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100. Richmond on Birds from Sumatra. 



[Birds collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott on the Coast and Islands of 

 North-west Sumatra. By Charles W. Richmond. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 xxvi. pp. 485-524 (190:J).] 



Mr. Richmond gives us an account of the birds which the 

 indefatigable collector Dr. Abbott obtained in the winter of 

 1B9 1-9.2 on the coast and islands of North-west Sumatra 

 during a five months' cruise. The series consists of about 

 450 specimens, representing nearly 140 species. They are 

 mostly well-known Sumatran forms, but 19 are " believed 

 to be new/' and described accordingly. These are named 

 Macropygia simalfirensis, Spilornis abbotti, Pisorhina umbra, 

 Palteornis major, Psittinus abbotti, Pelargopsis simalfcrensis, u / 

 P. sodalis, Thripona.v parvus, Macropteryx pernwgna, Cyano- * 

 derma fulviventr?, Stachyris banjakensis, Malacopterum no- 

 tatum, Hypothymis abbotti, H. consobrina, Tchitrea procera, 

 Graucalus babifensis, G. simal4rensis, Campephaga compta, 

 and Oriolus mundus. 



Some of these " species " appear to rest on rather slender 

 evidence. For instance, Macropteryx pjdlonga, founded on , 

 a single female, is said to be like M. longipennis, " but size 

 larger" ! 



New names are given to C. grisea Bp. ex Gray, and to 

 Corvus tenuirostris Moore (nee (#ray r nec Bonnaterre), which 

 are proposed to be called respectively Columba phasma and 

 Corvus compilator. It is suggested that Icthyophaga Lesson 

 (1842) has priority over other generic terms for Falco ichthy- 

 aetus Horsf. 



101. Richmond on Pinaroloxias inornata. 



[Note on Pinaroloxias inornata (Gould). By Charles W. Richmond. 

 Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, xv. pp. 247, 248 (1902).] 



Gould described " Cactornis inornata " in 1843, from a 

 specimen obtained during the voyage of H.M.S. ' Sulphur,' 

 and stated to have been brought from Bow Island, Paumotu 

 group. It seems, however, not to occur there, and Mr. 

 Richmond identifies it with Cocoruis agassizi Townshend 

 (Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. xxvii. p. 133, 1895) from Cocos 





