188 MESSRS. ROBINSON AND KLOSS ON 



1854, p. v). Amongst these was a male, locality unspecified, of Tiga 

 intermedia, which is claimed by those authors as the type of the race 

 [op. cit. ii, 1856-8, p. 658], and is also recorded as such by Hargitt 

 (Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xviii, 1890, p. 416, spm. w). There is no evi- 

 dence, however, that this is the case, and in the absence of definite 

 locality, it would be extremely inconvenient to regard it as such. 



Finally, we think that the very large size of birds from the 

 north of Burma would fully have justified the description of yet 

 another subspecies. The Zoological Survey of India possesses a male 

 from Yebok, South Shan States, collected by the late Col. Bingham 

 on 15th December 1899, having a wing measurement of 153.5 mm. 

 and bill from gape of 36 mm. 



283. Callolophus miniatus malaccensis (Lath.). 



Ficus malacensis, Lathiim, Ind. Orn. i, 1770, p. 241 (M.alafc.-i). 

 GhrysojMegma malaccensis, E., p. 100 (P:ttnni) ; E., p. 4(5 ('rrnng) ; 



li., p. 95 (Bandon). 

 Gallolophtis ivalaccensis, A , p. 140 partini (^Bopyin to Malewoon) ; 



B., p. 68 (Junk Seylon). 

 Callolophus miiiiatus malaccensis, L., p 101 (Gliirhi :»nd Puket). 



9. Tapli, Pakchan Estuary, Peninsular Siam, 2 March 1919 

 (No. 4,346). 



?. Tasan, Chumporn, Peninsular Siam, 14 March 1919 

 (No. 4591). 



9. Khao Tong, 300 ft., Nakorn Sri Tamarat, Peninsular Siam, 

 20 February 1922. 



" Iris red ; upper mandible black, lower slate ; feet greenish 

 slate." 



Total length 247, 262, — ; wing 128, 127, 129; tail 88, 90, 92 ; 

 tarsus 24, 23, 22 ; bill from gape 30, 28, 28 mm. 



The transition from typical G. m. 7nalaccensis to the northern 

 form discussed below is, of course, gradual ; but we consider the above 

 birds nearest to the typical Malaccan race. All have the crest and 

 mantle strongly barred. 



A. Hume, & Davison, Stray Feathers, vi, 1878. E. O. Grant, Fasciculi Malayenscs, iii (Birds), 190.5. 



B. Miiller, Die Ornisder Inselalanwi, 188-2. F. Robinson and Kloss, Diis, 1910-11. 



C. Oates, liinls Brit. Burmah, Vols. i. A: ii883. C. (lairdner, .Tourn. N.H. Soc. Siam, i, 191.5. 



D. Bonhotc, P.Z.S. 1901, Vol. i. H, Robinson, Journ. F. M. S. Museums, v, 191,5. 



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