128-132 (4 ex.) : Sumatran birds measured by 

 usliave wings 122-135 (19 ex.): on the other hand, Baker (Ibis, 1919, 

 p. 206) records Sumatran measurements as 118-139 (8 ex.). 



For Javan birds Stresemann has 131-140 (6 ex.). Hesse re- 

 cords specimens of 136.5 and 142.5 : our series measures 126-137 (21 

 ex.) and Baker gives 124-138 (23 ex.). 



Birds of the Malay Peninsula south of 10 lat. measure, ac- 

 cording to Baker, 122-136(31 ex.): our series has wiogs 125-141 

 (27 ex.). 



To summarise these tigures : — 

 Java, wings 124-142.5 



Malay Peninsula, south of 10 , wings 122-141 

 Sumatra, wings 118-139. 



There seem scarcely any grounds for separation in these 

 diniensions : but we are not concerned for the moment with Suma- 

 tran birds. Stresemann has, however, associated Malayan birds 

 (south of the Isthmus of Kra) with D. j. pahnarum ; but we cannot 

 separate them from the typical Javanese form. 



* No. 3990 (d) is practically D. javanense intermedia. 



I. Gyldenstolpe, Kungl. 8v. Vet. Akad. Handl. M. Baker, Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam, iii, 1919. 



56, No. 2, 1916. (first part). 



J. Hobinsoii, Journ. V. JI. S. Mus. vii, 1917 Baker, Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam, iii, 1919. 



K. Kloss, Ibis, 191S. (second parti. 



L. llobinson and Kloss, Journ. N.H. Soc. Siam, M.I. Baker, Jo\u-n. X. H. Soc. Siam, iv. 1920. 



iii, 1910. (thinl part). 



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