iQiS-] recently collected in Siam. 207 



coast. Typical birds come from about Lat. 10° N., and for 

 them I propose the name 



+ Mixornis rubricapilla connecteus, subsp. nov. 



They differ from M. r. pileata of the Malay States and 

 Patani in being a little less rufescent, more olive, above, 

 the yellow eyebrow more marked, and the black stripes 

 less heavy. 



The race first known, that of Sumatra now to be called 

 M. r. sumatrana, differs from pileata in* having the yellow 

 eyebrow only just traceable, the black stripes very broad 

 and continued over the lower breast as shaft-lines, and the 

 upper-parts very rufous and not strikingly different from 

 the chestnut dark-shafted crown. This form also has a 

 very heavy bill. 



Excluding the Shan-Siamese race, which is a departure 

 on different lines, Mixornis rubricapilla increases from north 

 to south in size of bill, heaviness of breast-striping, and 

 greater depth of rufescence on head and back ; but it 

 decreases as regards the extent and clearness of the yellow 

 eyebrow. 



The following are a few measurements of some of the 

 southern races : — 



M. r. cunnectens. 

 xMales : W. 59, 57, 55 ; B. f. g. 16-2, 17, 16-5. 

 Females : W. 58, 56, 54; B. f. g. 16, 17, 16. 



M. r. pileata. 

 Males : W. 58, 57, 57 ; B. f. g. 17, 17, 17. 

 Females: W. 58, 56, 54; B. f . g. 17, 17, 17. 



A female of A/, r. sumatrana. 

 W. 57; B.f. g. 17. 



/ 89. Myiophoneus eugenii Hume. 



]\fyiophoneiis eugenii Hume, Stray Feathers, i. p. 475 

 (1873) ; Robinson, Ibis, 1915, p. 750 ; Gyldenstolpe, 

 Kungl. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. Ivi. No. 2, 1916, p. 62. 



1 % ad. (?), 1 ? imm. Koh Lak. 



q2 



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